So the distractions here (during meditation) are really just the fact that we hit a kind of block. We would like to go beyond it, but it’s as if we meet a wall which has been built up over the years with bricks. Each of these bricks is something that we add unconsciously to a wall that protects us from being hurt. This is one way of looking at it. We add to this wall after we have experienced some pains and loss, some separation, something from which we would feel the need to protect ourselves in the future.
( The Brick Wall of the Ego 1 by Laurence Freeman OSB )
