I am encountering, on Steemit and otherwise, exaltation of having an empty mind, or the way I like to call it, being empty-headed.
I see the value it is supposed to create: Having some grand feelings.
It is like sleeping without having dreams: It is relaxing and healing, but you cannot learn anything by it.
This is appropriate if this is all that you want: temporary alleviation of some emotional suffering.
People are not born, however, only in order to destroy (or loathe) their ego. If the only purpose of life was destruction of the ego, then there would be no need to even have the ego in the first place!
The God you have in you is there to inform you not to destroy you. You do not need to strive to be one with God, God is already one!
Beginning the meditation
When you begin your meditation, your thoughts are going to wander, but you are going to invariably think about how to meditate.
Eventually you will start to observe that you are already meditating. Make mental notes in your thoughts of what you are experiencing.
Your thoughts will be driven to whatever you have to work on. Work specifically on the thoughts that come to you. Try to learn from it.