Not Broken

You know what nobody talks about in the self-help industrial complex? The fact that you're not actually broken.

Shocking, I know. This revelation probably won't make it onto the cover of Mindful magazine or get 50,000 retweets from wellness influencers.

But here's the thing — maybe there are a few bugs in the code or the cache needs to be cleared, but you don't need a fresh install.

Bathtub Economics

Think about taking a bath. You don't step into the tub because you're fundamentally defective as a human being. You get in because you went out, lived your life, maybe got a little dirty while exploring the world, and now it's time to get clean.

Stress is the mud. Vedic Meditation is the bath.

But here's where most people mess this up: they buy the bathtub and then wonder why they're still dirty. Downloading meditation apps, reading about consciousness, following spiritual influencers on Instagram — that's just owning the bathtub.

You still have to get in.

No one can meditate for you. Your consciousness consultant can't outsource your evolution. This isn't a subscription service you can delegate to your assistant.

The Wide-Angle

Regular practice does something remarkable — it expands your field of view. Suddenly, you can see the whole landscape instead of just whatever anxiety-inducing detail was consuming your attention.

Most of us are walking around with tunnel vision, and that's when the weird beliefs start colonizing our mental real estate. Like the idea that the universe is personally invested in making your life difficult.

Plot twist: You ARE the universe.

Consciousness didn't manifest itself across 13.8 billion years of cosmic evolution just to mess with your Monday morning. The universe isn't running a sophisticated harassment campaign against you. It's expanding happiness, not orchestrating suffering.

Only resistance creates pain. Narrowness IS resistance.

That's why we meditate — to dissolve resistance, to expand beyond the narrow view that creates suffering.