Sharing my experience for those who like me have tried such methods which led to frustrating failure. Generally accepted definitions of meditation and mindfulness fail me. I feared I would not achieve a connection to my soul and my god, and a stronger connection to my dearly-departed-heavenmate, without stillness. Through my psychic medium, I lamented to my not incarnated spirit guides, asked for guidance, and they advised that with my INTP mind of split screens humming constantly, "meditation" does not suit me. What does is taking walks and more often than not I find that the output is as described by proponents of stillness
--what works for me is getting into the flow of my streams of subconsciousness without trying to still my mind nor body. Lately I have realized that was also works for me is slipping in and out of hypnogia several times a night as a lie in bed.
"Hypnagogia naturally occurs twice daily: just prior to and following sleep. It is a period of hallucinatory sentience during which you are nonetheless capable of controlling attention. What’s more, your rational defenses are lowered. This may be considered “prime time” to visualize a desired end. (Hypnagogia is also a period of heightened extrasensory-perception (ESP) activity, as recorded in academic psychical research.)" That's a quote from Mitch Horowitz's https://mitch-horowitz-nyc.medium.com/you-are-what-you-think-you-are-a5f41e6622a0
As I wake and go back to sleep several times a night (I know, far from ideal for restorative sleep), I can experience this several times a day. For me, I find that in this state I am receptive to ideas and creative thoughts, which may be Greg's, or may be Marcus's (my soul), or may be influences from spirit guides or souls of dearly departed friends and family.
