Distractions

 A Desert Monk of the 4th century said, "A person in chains cannot run."  He was Evagrius, and he was referring to distractions.  If we are focused on our distractions, meditation at any lever, much less a deep level,  is impossible, like a person trying to run in chains.  Chains are signs of imprisonment.  Distractions, woolly thoughts, hinder us from any kind of enlightenment.  Distractions imprison us.  This is why various mediations methods show us how to let go of our focus on such distractions.  Then our chains fall, at least for a moment, and we are free to let Light, Power, Love fill us up.