Meditation

What is meditation? We have heard this word so many times but we still don't have the right knowledge about it. We just have some pieces of the puzzle.
Meditation is our true nature. We meditate daily even without being aware of it. Sleep is also a form of meditation, reading is also a form of meditation, singing and dancing are also a form of meditation. Meditation happens when the mind retreats and the Consciousness blossom. The mind acts like clouds in front of the Sun. The Sun is there, the clouds have no power against him, but they can make the light be darker and the temperature colder. The same happens with our mind, the more is impure and active, the more is obstructing our inner beauty. Purpose of meditation is to dissolve the mind into the Consciousness.
There are two main types of meditations.
First is the meditation in which the mind is focusing in an inner or outer object. This type of meditation is mostly used by buddhist people. The mind is addicted of attaching to objects and by knowing this some wise man in the past realised that by giving only an object of attachment instead of letting the mind attach to several objects it slowly relax and dissolve. I would prefer to give an example of dancing. When we dance we enter in a state of trance in which we are so fully in the present moment. Minutes pass so fast and we are in joy. The mind has dissolve intro the object of focusing and by this we slowly detach of the senses and allow our  Consciousness to blossom.
The second main type of meditation is the meditation without an object of focusing. This is mainly used by Yogis. As previews said, the purpose of focused meditation is to make the mind dissolve and relax. Yogis have developed an easier way of attaining this, just by letting all the efforts go, or dissolve. An example could be sleep. If we think about anything we can't fall asleep, but the moment we just surrender, dissolve and letting go of everything we wake up in the morning unaware the moment we fall asleep. The mind is so powerful and hard to overcome because we give it attention, we feed it. But the moment we close our eyes and say, "I had been working so much time, I've been struggling for so many years, now for the first time I am at peace, I rest" we finally, after so many years and lifetimes dissolve into the Atman (Self). We take out the clouds that are obstructing the Self, our true nature that is joy and love. Just let go, dissolve and then there will be no separation between anything in this creation, no concepts of time or space, because by abiding into the Self we become everything. We come in touch with the Divinity that is waiting inside us to blossom. The realm of Samsara is created by the mind, by ignorance. In the state of deep meditation there is no mind and there is no illusion, we just exist. That state of existence is called life. And life is Divinity.