My experience?
After a long trip, especially to India in the very cradle of meditation and in Thailand where I did a Buddhist Vipassana retreat, I realized that meditation allowed me to meet myself to know myself better and know what I wanted to do in the Earth. I still practice daily during 30 minutes per day which allow me to stimulate this Energy, to boost my self-confidence, to relax, to feel more in Harmony and to have much more lucid dreams. Meditation is a revelation about one's self-knowledge and the search for Harmony between mind and body.