Sometimes external events, or even the unfolding of internal events, can bring roughness to your life.

You may have feelings of unhappiness, fear or despair.

Life can seem chaotic, cruel and violent.

This is purification.

Purification is necessary to refine and purify, so that something better may be experienced.

In your evolution to higher states of Consciousness, evolution governed by Karma, there can be roughness at times, even with practices like meditation and yoga.

The roughness is the difficulty integrating and metabolizing certain experiences.

Maharishi teaches that having a practice of meditation where you transcend, minimizes the roughness in life.

It brings you the best expression of the Karma you brought into this lifetime for your happiness and fulfillment.

So when you reach that rough patch, do your practices with great discipline.

Have faith in your practices.

They will move you through the purification as quickly as possible.