RoSpinner, that's a lovely story. Thank you for sharing it.
Don't discount your questions and answers are not meditations. The more you practice, especially regular practice the quicker and deeper you can go into meditation. In fact Master Lin says during the level III material that you can go into the emptiness in a second.
My experience leads me to believe that you are doing this without realizing it. Many may feel they are not going into meditation in a second, just because it is not as deep as during a longer meditation. However, in your meditations you are learn how to adopt a attitude and mindset for addressing your master for help and guidance. You are developing your awareness of yourself and qi. So keep asking and listening, and you will keep hearing, feeling, seeing and knowing you guidance.
You are perfection.
Iam2
