My sense of what is important in communication has changed thru the years. Perhaps it is because we are maturing. It seems to me that the most important thing is my communication with God and Spirit which needs constant attention.
That is why so many of us here spend so much time in listening to the voice of spirit and stilling our own thoughts so it is possible and we are receptive.
taking parts of what you said out of context, sorry in advance, but I just thought,
I wonder if we make this communication with God harder than it needs to be. I mean meditation does take will power, concentration, and it's not easy to clear restless thoughts.
God is right here right now, can we not let Him work thru us always and not worry so much that we need to contact Him thru meditation?
This is not a knock on meditation, to me it helps a lot to bring me closer, even PY says to bring that feeling with you after meditation and hang on to it...