Life & travel scribbles

Brain enema. Mind decluttering. Brain detox . These and more elaborate are the definitions given by teachers of Vipassana meditation technique I decided to give myself in again, for the 2nd time. 10 days in complete silence, without or at least with a very limited human contact of any kind, with absolutely nothing to distract from looking inward: no reading or writing, no physical exercise - except from one > sitting 10-11hs a day and meditating. I took up the challenge again. Vipassana is a meditation technique , which is not simply  about gathering up your mind, focusing and concentrating it. It is so much more! The principles are non-sectarian and n ot associated with any philosophy, therefore - utterly universal. What one is focusing on - for some for the first time in their lifes - is the reality, the present moment, as it is. As it is, not as one wants it to be. Purifying one’s mind by constant and very scrupulous observation of the breath an...

:Post-course afterthoughts: Vipassana meditation  I decided to dedicate 10 days of my life to find out what is this all hustle about with so well known, and spreading everywhere in recent years, meditation. I didn't know much what I was going to experience there, what should I expect or whether to prepare myself somehow (physically/mentally). I didn't take much care about arming myself with any above mentioned information or preparations whatsoever, just to go with the flow, experience whatever it was going to bring. And endure the entire 10-days period without talking, which seemed to me the most challenging and incredibly unthinkable thing to surrender myself to. Considering my short-tempered and impulsive personality there was something to be worried about, most of all because I didn't want to ruin someone's meditation while couldn't resist to say a word. Or from the other hand, and more likely to happen, I didn't want to burst inside out during t...