The Truth about Meditation

"According to your mind,
bliss and freedom
are just around the corner.

It will be
in the next book you read,
the next Guru you see,
the next diet,
the next spiritual movement.

And somehow
the idea of meditation
gets woven into all of this.

But meditation is the opposite.

Meditation is about
being present with what is here.

It is about letting gornof this constant tendency
to leave this moment
in search of something else.

It is about surrendering
to what is here,
being aware
of what is here.

Because here
is not the suffering.

The avoidance of here
is the suffering.

And if you can be aware
of this avoidance;
If you can be aware
of this constant urge
to leave this moment,
then half the battle is won.

Because if you can be aware
of the resistance,
the resistance will disappear.

And when resistance disappears
there is only peace.

A peace so delicious,
that any pleasure
outside of this moment
is painful in comparison.
Blessings,
Kip"