[MikeGotTalentz]

Greetings.

I have practised meditation for some years now and have "tried" many methods of meditation (each of which claim to be the quickest path to the "goal"). Some methods worked for a while but did not last... so I looked for an alternates. Not to sound wishy washy, each effort to practice a school of thought brought me through months of sinusoidal meditative highs of perfect stillness and frustrating "noisy" sittings.. till the frustration outweighed the highs. I may well be at fault for not sticking it out for a few months more.. but I thought the noise and frustration was more damaging.

After years of searching for "the" master to teach me what works, I found what I was looking for quite by accident. It has to do with me being present >> here and now. Yes, there are many books and philosophies that preach here and now. I simply realized what "here and now" is to me. Hence, meditation is now blissful most of the time and I could sit for as long as I feel the desire to. Note that I say "most of the time" because noise still creeps in. Just that realizing the noises are not here and now, but are at some other imaginary time and place, helps me shift my focus back to the current stillness, ie there is NOTHING happening here and now >> I am still.

My head sensei said kendo is confusing. I hope I have not added confusion to this topic.