The whole of meditation practice can be essentialized into these 3 crucial points: Bring your mind home. Release. And relax!
Meditation is bringing the mind home.
We are fragmented into so many different aspects. We don't know who we really are, or what aspects of ourselves we should identify with or believe in. So many contradictory voices, dictates, and feelings fight for control over our inner lives that we find ourselves scattered everywhere, in all directions, leaving nobody at home.