Become More Aware

Meditation is not a cure-all. It won't get us a job, pay the bills, or heal a broken marriage. It will, however, enhance our ability to do any of that, and more. Meditate deep enough, often enough, and long enough, and we see. Everything improves when we become more aware.... We see our self, everyone, and everything as it is.
~Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian from The Jewel of Abundance

Our daily meditation practice gradually helps us overcome the prejudiced coloring that the ego applies to events. We become less dependent on external signs of approval and bring a self-generated peace into every encounter. We become more aware that the universe is supportive in both good times and when we encounter difficulties. We experience control, not over pain, but realize freedom from suffering. Fear and stress give way to the abiding joy that we realize is our true nature in meditation.