I know from my own experience that you've got to be ready on day one. There is just too much unpredictable threat and danger in the world today to try to just say wait, I'll get to that when I can. That is just not an acceptable approach.
Meditation is a silent way of looking at resistance. You're not running away from it -- you're sitting with the resistance. . . basically you're trying to follow the resistance. And I think that's very interesting.