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The path led to a high hilltop. At the end of the climb up the trail, I found a small house and a breathtaking view of the deep blue Caribbean Sea and several islands. As I walked that path, I had no way of knowing that what I would find inside that little house would change my life profoundly.

I had come to that place to learn to meditate. For several months I had wanted to move beyond the books I had read and actually experience meditation, but somehow I never found the time. My schedule was full with moving to a new house, raising a 2 year old, and starting a new job.

But a few weeks earlier I had seen an ad in the newspaper for a meditation class and decided to try it.

My meditation practice began that Saturday morning, now 25 years ago this month, and I have been happily meditating ever since.

What is meditation?

Meditation is probably older than recorded history, yet is as modern as

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