> Just sitting down to figure out how math can apply to some simple object of meditation is usually fruitful.

I personally find that bordering on impossible (and I still obtained a physics degree). I need a few examples of how a concept can be applied before it starts making sense.

At the moment I'm dabbling in image processing, and it wasn't until I had some visual explanations of morphology that it made a bit of sense. Now the maths has to follow on...