Rediscovering Buddhism

Having lived half my adult life in a Buddhist country, I never paid attention to that fact. Buddha was something like a souvenir brand.

Having untangled myself from what only existed in my head, having fixed the world around me, and feeling drastic changes, I started formulating my experience in a way that could be passed on to others.

Everyone has their own life. That’s why what matters is not skills themselves, but meta-skills. The ability to operate yourself. You can’t reprogram the brain. But you can manage its programs. Meta-program. The insights turned out to be valuable and helped others.

The January before last, in Bangkok, Zen gave me a book — Robert Wright’s “Why Buddhism Is True.”

I started reading and the last doubts fell away. I had simply rediscovered Buddhism. Or rather, Buddhist psychology.

The book described how the mind works from the Buddhist perspective. And how to grab hold of the thread that, once I pulled it, unexpectedly pulled me out.