Meditation does not mean to escape, but to come closer. Praying does not mean to speak, but to listen. Praying is meditation.
In meditation you seek to allow peace to penetrate, to show itself, you seek truth.
There is no knowledge in truth. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.
When you regain truth, you find peace. When you are at peace, you are mindful, compassion flourishes freely, you start to smile, and you fall in love, with everything.
Compassion is a verb, love is freedom, and truth is to be yourself.
Satya, shanti, prajna, karuna, ananda, prema is the order to parinibbana.