There are of course a million different ways how to meditate. Yet in each technique the process of meditation is also not different in its general approach. Taking mantra meditation as an example, the following text explains all the practical do's and don't on how to meditate. To meditate ultimately means to stop thinking long enough in order for the ego to disappear (see also Ashtanga Yoga). To stop thinking is of course not easy, yet it is also not difficult when correct understanding of the process of meditation is applied with sufficient time and patience. As long as it is difficult to stop thinking altogether, we try to think only on one thing. Thus meditation techniques always ultimately use one object of meditation, which might be a mantra, a yantra, an image of a deity, an idea, breath, the now, etc... Through the extended focus on this object, two objectives are intended. First, we get a nice calm feeling after the meditation, which we may still experience many hours...