In getting you where you want to be. Meditation may show you what you don't want to see. Many people run from meditation because they find it difficult and unpredictable. Isn't in the Dhampada, the Buddha says, as a fish hooked and left on the sand, precious about in ignoring the mind. Being trained in meditation trembles all over. But the point of meditation is to examine what makes it challenging. There's more to it than closing your eyes for 15 minutes a day