Why is meditation so difficult?

[jafar]

The most pleasant way I discovered for myself along the way, is WINDOW GAZING. - gazing in general ( tratak ) is very good but window gazing is exceptionally good.

This reminds me of Sadhguru's story about his childhood years.
He basically just gaze at everything, even in classroom he gazed at the teachers and the chalkboard.
And even when the teacher is angry at him, he just gaze at the angry teacher.
*Cricket sound effect*

By 'gazing' one will merely 'observe' without much involvement nor attachment.
No judging, no solving (as there's no issue to solve in the first place), no analyzing, just observe.

Which is what 'consciousness' really is actually, an observing point of view.

Can I meditate while I'm watching a movie? No
Can I be meditative while I'm watching a movie? Yes