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Meditation is so simply. Just close the eyes and sit up straight. Observe the breathing in and out. Let me tell you a story. There two old couples started learning meditation from a temple. The wife was very much against it in the beginning

. The old man who was retired and he had nothing to do. So he thought this was the best way to kill the time. One day the wife told the husband that she enjoyed it because she could remember a friend of hers borrowed $50 from her and hadn't return back to her. She would go and asked to get back the money.
If we haven't put an effort to know the four Noble truth and make a point to understand the sutra, it is of no use just sitting down and do your meditation. First you tend to fall asleep easily. One of friends told me that when she meditating with a group in a temple, she liked to sit behind a column so that the master could not see her. So she could take a lap there.
When running thoughts come along, you like to follow some thoughts like going shopping. You would be thinking what items should you buy the next time you go shopping.
Next, after after 20 minutes of sitting, you begin to feel the pains here and there. You start blaming yourself why you want to suffer like that. You could have comfortably in your room watching a nice movies.
So meditation is never so easy as one thinks.