Sometimes you have to travel afar, go out on a limb, make a superhuman effort, just to be able to hear the simplest of instructions. If an exotically clad Tibetan monk in deepest Nepal whom you’ve spent a few weeks traveling to tells you to ‘Just sit’ then that is obviously going to mean much more than the exact same instruction coming from the mouth of the part-time meditation instructor at your local adult education center. Context, as always, is everything.