Artificial Meditation
As if in a dream, you and another person are walking toward an indistinct group of people. The two of you are like-minded in your mission, whatever it may be. You play the roles of observer and participant simultaneously as the scene plays out. Faces appear to be smiling; your vision narrows into an odd, shiny-edged tunnel as you feel that there are hundreds of eyes fixed on you. Why is everyone so happy? You feel light, uplifted and free as never before! An unexplainable, overwhelming state of well-being and delight lingers for a little while. Then the music fades, and you remember to go back to work. So in a mild, refreshed daze, you eject the CD from the car stereo, stow the lunch remnants and step out, stretching.…