This contemplation explores the "definition" of Meditation. 

Starting with common complaints while practicing meditation, we contemplate the implied definition in those complaints leading us to get clarity on what Meditation is NOT. 

Thoughts, emotions, perceptions, and sensations are not a problem in meditation. The more we wrestle with any of them, the more it bothers us. 

Instead, we come up with an experiential definition of Meditation captured by the imagery of sitting on the banks of the river watching the flow of water without preference for any particular section of the flow, without judging or categorizing the flow or isolating any contents of the flow - where we continue to watch the flow of thoughts, perceptions, sensations, and emotions without judging, negotiating, wrestling with any of them.