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Read the Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Follow the advice and practice intensely. The word yoga means union with God. It goes far beyond the exercise. It's a state of mind and if you do it intensely for even a short period of time, you will know another state of consciousness. You will know the ecstatic feeling of oneness!
Krishnamurti helped me very much with meditation when he said this:
"Meditation is not something different from daily life; do not go off into the corner of a room and meditate for ten minutes, then come out of it and be a butcher—both metaphorically and actually. Meditation is one of the most serious things. You can do it all day, in the office, with the family, when you say to somebody, “I love you”, when you are considering your children. But then you educate them to become soldiers, to kill, to be nationalized, to worship the flag, educating them to enter into this trap of the modern world.
Watching all that, realizing your part in it, all that is part of meditation. And when you so meditate you will find in it an extraordinary beauty; you will act rightly at every moment; and if you do not act rightly at a given moment it does not matter, you will pick it up again—you will not waste time in regret. Meditation is part of life, not something different from life." - The Flight of the Eagle, p 46
This is what meditation is. Living with full focus on the infinite now, not dwelling on the past or the future, just paying attention with full force. That' sit. It's so beautiful.
After having done this, I can see just how awesome every single thing in existence is. Everything, every single atom in existence is balanced perfectly and you get to see that when you practice. The more you practice, the longer you get to stay in that state of grace, the one where you are ecstatic just because you're conscious. Because you're aware.
I recommend these editions of the books I mentioned (don't be thrown off by the "walkthrough" part in the one title, it's a very thorough translation.)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1577311477
http://www.amazon.com/Upanishads-Classic-Indian-Spirituality/dp/1586380214
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1435712463/
(older, free editions of all these titles can be found too, but I like these because of the commentary.)