I recently finished my second ten-day Vipassana meditation course I’m hoping to share some of my experiences + impressions, and also try to capture my current headspace, which noticeably improved after completing the course
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In my experience, the practice itself enables you to embody some metaphysically profound (and instrumentally rewarding) truths around ego, reaction, desire, expectations, and impermanence
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These teachings are non-dogmatic, and the instructor explicitly maintains that the theory is far less important than the results With that in mind, I’ll just try to describe a few of the benefits that I and others have realized through consistent, serious Vipassana practice:
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SELF-CONTROL Vipassana courses demand an exceptional amount of equanimity, discipline, and sustained effort The practice builds your capacity to endure emotional and physical discomfort, which pays dividends in your work, relationships, and exercise habits
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SENSITIVITY The practice requires you to remove external stimuli and spend many hours examining your internal experience You become keenly aware of ever smaller micro-sensations/reactions/emotions, which seem to constantly and spontaneously bubble up from the subconscious ether
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GENEROSITY I’ve become noticeably more generous with my time and resources, but more importantly, I’m becoming more generous in the way that I perceive other people and their intentionshttps://twitter.com/choosy_mom/status/1229575817425903621 …
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I think Vipassana facilitates generosity and empathy by depersonalizing your first-person experience It allows you to step out of the proverbial driver’s seat, non-judgmentally observe your flighty subconscious, and appreciate the equally unpredictable subjectivity of others
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These courses are literally built on a spirit of generosity—the courses, which provide 10 days of housing and food, are free of charge The instructors, course managers, and servers are volunteers, and material costs are paid in full by old students who felt compelled to donatehttps://twitter.com/choosy_mom/status/1220468969284308994 …
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I have plenty more to say about: - delicious vegetarian Vipassana food - rapture and solitude in nature - embodiment/“breaking through” - meditation vs. psychedelia - skepticism and occultism - non-profit, minimally evangelical organizational sustainability and growth
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But those topics aren’t compact, and they don’t fit cleanly in the context of this thread I’ll maybe post more about this later, and if you’re curious to hear more, DMs are always open :)
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