Meditation is powered by our deepest cravings, not by discipline. No one with a busy life can or should try to empty their minds, whatever that means. Imposition just makes a person more restless. Meditation for people who live in the world should strengthen the ego and enliven the connection to the fires of passion. The more you embrace your passion, the more readily you will go beyond it to places of total repose inside yourself.
Meditation is quietly sexy, in the way that getting a massage or listening to great music is.
The subtle currents of electricity that flow sweetly through the body, touching you everywhere, are to be cherished. Meditation allows the body to tune itself up to be ready for work, play, sleep, and all the exquisite pleasures of life. Say you walk in the door from work and you have half an hour to prepare yourself to be intimate with the one you love. If you know how to meditate you would certainly spend some time that way, for one of the greatest gifts of meditation is that of enabling you to be completely present with sensuous experience, open to life with your senses shimmering, with a quality of surprise and novelty. Food is best appreciated by those who have had an active day and built up a good appetite.