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Meetings with a Dhamma Teacher for the people he loves… which for him, I found out, is everyone. And that is why he is so stern. He wants people to reach for, and experience, success in their lives, in their meditation, in their ability to achieve the highest level of perfection that they possibly can. If he can help you, he will: At any time, and in any way that he can. He will spend hours visiting and chatting with guests about Dhamma, and then stay up late into the evening to do his own meditation. He rarely sleeps for very long and he is a natural teacher. Teaching, of course, is our passionate connection. I have been a teacher since the age of twelve, so, uh, let’s see, that’s about 50 years or so of teaching something. Now, how- ever, I am beginning to focus my attention on my meditation and he is right there to help me with it, offering suggestions, and teaching me patience. I started meditating years ago, although I did not know it was meditation – at least I did not call it by that name. Most musicians, artists, and athletes meditate if they are simply focused on their art. You can tell by the look on their faces just how focused they are… concentrated… stilling their anxiety and nervousness and just simply being. But since my son, Josh, ordained here, I have learned so much more about the benefits of meditation, and the What? Why? and How? of the Dhammakaya Meditation Technique. Originally, I did not learn about it through Luang Por, but simply by listening to Josh and trying it out for myself. Luang Por is with me every day, encouraging me to meditate, speaking to me in my mind. “ meditate,” he would say, “Don’t believe me! Just do it and discover the truth for yourself.”