So one of the really interesting things, if you sit and meditate on a regular basis, you start to see thoughts coming and going.

Intellectually, we know that thoughts come and go.

But the experience of actually seeing it is very different because it starts to play into the rest of our life.

We start to see that it's not just thoughts that come and go, it's emotions that come and go.

We start to see that sensations, physical sensations come and go.

We start to see the situations around us in the world come and go.

In short, we see that everything is changing all of the time.

Some of the changes are small, some of the changes are really big.

And right now, you might be experiencing the feeling of change at a massive, global scale.

It can be frightening.

It can induce a sense of anxiety very easily.

The real skill here is being able to sort of hold our seat.

Seeing the change happening, but not getting too swept away by it.

That means not getting too caught up in all of the information that's flying around.

Not getting too caught up in our internal thoughts, but instead, being able to step back.

It doesn't negate the difficulty.

It doesn't negate the seriousness, and that may well be something that we're having to sort of deal with in a very direct way in our lives and in the lives of the people that we love and care about.

So it's kind of finding this careful balance where we're able to be present for ourselves and for the people around us, but also to have a sense of ease.

Knowing that everything changes all of the time.

Everything that arises in time, disappears.