Your life is either getting brighter from moment to moment or it's not.  If it's not getting brighter, it's because there's no risk.  There's no risk in sitting thinking instead of stopping your thought.  There's a lot of risk in stopping your thought.  You might experience ecstasy.  You might enter new dimensions.  You might see yourself or reality differently.  There's no risk is doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all.  There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable.  There's a lot of risk in the world of enlightenment.  There's the risk of perpetual freedom.

- "The Natural State", Tantric Buddhism