Meditation and prayer are not commonplace activities

"Meditation and prayer are not commonplace activities; they ought
to make you experience sensations of a particular kind. If
meditation and prayer do not make you feel some warmth, light,
strength, joy or wonder, you should find out why.
Occasionally, when you strike a match, it fails to light,
because either it or the box is damp. And if a cigarette lighter
will not light, it is because there is no oil in it or the flint
is worn. In spiritual practice, as on the material plane, there
is always a reason for failure, and you should find out what it
is. The mind must never be damp, and the heart must never be dry.
The heart should be damp and warm, and the mind should be dry and
cold. A dried out heart becomes selfish, and if it is cold it
lacks love. If you warm the mind, it goes to sleep, and if you
make it too moist it rots. These simple, clear images should help
you solve the difficulties in your inner life."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov