What is Meditation? [ First Stage]

Meditation means doing nothing - the body without movements and the mind without thoughts.  when you start meditation, body can be made silent easily by simply sitting in a calm place but not the mind which goes on chattering. 
First stage :  Sit in a calm place in a relaxed way by dropping down all your past memories, future expectations, desires, commitments and responsibilities. Close your eyes.  Come out of your body and watch your own body from top to bottom, inch by inch as if you are watching somebody else's body.  Now you are subject and the body is object.  The object is a visible solid one but the subject which is watching is consciousness, an invisible one that is you.  Now watch both the object and the subject.  All your chattering will stop here and you move towards great silence. Then you can watch a tree, bird, the moon, book, and any solid objects and you are the subject, invisible consciousness.  You watch then both the subject and object.  Thus it is easy to start your meditation by watching your body and all other objects.
Watch simply without any thoughts, comments or ideas. If any realisation truth about body or revelation arises, allow it - that is the wisdom arising out of your own peace.  But don't expect or desire for it.  Meditation is flowering of yourself - not something of planning and building with great ideas.