Vipassana: The Ultimate Observation of Self

10 days. No communication. 12 hours daily meditation and facing the very zenith of your pain.

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I was 20 years old (about 6 months ago) when I first went to a Vipassana center in Lumbini, Nepal. You know I have a weird habit of trying to put myself in extremely uncomfortable situations just to see what I would become at the end of that road.

The rules were pretty simple

1. No talking to anyone or gesturing for 10 days.
2. Eating plain food provided by the institution
3. No journaling or reading
4. Daily 12 hours of meditation
5. Waking up at 4.30 am no matter what.

Yeah, I know, most of you have already decided to never attend this excruciating thing but let me try to change your mind.

The Philosophy of Vipassana is simple, you must not let anything out.

This technique emerged in Ancient India’s Buddhist traditions as a way to face your inner demons, in modern day, when we’re faced with some negative emotion, we shut our minds off with cheap distraction

Social media, alcohol, cigarettes, p*rn or other coping mechanisms.