According to Osho, you turn to meditation when you're down because suffering sends people to 'spiritual doctors,' while joy feels complete and uninterested in temples. Priests and powers have long exploited this, tying religion to misery and perfectionist guilt. It's natural to seek medicine when sick; just don't be manipulated by false demands - use pain as a doorway to awareness, and let joy be its own prayer.
We mostly meditate when we hurt because pain asks for help; when we’re happy we feel no need—so use hard times to wake up, and don’t let guilt or priests run your inner life.