In most of the books about Buddhism that I've read there has always been something like "Buddhism isn't about having some idea about Buddhism. It's just being who you are."
When I first read those lines before absorbing all the "Be compassionate, love everyone etc." things I kind of thought: "Yeah yeah, that's not gonna happen to me."
But it did.
I held up high an ideal self, that I was aspiring towards, unconsciously. One that accepts everything and loves everyone.
Absolute freedom
You can't really be free, if you're attached to some dogma or a thought how you should be. Whatever you are, be that because you want to and not because someone says you should.
What you are truly is enough. Sure you can keep meditating even though it's part of what has been taught, but do it for yourself and because you have experienced that it does good things to you. Don't take what others say as truths. Truth is the most subjective thing in the world. Everyone has a truth. Being true to your truth is, I think, the ultimate way of being.
Find out what's true for you.
It's probably easier to find with contemplation. If you read books to find the truth, then contemplate on the idea a book gives you. The book might be telling the truth of the writer, but is it your truth?
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