I live in the world

Campbell Point House, Leopold
On the Bellarine Peninsula
 www.campbellpointhouse.com.au

I've begun a meditation course and our Swami began the study with a statement: 'I live in the world'.

A simple statement but with more than one meaning; he explained that there are TWO worlds. 

 The first world is our personal 'inner' world, the 'I' - which we can learn to control through meditation.

* The second is the 'outer world' - in which we have NO control. 

So really, we're expected to live in harmony in both worlds. Not so easy.

Meditation is,

 in essence, learning how to control our inner world to survive in the outer world.

Food for thought.