I am unaffiliated with any religion. I have not found my niche yet. For awhile I was absolutely freaked about Zen because of one of the books that I read. Then I happened on this series--the book buyer for our store suggested them too me--and suddenly it was ok. I mean this is real life stuff. This is stuff that I can relate to. This is stuff where it doesn't matter if I goof up because gooffing up is what it is all about. It is so cool. I can deal with this. And the way she talks about meditation is so real to life, unlike all the other things that I have read that made meditation impossible for me. I guess it is a matter of finding the right teacher just like finding the right therapist.

I have read about the life of Buddha. OK it was a children's book but they so often cut to the chase. What a fascinating man. To have the courage to decide that what he has been taught is...wrong?...incomplete?...and going out there to figure it out on his own. It makes me think about the people who I have met here. We know that what we feel is not the way so we are going out to find out how to improve it dispite all the awful therapists, irritating and controlling family members and the misinformation or incomplete information given. We ROCK.

Take care,
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Tell me, I'll forget.
Show me, I may remember.
But involve me and I'll understand.--Chinese proverb