How did you find Buddha ?

Great journey ironmanx, so where do you stand now in your spirituality? I learnt about Buddhism when I studied the philosophy of religion at uni. I have tried to be a christian for most of my life - couldn't understand the concept of a relationship with God or Jesus, but Buddhism instantly made sense to me. Thanks for the great topic hope there is a good response.

I am spiritual but not religious. I admire Jesus and Buddha. I have book "Autobiography of a Yogi". I did not meet Yogananda, byt learned a lot about him. The more I am searching, the less I know. "The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand" Frank Herbert

To be honest, I have not found Buddha just yet. I am not religious these days, so I do not know that I will find him anytime soon.

I had an interesting experience in finding Tai' (thailand's religion, very similiar to buddhism). When creating a video game character I was attempting to ascertain even a bit of creativity in assigning my nickname. I finally came done to thaine. Well that got shorter and shorter intill it was just tain. I then grandified my computer geeking ability by hanging out on I.R.C. (a glorified instant messaging with multiple rooms that appears to be the only virtual sedative). After awhile I started using the nickname "Tai". A women from Thailand noticed my name, and we got to know each other. On a whim I went to seek information about Thailand and found out about their religion, and how similiar it was to buddhism. What shocked me was I though I had created my own "inner religion" that was completely unique to myself, and only to behold that it had already been passed down by generations for quite some time. I still follow my inner self, but it is nice to know there are so many other people in the world with similiar beliefs.

I think i'm not the one who find Him but he himself find me

I wanted peace of mind, and the other stuff wasn't cutting it for me, but Buddha isn't condemning me to hell.That was a relief and the more i got into it, the more i saw how it just seemed "human"

Okay, whats the best way to say this. I had a weird experience, an anomalous spiritual experience. I went to my own people and they couldn't help and the local majority, the Christians couldn't help me. They didn't understand and they seemed to sit in judgement. It was entirely out of my realm. I didn't understand it either! An anomalous spiritual experience was not what I was looking for or expecting. I floated. I read that the wise man floats and the fool sinks. I didn't sink is a good way to put it. After long searches on the internet for a significant amount of time, I found that I had a transcendental experience. Buddhist texts described very perfectly my experience. No other belief system had done this for me. Centuries of people understood what happened to me and could help me. Wow! I was relieved and very thankful. It was the beginning of my road back to every day. Buddhist thought said to not get caught up in the imagery and the fantastic realms but to take the message of the experience. Ever since then, I choose Buddhism. I don't really understand the entire religious system of different schools of it but the simplicity of the basic teachings is right for me.