What is meditation?

When I was contemplating on what to include in this section, this very short definition came to me:

Meditation is abiding in oneself with the eternal goodness and beauty that is within all things.

It is a personal contribution only; there are many meditation techniques, many ways and methods to reach inner stillness and awakening. They have much in common although difference of emphasis; so I have presented various views to reflect something of the integrative ethos of this space of meditation at Landermere.