Abbie felt chagrined by this discovery and as if this too was a sign of how messed up she was, but I congratulated her for her accomplishment in meditation. She had discovered the chronic state in which most of us spend most of our time. Lost in thought, cut off from our bodies, nursing a grievance or two, with physical and emotional tension accumulating outside of awareness, we perpetuate the very sense of frustration that we struggle against.
