But maybe I have to tell you now already that these pressures of ignorance and subjection will only get worse. You will gradually feel your control over the environment slip away, but this is just an impression since it is really your view on the world that is enlarging. Adding years to your age expands your mind and thoughts. And you start to realize that there are actually only very little things in the world that you can deeply understand. The only thing you have any power over, if you are born so lucky, are your own actions. Your emotions and even your opinions are mere slaves of circumstance. They just drift along helplessly. This is of the essence in meditation. Mastering your behaviour through activity or inactivity, to the extent that, over the years, many years for most, you feel that you can eventually channel and steer your emotions. There lies a first step in the practice of ‘letting go’. Your goal should be to let go of your emotions which are mainly reactions to outside s