Difficult Times On The Journey

What does the journey of meditation mean in terms of our experience?

We experience it, of course, like every journey, through stages and different kinds of journeys. Just think of any journey you make. You're driving on the highway from A to B, you go through different kinds of traffic conditions, you go through different landscapes, you may even get in trouble with your car and you have to get it fixed. But every journey we make is different, and every part of the journey is different. And it all adds up to what we call ‘the journey’.