Sensations come to us which is the reason why we must learn not to strain our faculties of sense. Meditation, like both the Holy Qabalah and the Sacred Tarot, is a method or way of using our consciousness. It must always be relaxed though focussed as to use a method which is exhausting and painful has its own disincentive. Light comes to us. Sound comes .
Heat comes .
We do not have to try to see, to hear, or to feel. Thought, however, has some curious properties and before it can be considered as a part of our self consciousness it is helpful to be aware of just how consciousness functions before it can be taught to be stilled by meditative practices. If it does not stay put, you may reach the conclusion that consciousness is basically kaleidoscopic - thought races away, flickers, moves restlessly and is never still. The mind seems to have urgency in coding all sensory experience and to be ever alert for new ones. If confronted with the same problems that any bird is threatened with by the neighbourhood cat, the advantage of this mechanism can be well understood but if we are to grow beyond past evolutionary necessities, it is well to be aware of present opportunities to follow the path to previously explored territory.