Meditation: The Window in the Wall of Life
By Samdeep Singh · August 2, 2025
You know, people often talk about “mastering meditation” as if it’s a skill you can tick off your to-do list. But the funny thing is — it was never meant to be mastered. Meditation isn’t like learning to drive or playing the guitar. It’s not a competition. It’s not even about reaching some magical state of calm where your mind suddenly becomes a quiet lake forever.
The truth? Meditation is just… a journey. A never-ending, sometimes frustrating, sometimes beautiful journey into parts of yourself you didn’t even know existed. And honestly, that's the whole point.
There are things in this universe — and within ourselves — that the human mind can’t fully understand. We’re not designed to figure everything out. Some things are meant to be experienced, not explained. Meditation is one of them.
It’s not about “emptying your mind” or sitting in perfect silence like a monk in the Himalayas. Some days, your mind will be loud and messy. Thoughts will run wild. And that’s okay. Meditation isn’t about shutting them down. It’s about watching them, without judgment, like clouds passing in the sky.
What I’ve realized is, meditation helps you reconnect with something we often forget — the nature inside you. Not the trees or rivers (though they help), but your own breath, your own heartbeat, your own simple existence.
People also describe meditation as a bridge — a bridge that connects you to something deeper, something beyond the daily grind. It won’t give you a cheat code to life’s problems. But it will give you the patience to face them.
Jesus once said, “The path is straight, but the gate is narrow.” That line hits differently when you think about meditation. Life gives us straight paths — school, job, goals, routines. But the real “gate,” the one that leads to inner peace, is narrow. You can’t barge through it. You have to slow down, shrink your ego a little, and walk in humbly.
Meditation, I feel, is like building a small window in that big wall of life. You don’t need to break the wall. You just need a small, clear window to peek through. Every time you sit quietly, focus on your breath, or just be still, you’re adding to that window.
It’s not about being perfect. It’s about being present.