The thing about meditating is nothing profound is supposed to happen every time. It’s just a place to come back to. Like home. And like home building it takes effort. You take time to fill it with things new and familiar so each time you come back you feel a little more comfortable there, you rest a little easier there.
But the thing is, if we never take the time to make it feel like home then each time we visit it will feel brand new. That’s the Tapas, the burning zeal in practice. Why we commit to showing up to the mat and taking a seat as often as we can whether we feel up to it or not, so we can build our home. A place we know that we can unload when we sit in a way that makes us feel alittle lighter when we leave. Like that burning urge to get home and relax after a long stressful day. We plop down on the couch and let out a big restorative sigh.
We sit to meditate not only to find something new but also to leave something behind. Some times we will find profound downloads that will feel like they are coming directly from the stars but mostly its the feeling, The sigh. The downloads are few and far between but the home you will make within yourself will last forever.
Yoga and The Real World 