We are used to believing all the thoughts in our mind, even when they bring us misery. By cultivating awareness grounded in compassion and wisdom, meditation helps us identify and unwind our conditioned fear, anxiety, and reactivity. We begin to distinguish thought patterns that perpetuate or intensify feelings of not belonging, and encourage those

Despair often happens, he had learned, when there is a “lack of balance between efforts and rewards.”

Just to say this plainly: human beings can never be made happy by the material world. We are spiritual beings and can be emotionally healthy only when we are in touch with a higher world. We need higher forces just as we need air. This is not abstract philosophy, it is a description of our nature. But it requires constant work to stay in touch with