How Meditation Changed My Life
In the late 80's, I was working as nanny for a wonderful family in Israel. The mom was an ex-dancer, full of heart but perhaps a little neurotic. The dad was an engineer and I thought he was so full of wisdom.
Even though I was an adventurer
and had been traveling alone for almost a year, I was still very young and very naive. I remember the dad always telling me that I was ignorant, naive.
I can also remember my response, how do I know if I do not know?
I, of course had my fill of life challenges, like rejection from my family that resulted in overuse of alcohol and drugs during my 20's and have since faced a loved ones murder (which I would have never made it through without my mediation practise)
I never had a desire to be "better" I always had a desire to know more. To understand more and to know what I did not know.
Then in my early 30's, someone gave me a book about meditation. I connected with it like nothing else I had ever connected with. I wanted to try it, to understand it and to master it.
It is now 20 years later, tons of books, tons of meditation practice, 10 more years of travel - all in search of "the truth about me" and I can finally say that I have made some real progress.
I learned so much about the things I did not know - and of course this opened an infinite can of worms of unknowingness!
The result (for now) was also unknowable. Like I said, I never had a dream to be better I just wanted to know. Well, I did not know I needed to be better - better as a person in the world and better able to find peace with myself. I did not know.
Meditation brought me along a path I had no idea existed. I have found things that I did not know I was missing - like peace and happiness, contentment and generosity.
I have developed a meditation program that is easy to use and downloadable. I want to share what I found out.
meditationvillage.ca
Everyone is welcome
In dharma,
YeShey
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