Well it's not like I haven't used the bowls before. For about three years I've worked with autistic children and young adults, intuitively using the bowls to address various issues and create an environment which is conducive to healing and relief from their normal day-to-day tormented world. It was this experience which encouraged me to pursue the whole subject and travel to Nepal to study with a Tibetan master. We studied, ate, and meditated together.
After returning from Nepal armed with a whole array of layouts and different approaches to various complaints ranging from a stiff neck to anxiety I started introducing the bowls and their uses to a gang of friends. You'd think this would help but, actually, it just started throwing up a whole load of new questions.
This is particularly true when you start to meet people who have their own experiences and views on all things, religious and spiritual. In all, the process of learning never stops. And that's what's so wonderful about working in this area. Every day I learn to use the bowls in a different way and every day I'm refining my practice.
And every day I'm finding some new adornment or development in my own Dharma practice...
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