[JJH]

This is a great thread, with some great methods.

I thought I'd share some of the benefits that I've experienced since beginning the practice nearly a year ago. I no longer experience road rage, and I'm far less likely to be brought to anger. My emotional outlook has risen to a highly positive state with far less chances of being "brought down" by external events. I find it very easy to concentrate and maintain focus for longer periods of time. My posture has straightened, and the back pains I used to experience have ceased. And perhaps the greatest benefit for me, being a filmmaker, is the greater access to my own creativity, expecially right after meditation.

I began meditating with none of these "goals" in mind. They simply occured as the "false" in my ego began to slowly fall away. I find it very easy to find the time to meditate twice a day because the experience is so enjoyable to me.

I feel that I'm only just scraping the surface of what is possible, as I have many years of "false thinking" to dissolve. But this journey of discovering myself is constantly surprizing and satisfying. I cannot reccommend it enough.