Meditation is a shovel

Meditation can be like taking a shovel into your subconscious and shoveling out the crap. What no longer serves you, what negative thoughts or beliefs lie there, what you are ready to release. But in meditation, you aren't left with a gaping hole. You are able to fill it with prana (life force), mantra, hope, possibility, intention. Thus, you are able to start fresh, creating new habits and thought patterns. Filled with the breath of possibility.