Humans need to feel they belong, but a sense of belonging to the group can be restrictive to the point of us not knowing what to think or feel, even in our meditation. Check out these two articles:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/packer-hitchens/605365/
How To Be a Nonconformist: 22 Irreverent Illustrated Steps to Counterculture Cred from 1968