There are many ways one can conceptualize what happens during their individual practice, and different images have stood out to me at different times in my life (psychological healing, defragmentation). Maybe it’s based on what my subconscious is telling me I need. I don’t know. But one image which has presented itself to me recently is that of Undoing the Knot.
Undoing the knot of repetitive thinking.
Undoing the knot of unhealthy attachments.
Undoing the knot of ego.
Practicing Centering Prayer helps me Undo the Knot. Or the Knot is Undone without me.