i have also been struggling with meditation ... i didnt knew wheather i was in the meditative stage or not .. Then is joined Art of Living 'Sahaj meditation ' programme ... it was a beatiful experience , completely chnaged my perception about it . i learned dat it is 'effortless alertfullness' . they gave me a two word mantra -a super easy one , and it take me only few mins to reach that stage ... u shud alos try as that organisation is present in almost 120 countries ... here is also a post that i have made on meditation .

You all take care about your oral hygeine , physical hygeine , or whatever-hygeine it is .WHAT ABOUT THE MENTAL HYGEINE ?. Now just 20 mins a day can change your life .

read from the below link it will take not more than 2 mins .
https://steemit.com/life/@ronyy/deeper-than-the-deepest-sleep-yet-you-are-compltely-awake