Greetings, I'm a two plus year practitioner of insight meditation. This is my first post. I'm excited to learn as much as I'm able about awakening.
I started to meditate 20 plus years ago in college after a few experiences that made me suspect my vision of reality was limited. I quickly quit after not understanding practice very well and being turned off by Buddhism as religion. Sorry, that is the best I can say that for now. I mean no offense.
The secular Buddhist movement caught and kept my interest two years ago.
I've had some amazing experiences:
- Sudden comprehension of complicated concepts that were previously beyond me that have remained.
- An event that had me choosing between life and death and feeling equanimous about the choice.
- Visions of childhood trauma from a non-judgemental "me" that saw cause and effect reaching back beyond my life in a chain-like visual representation.
I look forward to learning from this community.
