Hello, not that I'm saying aplonis is wrong, because I've seen this writen in many books: You stare at this candle's fire, relax and absorb nothing. Meditating is thinking of one thing, or nothing at all. so, looking at a candle does a great job of that (and after a while you'll begin to notice the fire's glow starts to grow). However, Meditating on one single thing (like the candle fire) is best achieved by doing meditating on something that doesn't change. Where as fire changes, constantly. In fact, it seems that a candle's fire(or any fire for that matter) will never do the same thing twice. Example: its always flowing, moving, burning, its 'alive' in a sense. If you're going to meditate one a single thing, i was always taught that it should be something still, that doesn't change. Lots of martial arts mastered have meditated on the 'third eye' visualizing an eye between the eye brows. The eye doesn't change =) I'm not saying anyone is wrong or trying to offend anyone. This post is to inform you on different looks at meditating on a single thing =)