In meditation our intention is not so much to realize God’s Presence as it is to become aware of what is not God: namely, the stream of personal mental constructs that continually distract us from the Presence. The ground of our awareness, or what we call consciousness, is the fullness of the ultimate reality, and meditation is the act of remaining in it, as if we have walked out of a forest and into a clearing.
Nick Hilton - Reflections 