how do YOU meditate?

Absolutely. I think it will be simpler if I post an example.

SPOILER - Click to view

I close my eyes, and a few stray thoughts pop into my mind, but I quash them by focusing on the blackness behind my eyelids. Once I am sure that my mind is still and no other distractions are going to float up, I imagine myself standing in a forest. It’s fuzzy at first, but soon I start to see my surroundings. The trees and grass here are all dead, and no animals are here either. It seems odd, but the place is serene, and I don’t mind the scenery anyways. As I turn to my left, I start to walk down a path that travels through the woods. I’ve been down it before, but not very far. As I reach the point where I left off at before, I turn and walk into a thicker area in the forest. [skip forward a bit for monotony] As I step out of the woods I come upon a small house that sits connected to a graveyard. Around the graveyard there is a brick fence that stands about a foot high, and in the yard, walking about the graves is a girl that looks in her twenties with shoulder length black hair. She looks surprised as I walk up to her, but smiles. She says that she is surprised that I am here, and that most people just come here as they are passing through to the next place. [And the rest of the time is spent talking to her.]

Basically that’s about how it is when I meditate. I hadn’t seen anyone before her when I went there, but she seemed to have been there for a while before, and she’s been there since. No one else was in the forest, but that changed when I found Talon’s CALD technique. I chose the forest because it was a place where I felt at peace, but you can choose anywhere you want. My brother uses a valley surrounded by mountains. A friend of mine chooses fields of sawgrass. Basically the point is going to a place that is relaxing to you, and being able to chill out for a while. I like this better because “no thought” meditation seems to be more of a chore for me. I hope this helps you some.