Nowadays life seems to revolve around how we feel. When we feel good we're happy and when we feel not so good we're moaning. We even have a new word for the ennui and apathy of feeling less than great: depression, and, of course, there are pills for that. Now meditation has nothing to do with how I feel. Assuming I have a modicum of self-discipline (self-respect) I meditate regardless of how I feel. However I know from experience that meditation allows my mind and therefore my feelings to settle and neutralise so that it is no longer a matter of feeling either good or bad but of being clear, calm and capable.