Why Must We Meditate?

When you meditate, the first thing you experience is a sense of calm.
When your meditation advances well, your mind feels purified and you feel waves of peace wash over you, regardless of what besets you from the outside, physical world.
Meditation brings you rest.
This is not ordinary rest.
When you meditate, you sever your sensory connection to the world and achieve complete rest.
Yet, during meditation, your consciousness is wide awake, and your inner being is completely aware.
Your whole being experiences a flawless rest, a state of perfection.
This is the realm of the Middle Way.