Ignorance May Be Bliss, But It Does

They Have No Power Over You. It's All A Show, A Deception. Your Urges Scream And Bluster At You; They Cajole; They Coax; They Threaten; But They Really Carry No Stick At All. You Give In Out Of Habit. You Give In Because You Never Really Bother To Look Beyond The Threat. It Is All Empty Back There. There Is Only One Way To Learn This Lesson, Though. The Words On This Page Won't Do It.

By Silencing The Mind, We Can Experience Real Peace. As Long As Various Kinds Of Thoughts Agitate The Brain, We Don't Experience 100 Percent Peace.

The Brain Does Not Manufacture Thoughts Unless We Stimulate It With Habitual Verbalizing. When We Train Ourselves By Constant Practice To Stop Verbalizing, The Brain Can Experience Things As They Are.

Mindfulness Gives You Time. Time Gives You Choices. Choices, Skillfully Made, Lead To Freedom. You Don't Have To Be Swept Away By Your Feeling. You Can Respond With Wisdom And Kindness Rather Than Habit And Reactivity.

The You That Goes In One Side Of The Meditation Experience Is Not The Same You That Comes Out The Other Side.