I was trying to recall why I began meditating deliberately - I had always been a day-dreamer (meditating without meaning to). But I remember there being a stage when I got a meditation tape (yes a tape lol) because I wanted to begin meditating regularly. I was at home full time, with my son as a baby and so not working anymore. Having become a mother for the first time, it was a life changing experience and I had didn't have any support. I guess subconsciously I knew that I needed something, but I never knew what it was, I was just following intuition.

But I enjoy being in a meditative state, and if my life led me into a monks life, I feel I would happily meditate for 16 hours a day and work for 4. But I would do that because I love being in meditation, not for any purpose, but simply to spend time in that consciousness.