When deep divers come back to the surface they have to make decompression stops.

We are deep divers. We have been living under pressure.

We want to breathe some fresh air. We want to recall our essential nature.

Our consciousness is so crushed that it can’t empty itself from pressured stuff. Agitation, worries, things that still hurt, compensation, agitation…

Meditation. Is it still doing something? Or the exact opposite of doing? Should meditation “work”? What if it’s just a series of decompression stops? It may work but we may not notice anything.

If we’re just a little bit calmer, it’s doesn’t feel like anything extraordinary. We may think:

“Where is my bliss? Why don’t I have a mystical experience? Will God say something for heaven’s sake! What am I doing wrong? “

Patience. There is no need to recreate agitation. Agitation will keep coming and going, for a while. We should just remember. Agitation is not what we need. We may feel guilty not to keep under pressure. We are used to believing there is so much to do.

Don’t we have the right to breathe?

NB: after posting this on social media, a few people thought I was going through difficult times. I slightly edited the text since. It’s not supposed to sound desperate!

I am fine, I feel good, I'am not fully enlightened, not swimming 24 hours a day in divine bliss…, but I feel really good. When I think of how I felt when I was younger, I am grateful for Now.

My intention was to conjure up the image of the decompression stops because it’s a powerful metaphor that helps practicing meditation. It helps because we need to understand that there is nothing to do.