Since meditation is a natural state, there is nothing to develop, acquire, or cultivate. We need only let go of what blocks our primordial awareness and natural goodness, This is easier said than done, however, because our bodies and minds are polluted, contaminated, and defiled by the legacy of our past ignorance — manifested as countless acts of greed, hatred and delusion both in this lifetime and, so it seems, in many previous lifetimes as well.

Patrick Ophuls, Buddha Takes No Prisoners