I'd like to hear from some other DU'ers about their particular path and traditions.

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32. On The Path

I started reading Autobiography of a Yogi at about 15. I graduated to Alan Watts and Aldous Huxley. Moved to years of heedlessness and dabbling in drugs and alcohol. All the while searching for meaning and completion in relationships.

After 64 years of wandering through my life, I find I am still on the path but no more alcohol, drugs or additional relationships. I am drawn to Theravada but have been really enjoying Rev. Kusala on Urbandharm.org. He is an American who was ordained in the Vietnamese Zen tradition and really speaks to American buddhists.

I read something on Dharma everyday and meditate everyday. I understand impermanence profoundly and try to incorporate that into my everyday relationships. It is important to me to know that the 15 year old boy is dead, the 25 year old young man is dead. The 64 year old man is alive and stuck with the karma of the previous lives. It is important to try not to accumulate any additional negative karma in this life.

Peace