Getting Meditation

It doesn't make any difference if you learn to meditate at ages 5 or 50; the state of meditation is the same. You might spend a life learning meditation well, and then the winds of cause and effect blow you away from meditation for 10,000 years. But when you return it is still the same, there will be not one single atom of difference (and meditation being non-atomic I suppose there is a good reason for that). All the descriptions that are in all those books on Buddhism certainly apply, they are not lying; meditation is your changeless nature, the state of no coming no going...really though, words won't touch it by way of description.

It is inexhaustible, it will remain exactly as it is until the end of time; wonderful, wonderful meditation! As human beings on this planet it is a birthright we all share. We all have the right to taste it and once we do we will know that beneath the surface it is the same taste for everyone. There might be a difference in strength between the seasoned meditator and the novice but the source is the same. To collect on this birthright, time and circumstance are the main things that are required, and willingness to practice it of course, seemingly simple but in fact not necessarily easy and possibly downright complicated. There are no garauntees, just work hard around the edges to create the causes for meditation to become part of your life. Always pray and remember how lucky you are, if you are able.