How can consciousness be studied scientifically? An objective approach alone, while necessary, is also necessarily inadequate. For consciousness is essentially an interior phenomenon, something we experience as subjectivity. However, any purely subjective approach to the study of consciousness would also be inadequate. The only consciousness that can be examined directly is one's own, and the distinction between objectivity and subjectivity requires reference to and corroboration in terms of, perspectives outside of one's own subjectivity. What is required then is some combination of objective and subjective approaches. This paper explores an approach to create such symmetry in consciousness research, one that integrates elements of traditional Eastern meditative procedures with modern objective scientific methodologies. The author describes some common methodological features and claimed results found in several major Eastern meditative traditions, discusses conceptual and methodological problems they raise, and reviews some relevant scientific research on contemporary meditating subjects. The existing meditation-related research indicates that Eastern varieties of meditative procedures should prove to be a useful component of any future science of consciousness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)