I always really found this awesome, this is what helped me meditate. This is from a thread on grasscity.com. Also that video by RSD Tyler is extremely motivating
I do my meditation like this, for my object i use an object in a room and stare at it with eyes open
"Absorption Through Concentration
Here one sits specifically in an upright posture. The absolute most preferable seated position for this is the full lotus position. A guide to this can be found here. The second best position is the thunderbolt position, which can be found here. This can be performed without any cushioning, on a cushion or mattress, or with a small cushion under the ankles. The third most preferable position is a half lotus position, which is a modification of the full lotus where you use just one leg over the other. Then one can sit in a cross legged, indian style position. Finally, if you cant do any of these, sitting on a flat chair with a back rest that allows your back to be straight is acceptable. The purpose of this is to keep the mind attentive and to prevent one from becoming drowsy, inattentive, and from falling asleep. When the spine is straight, energy flow down the primary energy channel through the body, called the sushumna nadi which is along the spine, is unobstructed and flows freely to the brain.
Then one chooses an object of meditation. It can be open eyed and one may choose a spot on the wall, a lit candle, any object, preferably something that invokes no memories and that is simple and does not invoke much thought about it. It can be close eyed, and this is often better for deeper meditation, though both closed and open eye meditation are very useful. When the eyes are closed, one can meditate upon ones breath; the physical sensation between the upper lip and the nose, or the feeling of airflow in the nose itself. This is called vipasanna meditation. One can also meditate upon a spoken mantra, such as the cosmic sound "Aum". This sound is the primordial sound of existence and causes extreme energization. You will likely find your third eye becoming very energized and active as a by product of this meditation. One can also meditate upon a repeated thought.
Here, you simply choose the object of meditation, then focus all your attention on it, come what may. Your mind will keep wandering. Do not get angry with yourself or restless and upset, do not even acknowledge or think about the distraction, simply bring your attention back to the object of your meditation. Emotions might arise, physical sensations or pain might arise and distract you. Do not acknowledge them, calmly return your attention to the object of your meditation. Do this for as long as you can.
Initially, this meditation will simply cause a quietening of the internal chatter in your head, and a sense of peace from having your attention more involved in a neutral object than in thoughts, which are usually compulsive, very many, and helter-skelter, or in emotions.
After awhile, deeper into meditation, suddenly you will require little to no effort to bring your attention back to the object of your meditation as you keep getting distracted in between, it will seem effortless. This is the initial stage of what is called one-pointedness of mind. Calm and serenity will be experienced.
Still deeper into meditation, time dilation will appear to start occuring, and the frequency of distractions and thoughts will reduce very significantly. If one is meditating upon ones breath, each breath might seem to take 5-10 times longer than usual to complete. While the breathing is likely to have slowed down from relaxtion, it is the lack of distraction and thought that causes one to feel this time dilation experience. Great calm is experienced.
Even deeper, one will acheive complete one-pointedness of mind. The distractions will stop, all that there will be is the object of meditation. Great calm will be experienced. A physical sensation of bliss might be experienced somewhere in the body. There are two things one can do now: Change the object of meditation to this sensation. It will grow, and as it grows, meditate upon the larger sensation. Suddenly the sensation will engulf the body and the meditator will be catapaulted into a state of extreme physical and emotional bliss. In buddhism, this is known as the first jhana. One can go even deeper into various jhanas by simply observing this bliss without getting involved in it or getting attached to it. Great, deep, previously never experienced, soul-level peace and calm will be experienced. Simply observe this and stay in meditation. The third jhana will be an experience of infiniteness, and so on and so forth with the various jhanas. A good read on the jhanas can be found here NOTE: Going into the jhanas beyond the first jhana requires VERY VERY deep meditation and ALOT of meditative experience and is not likely to occur easily for most. Many will never get past the first jhana in their lives, because the bliss of the first jhana is so intense that one cannot help but get involved in it. This does not mean dont try, keep striving, but do not get dismayed or discouraged if it doesn't happen.
Alternatively, do not change the object of meditation after you get into complete one-pointedness of mind where thought ceases, ignore any physical sensations and keep meditating on the object of your meditation. At some point, suddenly, the object of meditation and the observer will cease to exist as seperate entities and will be experienced as one. This is 'Absorption through concentration', the self is absorbed into the object of concentration. This is a no mind state, you are likely to lose you 'usual' awareness at this point. Note that this is not unconsciousness, your body will remain in meditation position, it will self regulate and you will keep breathing. No bliss nor anything is experienced, for the self is temporarily suspended - there is nothing that can experience anything. This experience has very very profound impacts on the general level of compulsive thought your mind has in your day to day life and on your spiritual growth. Great spiritual energy is bourne of it that enters your being and cleanses you on all levels: physical, emotional, subtle energy, and soul. Note that this level of meditation is also very difficult and takes a long time to reach, do not get discouraged, all levels of meditations are beneficial and whatever you can achieve at any given point is the best for you at that time."
