It was in my graduate school years ago when I was first introduced to this meditation, at a meeting to discuss esoteric, philosophical topics (the meetings used to be called discourses) to which one of my hostel wing mates dragged me to. I was struck by the energy and candor of the presenters. I come from a family with deep religious upbringing, and have practiced religion good part of the adolescent life myself and the undergraduate years. The discourse was a music to my ears as it really connected the dots on my philosophical quandary. It was liberating to hear the possibility of realizing this BIG thing yourself without running around place to place searching for what’s essentially right within you! It was a simple deal – there is no belief system, you meditate and you realize. Being a science student with an engineering background, I could take what they said to be a good working hypothesis, something I could give it try and great if it works (I can see that all for myself!). So, I did. I was introduced to a couple of introductory tools to meditate – breathing techniques and a personal mantra (a set of syllables with potent energy). These tools seemed to have worked as I achieved a greater degree of stillness and focus.