I wouldn't bother old chap. My experience many years ago--- Ten minutes of confusion, sweating, and feeling really itchy. Followed by hours of melancholic introspection along the lines of 'What did I do that for?' plus a banging headache. I onced sniffed glue at school with some of the 'cool' older ...

This is fantastic. Thank you!

i love you guys. thank you for the posts, helpful and encouraging!

I don't know about my fellow beginners but I STILL keep swamping myself with far too much information. It's like I can't just patiently and methodically develop my practice. More books! Look at really advanced posts on forums! Get confused! Get disheartened! Get another book! Repeat! I keep forgetti...

Many thanks for the welcomes, chaps. Really enjoying this forum.

Hello all. After bumps and stumbles I'm very happy being a total novice on the Thereavada trail- it's totally the way forward for me. I have to drive a fair bit to get to the Thai place I've started to attend, but i've learnt more in literally weeks going there than the previous 4 years of off- and ...