Forty-one years ago, I walked into my first martial arts class.
It was the first conscious step on a path that would shape the rest of my life.
Along that path, I found truth.
I found love.
I found freedom.
I found compassion.
I found wisdom.
I found joy.
I found peace.
I found bliss.
And every time I found them, they eventually seemed to slip away.
So I kept searching.
For decades, I studied martial arts, psychology, philosophy, Christianity, Buddhism, Kabbalah, Taoism, relationships, marriage, divorce, parenthood, loss, love, and life itself.
I searched everywhere.
What I eventually discovered was something surprising.
All of those states—love, joy, wisdom, peace, freedom—were found in the same place.
And every time I lost them, it was because something had pulled me away from that place.
My center.
At the center of my being, I know love.
At the center of my being, I know truth.
At the center of my being, I know wisdom, joy, peace, and freedom.
The conflicts, fears, beliefs, and struggles of life pull me away from that center.
As I learned to see and resolve those conflicts, I found myself resting more and more in that place.
And the more I rested there, the more consistently those states appeared.
What remained constant through every chapter of my life was not the activity.
Not the philosophy.
Not the religion.
Not the role I happened to be playing.
What remained constant was my center.
That is what I help others discover.
Not my center.
Yours.
Because you've been there before.
Maybe only for a moment.
Maybe for longer.
But you've experienced it.
That's why you're searching.
You're not searching for something you've merely heard about.
You're searching for something you remember.
And if you'd like that memory to become knowing, and that knowing to become a way of life, then the journey begins by finding your center.