From Deborah

Always helpful, but now even more relevant, the Dhamma. I've been into vipassana meditation for quite a while now. I find this works best for me, better than, say, Zen.

From the liberation dharma talk I'm listening to now:

Long time ago she had been practicing metta meditation for about one week but then for some reason she had to urgently leave the retreat. And this retreat was actually the very first time that she had engaged in the practice of metta meditation and during that week to her it seemed as if she was only repeating the phrases. She said she didn't feel anything but she kept repeating the phrases. And she thought she did not make any progress. But then yes, she had to leave. So she hurriedly packed her things in a bag and as she put things in her bag, a glass container dropped on the floor and split into a thousand pieces and her first reaction was, you're such a failure, you're such a dummy. Then immediately after, the thought arose, but I love you anyway. She realized she had made progress. Something had actually happened, transformed in her heart, mind.