Meditation Does Not Work: It comes down to simple resting and hanging around with some friends

I don't trust the claims about meditation. There is no secret ingredient. And none of the research seems to compare meditation to simple resting, the feeling/illusion of doing something meaningful, and being together in a positive peer group, etc.
Anyway, even if meditation were great, using Buddhist or Hindu mantras or symbols is rather silly. Those were designed for triggering emotions in Indians or East Asians. Instead, I suggest using quotes from the A-Team, Sailor Moon, or He-Man.
"By the Power of Grayskull!" should be much more effective for Western practitioners instead of "Namu amida butsu" or the like.