Every encounter is an event that takes place somewhere at a specific moment in our lives. When two people meet, a place is created where something happens at a given time. What exactly that is depends entirely on those who are present.<\/span><\/p>\n Meditation does not stand in the way of such encounters\u2014quite the contrary. One can also meditate together. In that case meditation leaves the strictly personal sphere and becomes something communal, something we bring into being together.<\/span><\/p>\n Whenever people come together\u2014provided they are open to one another\u2014something particular and meaningful will occur that cannot occur elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n By meditating together one shares a certain vulnerability. Meditation is, after all, an intimate experience. We wish to cherish it, but also to share it, and between these two impulses there exists a tension.<\/span><\/p>\n