I must be taking meditation way less seriously than most of the other comments. I thought it was basically quiet reflection; a chance to calm your body (with breathing exercises). I had thought it was a chance to see if that reveals something you've been ignoring or to help you ignore something momentarily so you can decompress and evaluate your well being more objectively.

That's how I've been treating meditation anyway. I thought zen ego death was just overzealous marketing but from the comments its fairly common?