A Sacred Safari

The stress of learning to meditate really shocked me. Maybe it was a control issue. Prayer seemed easier, probably because I felt in control over how I prayed or what I prayed for. Meditation, however, was like a sacred safari into myself, where I was never quite sure what to expect once I dared to venture into my inner, deeper spiritual jungle. That may be too melodramatic, but the discouraging reality was that for many years the meditation suggested in the Eleventh Step was a divine mind-maze to me.