i never imagined i would be a 'person who meditates' but now, i can't imagine my life without this practice. in a weird way i feel like meditation has been chasing me my whole life. like a sleek black panther stalking through dry yellow grass. and i lay hiding in the field... avoiding my meeting with the darkness? who knows. all i know is if i am honest about my life, a lot of my best moments have occurred sitting in silence with closed eyes, alone, all one. i need this time, this spaciousness, this nothingness, this pregnant silent possibleness, to live to breathe to function properly. i need it almost more than sleep. it is my magic place. it is a place i have been terrified of. a place that has made my body ache and my skin crawl to china and back. it is a place i have been avoiding and avoiding for so long. haven't we all? why is silence so scary? why is it so hard to surrender? why do we avoid this space? why have we fallen away from ourselves and gotten lost so much in the noise of the material world? for all this seeking, i have found it to be true; the kingdom of heaven does indeed rest within. i am not special. we all have this place. meditation is for everyone but not for everyone, if you know what i mean. it is never to be forced. but it is often misunderstood! it could not be easier, it is not a religion, it is freeee and it will also make you freeee. i guess this blog is me coming out of the meditators closet, spiritually speaking, wanting to share the gifts i have gleaned from this pratice and perhaps debunk some myths and turn some unlikelies? onto the path of least restlessness... lol. anyhoo, starting a blog sleepy before bed might be a hotmess but i am happy to begin it. am staying open and mainly plan to divulge the details of my daily practice as well as 'travellers tales' of the past... or travels with buddha as i have called them. stories from the meditation cushion! something like that. c'est voila, let's begin. one thing i know for sure, there are many paths to liberation... and i have tried most of them! lol. but meditation, is by far the most direct and for me, has yielded the most glorious fruit. woo hoo. let the inner adventures begin... mwah. :)