If you read what was written you would notice that these religious groups use a form of meditation. Nobody said that meditation has to be religious. Also meditation doesn't have to just mean to better yourself, it can also mean things like awareness to the present. Everything written above are facts about how religious cultures use certain meditation practices. You clearly just opened your mouth before speaking because you would have realized that a woman with a Phd wrote this. Can meditation be used for furthering yourself, sure. But that isn't what all meditation is about. Also this was meant to be educational about multiple religions. So how could this woman be lost when she never stated she ever believed in any of this?