Meditation is the cultivation of stillness through disciplined practice, which enables us to enter into a space of pure observation or awareness. Interestingly, this pure awareness that we cultivate, helps us begin to see our "true nature", "God nature", "higher consciousness", or whatever one wishes to name it. Ultimately, this pure awareness is recognized as oneness, non-separation or interdependence of all things. We meditate because knowledge alone of this awareness is not enough.