Denizen of the zenny den

I began zen practice this year. When I got back from Spain, the center was closed because of corona, so we do it by zoom now.  Yesterday I did a solo retreat, with some chanting, then half hour of meditation sitting alternating with walking meditations of 10 minutes, some in the morning and then some afternoon.  I realized a few things. This is a serious practice, and cannot be understood by reading about it.  Now I realize that Valente didn't really know anything about mysticism because he didn't actually have a spiritual practice.