Awesome - I had a 5 day meditation retreat planned to Doi Suthep but I had to postpone - I think after reading your post I need to make this happen ASAP.
I can begin today, as well. Thank you for detailing everything and making it sound stupid simple - I always thought the same thing about meditating. "Ok so I closed my eyes and sit here, what's gonna happen? Helllooo when is something gonna happen?"
Also, kudos on sharing some apps/literature/tools. I'll be sure to take a look and see what I can learn.
Cheers!
more then happy to help.
The time I got started a had a mentor guiding me through this, not sure if I would have stick to it without him, since the start is a bit weired.