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Welcome All

This is my blog space. I named this space "Getting To Zen". Zen is defined as "meditative absorption in which all dualistic distinctions are eliminated"..in Zen Buddhism they teach Zazen which is a sitting meditation and it is said that this meditative practice is the direct way to awakening.

For 20 years I have been on a quest to find "truth" whatever that is..My quest really started several years before that. When I was a teenager I left the church. I remember it like it was yesterday, I was in bible study and started asking questions, quickly I was dismissed. That night I went home and asked my mother why I was not answered and she said to me that she could not answer that so she would ask the deacon that dismissed my questions. So that next Sunday, she pulled him aside and said my daughter had questions about the lessons at bible study and he looked me square in the face and said "some things can not be answered you just have to believe" I was crushed...

Anyone, that knows me knows that is the wrong answer.. (lol) I need answers... I am known in my family as the one always seeking. As my mom would say the noisy one...(lol)  I am thankful for that deacon and since that time I have studied many things it lead me eventually to get a degree in comparative religion.

I love learning! And in my opinion, there is nothing greater to study than "humans" They are complex and ever evolving creatures and I feel so much joy in getting to know what  makes them tick...

This course for me is a great gift, it is another opportunity to learn about my fellow man and the greatest gift is that I get to learn more about myself everyday.

Thank you for sharing with me and I look forward to sharing with you all..........


We Are One~
Jamillah~