Meditation: The aim is to make it simple.

Daily mediation is a simple thing to do.
It is how you look at it and how you think about it that makes it complicated.
Meditation comes in several forms, it is up to you to find your own way,
the key is to relax, the type of relaxing that calms your body
totally so you can reach the "meditative-state" of being completely relaxed without falling asleep.
And 5 to 20 minutes will just be fine.
If you do not succeed at once, which most people do, then try once more until you make it. Remember that practice makes perfect.

Arboretum in Bergen, Norway

Forms:
Meditation is a walk in the meadow.
Dancing  with meditation music on is also a meditation.
Sitting silently with closed eyes is a meditation.
Lying  comfortably on a plaid on a summer day.
Lying comfortably directly on the grass during summer is a wonderful meditation.
Staying under a warm shower in the bathroom.
Bathing in the bathtub.
Listening to a meditative music or natural sounds like rain, waves,
etc.
Meditation is sitting down, all quitely without any electronic disturbance from mobile and TV.
Sitting in front of burning or lighted candle. Stir on the flame.
You can sit and meditate with open eyes while watching a beautiful painting. Let your mind relax.
Sitting on the beach watching the calm waves, preferably alone or away from the crowed.
Sitting under a giant tree, feeling the energy from the tree is a nourishing meditation.
Talking silently to the tree is a beautiful meditation. Let the tree know your thoughts.

Buddha - On interconnectiveness and Environment issue

The following write up is maybe  the best, humble, clearest and most harmonic way to explain Buddhas teaching. That everything in the unvierse is interconnected to each other for bad or good,
That if we spread good things in the world, the world will risk to become a happy world to live in. And if we spread harm into the world, the world and its inhabitants will risk to be harmed and suffer.
WE TAKE CARE OF THE EARTH, AND THE EARTH WILL CONTINUE TO BE A VERY GOOD PLACE FOR ALLITS INHABITANTS.



The Buddha said “Since this exists, that exists, and, since this does not exist, that does not exist. That is created because this is created, so if this disappears, that disappears.”  We are interconnected beings.

We Are Interconnected Beings]
From August 26, 2014 to December 18, 2014, I toured Americas, Asia and Europe, holding 115 question and answer sessions in 111 locations. During a question and answer session at Princeton University, a student wanted to know how Buddhist teachings can help with environmental issues.

“When Dr. Matt introduced you, he mentioned about your environmental work. I would like to hear about how you think Buddhist teachings are valuable for dealing with environmental issues and global warming.”
In general, there are two different views of how we perceive the world. The first view is that all beings exist independently, that the world is a collection of independent beings. From this perspective, life and death of one being is unrelated to the life and death of another.

The second world view is that all beings, rather than existing independently, exist in relation to other beings. For example, let’s use a hand with five fingers. From a narrow view, we can only see one finger at a time; each of the five fingers exists independently. However, from a wider view, we can see that the five fingers are connected to each other, even though each finger is different from one another.

Buddhism views that everything in the world is interconnected. When Buddha gained enlightenment, it was the realization that interconnectedness is the true nature of all beings. We are not only connected to other people, but to the air through our breathing and to the universe through light. Thus, severing these interconnections means death for all beings.

Therefore, these interconnected relationships should be symbiotic. In the case of the environment, if humans want to develop nature, they need to do so within nature’s ability to recover. Conversely, if nature is developed beyond its ability to recover, all beings will eventually be destroyed.

While overdevelopment of nature may seem beneficial to humans from a short term perspective, eventually there will be long term consequences that will harm humans. Thus, the most important Buddhist value is to respect all living things and not carelessly harm or destroy them. I believe that environmental problems can only be resolved when we adopt the Buddhist world view that all beings are interconnected.

The Buddha said “Since this exists, that exists, and, since this does not exist, that does not exist. That is created because this is created, so if this disappears, that disappears.” We are interconnected beings.

Source: Venerable Pomnyun

Guiding Zen Master of Jungto Society; Chairman of the Peace Foundation, JTS (Join Together Society), and GoodFriends