if you're meditating _only_ when you have circumstances of forced confinement or limited options you won't really be able to get into the meditative state. that

if you're meditating _only_ when you have circumstances of forced confinement or limited options you won't really be able to get into the meditative state. that's just time filling. you'll probably end up day-dreaming rather than meditating. just read a book or something instead. the purpose of meditation is to develop an awareness of the processes of your mind. doing so requires you to temporarily suspend your grasping consciousness. for a little while, you will have absolutely no goals and objectives. when you observe your mind under those conditions you will see your self in a new light.