Meditation Troubles Options

Well personally I like to meditate it relaxes me etc. but I have a great amount of trouble focusing on things. Either i have to many thoughts race through my mind or I keep opening my eyes. I can't seem to keep them shut. It's actually kind of odd.. I guess because I get so relaxed I maybe forget to keep my eyes closed? I'm not sure but earlier today I tried to contact my spirit guide and because I couldn't keep my eyes shut I couldn't talk to her. I saw her come over to me and I tried to talk to her but it didn't work. I don't even know if that was my spirit guide or not? maybe what I perceived her to look like? Well i'm not sure but could anyone give me some techniques that could help out and let me stay in meditation longer?

Thank you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

normally budhist practises say you should meditate with your eyes open, focused downward at an angle of 45 degrees.

This is to keep you from falling asleep. Also, it is more comfortable to keep your eyes slightly open.
However, you should look at things, just stare into the distance unfocused on what you are looking at.

Also Enochians meditation technique is a good one.
But you cannot literally push your thoughts away of course. When you notice other thoughts, just focus back onto the subject of your meditation.
If you are meditating on the breath, refocus on the breath. If you are meditating on your spirit guide, put your focus back to her.

Do not punish yourself for drifting in your thoughts. Just calmly refocus your thoughts, time and time again. Gently and calmly move your focus back to the topic of meditation.
Do not think bad of yourself if you start drifting in your mind, because that negative thinking is far worse than the drifting itself.
The same with your eyes, if it bother you during meditation, the feeling of being bothered is worse than the source itself.

In fact, this is always true. If during meditation there is something that troubles your mind, the troubles in the mind are far worse than the source for the troubles.
It is not the knocking on your door that disturbs your peace, it is the mind that responds to it that is the trouble.
Meditation is mainly about teaching you not to let the mind be disturbed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)