In Septemeber 2018, I left my first Vipassana meditation course with a glorious feeling of accomplishing 100 hours of cross-legged meditation, reaching a state where I felt my body dissolved into a mass of energy. In the span of a year, from the ‘gungho-ness’ to wake up and meditate at 5 am daily, my dedication…
A couple months ago, I attended a 10-days Vipassana meditation course that changed me from the core of my being. It was profound and personal in a way that was hard to translate into a list of lessons learned. When I came across an article about ‘slowness’, it occurred to me that despite meditation technique,…
There will be days when you feel stuck in the rut and go nowhere. It doesn’t matter how much you’ve done, how many self-help books you’ve read or how many inspirational quotes you stick on the mirror. I felt stuck when I kind of knew what I should want but I didn’t know specifically what…
I sat alone at the balcony of the chalet right next to a lake studded with lotus plant, smiling like a child while feeling connected to the trees, the chirping birds and the bright blue sky. Life was simple, blissful, just as it is. Being aware of my solitude, I thought, if I died right…
I sat down with my legs crossed, eyes closed and a big smile ear to ear, feeling an outburst of joy that ran through my whole body like an electric current. I was in a silent meditation course. After an hour of meditation, we were instructed to sway our body with the rhythm of bamboo…
Exploring a logical and spiritual mind with Frankie, we talked about winning in life, fear and meditation. 1:35 Fear stopped Frankie from taking action 4:12 Fear of success 7:55 Frankie talked about 10 days Vipassana silent meditation 9:40 Negative emotion deep inside has nowhere to escape 11:10 Treat meditation as a skill that needs inner…
I was introduced to a friend’s friend on a random night two years ago. They talked about lucid dreaming, meditation and spiritual topics all night. I couldn’t comprehend it, but I listened and stayed with them for the next 3 hours. Maybe I was stressed out at that point of time, maybe I was attracted…