The new science of meditation
I&#x27;ve practiced mindfulness and meditation for many years until I found &quot;The Tao of Pooh&quot;, which, if you&#x27;re not familiar, outlines the basic tenets of taoism. It has completely changed me and made me feel whole for the first time in my life, and I don&#x27;t have to practice anything to achieve it.<p>Early on in my life I was drawn in by proverbs and other pieces of wisdom, in an attempt to fill in the gaps of what I thought was missing, to fix myself and make me feel whole. Then mindfulness presented itself to me and it gave me a feeling that everything just worked - it was simple and applied to everything; but I couldn&#x27;t hold onto it. I wanted to just be, and be ok. Non-dual mindfulness felt like the answer to that problem, but while it sounded right in theory, I still felt that it was something I had to achieve or maintain.<p>When I read The Tao of Pooh, everything clicked for me. I could be myself without trying. My whole life has become open-ended. It also helped me to understand something that always nagged at me - how could some people appear to be mindful from birth, without having read anything about mindfulness? - People who seemed to always grow and learn in a way that upends their nature continually (nature vs. nurture?), while I felt that there was always something I was missing.<p>The answer(for me) was 2 things 
-an ability to see myself as whole, despite the capacity for personal growth; -and complete&#x2F;lazy faith in my intuition.<p>(Intuition being this kind of thing that everyone is born with - and so in my view, the only thing that could transcend the differences between every living being. The differences in access to teachings, wisdom, philosophies, religion, culture, etc.)<p>I&#x27;m curious if anyone here has felt similar with meditation&#x2F;mindfulness, or has had experience with both that and taoism and what that journey was like for you.