"A question that arises for beginners in meditation and also, at times, for people with years of experience, is Why do we practice? Why are we doing this? The effort and commitment needed to pursue meditation is so demanding that it is appropriate to ask what value it has and where it is leading.
Meditation has to do with opening what is closed, balancing what is reactive, and exploring and investigating what is hidden. That is the why of practice. We practice to open, to balance, and to explore."
Joseph Goldstein
