All meditation methods have a point of focus—the breath is the most common. Following your breath as it leaves your nostrils is most common. This point of focus keeps you in touch with reality, rather than dreaming or thinking—no breath, no life.
It's not necessary to sit in the lotus position. Sitting in a chair is also common. It's not easy to follow your breath for any time at all. Practice increases your focus time in meditation. All forms of meditation are not about total concentration on nothing.
Some branches of Buddhism encourage reflection after you have gotten into the zone of not thinking—Passana (Pash'ana) Meditation is one of those. They allow considering three intermittent reflections on reality: impermanence/ desire/ego (things change/needs and wants confusion/not considering others).
The Passana meditator desires insight into others and self while realizing desires have changing priorities. These insights in particular times and situations vary in significance. Such insight allows one to adapt, and without adaptation, we can not survive as a negotiator. Equanimity of the mind is necessary...the more you desire the more the price/terms goes up.
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