I couldn't agree more with Peregrinus when he says meditation is the place between thoughts.
Here is an affirmation that was very helpful for me when I was first starting meditation:
"In the stillness...I feel God's love."
You can substitute "the Creator's" for "God's" if you prefer. Actually, you can substitute whatever you want. The point is to feel the love of the moment. As I used this affirmation for several months, the most important part of the meditation became the "..." part of the affirmation. I would say the first part of the affirmation, and then feel the love that I was about to say in the next moment. I personally find it helpful to visualize the words in my head, including the "...". In between each dot is the most crucial part of the mediation for me.
The point of affirmations is to find the meaning beyond the normal, everyday meaning of the words.
Obviously, this is all very specific to me, so I encourage you to try things and see what works for you.
As for the specific questions you had, I'm not exactly sure. I don't believe there are any hard and fast rules for what things mean in meditation. In my opinion, there is no such thing as a diagnosis for meditation symptoms like there is in medicine. Everything in meditation is very specific to you. Please don't be discouraged by the lack of specific answers at this stage. Just keep it up and you will find the answers to these questions eventually.
Here is an affirmation that was very helpful for me when I was first starting meditation:
"In the stillness...I feel God's love."
You can substitute "the Creator's" for "God's" if you prefer. Actually, you can substitute whatever you want. The point is to feel the love of the moment. As I used this affirmation for several months, the most important part of the meditation became the "..." part of the affirmation. I would say the first part of the affirmation, and then feel the love that I was about to say in the next moment. I personally find it helpful to visualize the words in my head, including the "...". In between each dot is the most crucial part of the mediation for me.
The point of affirmations is to find the meaning beyond the normal, everyday meaning of the words.
Obviously, this is all very specific to me, so I encourage you to try things and see what works for you.
As for the specific questions you had, I'm not exactly sure. I don't believe there are any hard and fast rules for what things mean in meditation. In my opinion, there is no such thing as a diagnosis for meditation symptoms like there is in medicine. Everything in meditation is very specific to you. Please don't be discouraged by the lack of specific answers at this stage. Just keep it up and you will find the answers to these questions eventually.