Our school is offering in-depth meditation teaching. There is a difference between a meditative state and a meditative technique. A meditative technique involves certain conscious efforts – concentration, observation, and focus of attention, all in a non-analytical way. This technique is the vehicle, the gateway. It facilitates entering a meditative state. The meditative state itself means transcending reactive thoughts. It is not a state you can consciously choose to move into. But you can choose to practice the technique, and by doing this, move towards the meditative state.