My intention was to start meditation every day before attending a 10-day Vipassana meditation. As a way of practicing and preparing myself, I meditate for 10 hours a day. Not surprisingly, the only mediation "practice" I entered was two 20-minute sessions, both of which ended with my sleep. Believe me, you don't need to do anything to prepare for it. Just appear and promise to complete the program.
This is exactly what I and my husband have done. We have a concept of our expectations and a daily schedule. Ten hours of mediation every day seems a bit overkill, but we have promised. We hope it will improve our lives, but we don't know how it will change us. For me, I hope to achieve a more focused and focused thinking. And I also hope to have a physical experience… I have been trying for a few months now.
After we appeared and checked, we separated and showed it to our room. I opened the suitcase and opened the bed, then went to the woman's restaurant to eat and eat. After the orientation, "noble silence", in the remaining ten days, we must not talk to anyone except the assistant. This is the moment we have to follow five rules:
- It is forbidden to kill any existence;
- Avoid theft;
- Avoid all sexual activity;
- do not lie;
- Get rid of all narcotics.
On the first night, everyone was asked to meet in the meditation hall to get their seating arrangements. It started.
The next four days were hell for me because I couldn't find a comfortable seat during the mediation. Continue to sleep on the left side of the entire body from my hips down. I tried using a few cushions, a box and a variety of sitting positions. Finally, I asked if I could try a mat with back support. It has made a huge difference. The first thing I recommend anyone to do is to find a comfortable place to sit down. I hope that I will ask for back support on the first day.
Now I can finally concentrate on meditation. The course will gradually teach you mediation skills. The first step is to call Observation method from
It teaches you to observe and focus on your breathing. You should not try to regulate it or change it. Simply look at its natural state. Then you start to narrow your focus to the triangular area at the top of the nose to the top of the lips, and eventually shrink it even more so that you only focus on the breathing under the nostrils and above the upper lip. This technology helps to improve your thinking before you learn the actual technology. Vipassana from
On the fourth day.
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Looking at the various feelings of your body. Feeling like itching, cold, hot, heavy, light, pleasant or unpleasant. By observing the feelings of the body rather than reacting to them, you train your subconscious mind to change the habit pattern of the reaction. By simply observing the feelings and understanding that they are constantly changing and not continuing, you are essentially training your mind to observe life rather than react to it. This is actually a way for me to change my life.
On the sixth and eighth days of the course, I spent a very quiet day and completely got rid of my daily nervousness and anxiety. This is largely because I apply this technique to some of my negative emotional feelings and observe them as they dissipate. For me, observing my negative emotions without identifying or reacting to them is a great experience. I just watched them fade away. incredible! This is my experience, you should not enter this mediation with expectations. Every experience is completely personal, and it's important that you don't "eager" for any particular experience.
From the second day to the last day of the course, we learned Metapana from
This is the idea of caring for everyone's love, compassion and peace. It used to be beautiful.
On the last day, we were able to break the noble silence and start talking to each other. Interestingly, how many students suddenly want to check their mobile phones or complain to others about their courses or their difficulties with the course, they are back to their "cravings."
In practice, Vipassana does work. I suggest that you give it a try and see for yourself.
My Vipassana meditation experience was originally published on Spring
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