Meditation, No Slick Guarantees Here

Yoga, meditation, and mindfulness, regardless of all the slick guarantees, do not make unwanted things go away.  These practices do not hold promises of unending bliss.  Instead, they create a space to see yourself as you are and open your heart to yourself with acceptance and kindness.  They expose your habits and present them before you and you can either buy-in or let go.  It is through these practices you realize whatever occurs at this moment is neither the beginning nor the end.  Thoughts, emotions, and feelings come and go, and all that is ever here is the basic nowness that is unfolding in front of you.

Oops, now that has gone but here is another, and another, and another and another…