“This past week I have been struggling with…”

I hear some version of those words rather frequently from sincere students at the American Meditation Institute. And quite often, before their sentence can be completed, I interrupt.

“Who is the ‘I’ that is struggling?”

For a moment, the student may look surprised. After all, I have been struggling with is one of the most commonplace expressions in our language. But hidden inside those ordinary words is a doorway […]