Hi Everyone,

I've been wanting to post this for a while. I was raised Catholic in every sense of the word. When my parents separated I ceased to believe in my religion because my parents (mostly my mother) blew apart all teachings and beliefs that I was taught. As a young woman I also had a really hard time accepting a lot of the teachings around women. I always questioned these teaching but was told to just accept that this is how it is.

From there I did some searching but never got into the nitty gritty of any particular belief or faith. I met some people who were apparently "spiritual". I liked some of their ways and they sat well with me.

Then I met my husband who was raised Polish Catholic. He didn't practice at all after he left school. We married in a Catholic Church, go to the odd mass and have Christened our kids in the Catholic Church.

Recently we've both been looking for a faith that is going to sit right for us. I think we are fundamentally Christian but with a little bit of 'spiritualist" mixed in. We don't agree with all the goings on of the Catholic Church, but we do know that on a local level that the church does some excellent work.

My question: How did you find the right place or religion for you?

I am interested in Buddhism to some extent and would love to read a book about it, so as to understand it fully