The promise of Buddhism is to end pain and suffering. Or as it's called in Prakrit, dukka. What's curious about life is that there are particular situations that seem to be triggers for dukka. And I think in the western world, at least, they are money and relationships with perhaps a third thrown in there, at least as we grow older - death. Or perhaps that's my own constellation...
...To sit is to be at home, to be upright; it is to be intimate, relaxed and yet alert. Without day-dreaming, thinking or blanking out, we count or watch our breath and allow experiences to pass unpursued and unavoided. Gradually in sitting a deeper and clearer awareness of who we are, of what our life is, becomes possible. The illusory gap between inner and outer worlds is (gradually or suddenly) seen for what it is, and in this way, we can become more fully in touch with our world and relate to it more compassionately and productively...
Circle down. Leavened bread turfed. A flowing stream gone. At night stars shine.