I know this has probably been answered a thousand times, and for that I am sorry. But since I have had my first lucid dream, I have been very interested in the prospects of the "astral" world.

I have found that people who have gotten good at lucid dreaming and OBEing, tend to talk about meditating, and meditating on certain things.

My mom claims to meditate, and I ask her what it is. She says, it's you being in solitude, being one with your inner self.

Unfortunately, this doesn't mean anything to me.

When I think of meditation, very ignorantly, I picture people just "being in silence and relaxing, then claiming that they saw weird ♥♥♥♥ or something that was divine." I know that sounds offensive and I realize that.

I believe that ignorance is the step before enlightenment, and I hope you guys can help me understand what meditation is. What is it that you do, and the steps you take to understand this. I ask this in hopes that it may inspire me to meditate as well.

I thank anyone who helps me with this new problem.