Many years ago I ran across a picture (really wish I could find it but haven’t had any luck) of Buddha sitting peacefully in mediation in the centre surrounded by a collage of pictures of noise and confusion. It really stuck with me. I yearned for that kind of peace. I used to go to a women’s drumming group. The place we gathered was beautiful and peaceful. We would all breathe a sigh of relief as we pulled up the long driveway surrounded by cedar trees. The evenings spent there, all the participants enjoyed a state of bliss. One night while we were sharing, I mentioned this sense of bliss we all had but commented on how we needed to find a way to feel like this in our everyday lives, not just in places and moments like these. I remember everybody looking at me like I had three heads! Since then I have spoken to people about this “elusive place” and wanting to achieve it and have been told (and I’m talking about spiritual teac...
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