Lots have been said and written about meditation, still, it is shrouded in mystery. In the common parlance, meditation is the process by which we try to minimize the creation of thought in our mind. It is said that our mind does not sit idle unless we sleep. If we are in habit of creating five thoughts in one minute, meditation teaches us gradually to reduce from five to four, then four to three and so on. And, we attain meditation, when there is no process of creating thoughts. It is a state of void and calmness.
For example, if we drive in traffic, we get tired and become irritated. And, when there is smooth traffic, we enjoy driving and feeling good about it. It means when traffic is heavy, we are always occupied with our deeds- one after another and as a matter of fact, we become tired, irritated and so on. And when there is no traffic, we enjoy because we are less occupied with the creation of thoughts in our mind.
Therefore, creation of no thoughts in mind leads us to attain the meditation. Now, there are many process' to achieve it. The simple and best for common people is to chant a mantra like OM. When we chant a mantra, our mind works less. The process of creating thoughts become fewer and fewer. Therefore, concentrating on a particular subject and chanting mantra simultaneously helps us reduce the number of thoughts we create in our mind.
The place and timing are very important. As we know, there is a wave of energy moving in the universe, all the time, and what scientists call it ? Gravitational Wave. If we choose a corner of bed room, the vibration of sleeping energy which is present in that particular atmosphere may lead you to fall in sleep while meditating. It normally happens to most of us. We get sleep in meditation as we start reducing the number of thoughts in our mind. We become fresh after short nap and claim to be meditated which is false.?
Of course! sleeping gives freshness because our mind does not work. But, in meditation, our mind does not work, and we are aware of it. That is the difference we will have to bear in mind. When we are alert and our mind does not create any thoughts, it takes us to our subconscious mind- the universe within us. Through meditation, we have stopped the function of simple mind which works as per accumulated data that cannot go beyond. In addition, our subconscious mind connects us to our natural being and capable of going beyond.
Now, coming back to space and time, space must be chosen where there is positive energy, peaceful, less disturbance and airy. Meditation must be at the same time daily because our body and mind follow the pattern easily to be adapted. Finally, in a less time, there is a greater chance to attain the qualitative meditation.