Reality is always surprising and unpredictable

The fulfilment that flows from that simple experience of being is greater than anything we can want. Reality is always surprising and unpredictable. That is why it is important to be clear about the way in which we meditate and then, having become clear about it, which is not very difficult as it is quite straightfor-ward, to stay with it. To meditate you enter a new realm of spiritual discipline. Two periods a day may seem a major commitment to make at the beginning. The sooner you can make that commitment, however, the sooner you will find that you are on the path for which twenty-four hours a day would not be disproportionate! But it may take some time to build that discipline regularly into your life. 

The Selfless Self by Laurence Freeman OSB