Bodhi was introduced to the concept of Eastern meditation in the 1970s. He adopted this hybrid lifestyle around a regular life pursuits that included profession and family just like the many other Western aspirants who began pursuing this concept Eastern Enlightenment at that time. In the nearly 50 years since that time, he has been obsessively engaged in a disciplined and regular use of these Eastern techniques and the study of their philosophies and science while actively engaged in an otherwise fully normal active Western lifestyle. He has been a lifelong student of science and mathematics and actively engaged in his ongoing homegrown enlightenment experiment in pursuit of the Ultimate Truth.