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@@Poly6Groove You're not wrong but main goal here is to self-awareness. If you reach to some higher level of Vipassna you can see, hear and feel things without silentness.
We never hear “outside” our selves. Vibration hits our ears and changes to electrical/ chemical sensations. This is then interpreted by our brain. So by taking that out of the 10 days we are left with our monkey mind. Which makes itself know in no uncertain ways. We then become more aware of our lack of silence. This applies to all the senses. By reducing the noise and developing our awarness we hopefully will reduce the monopoly of the inner voice/ verbal and visual imagery on our life.
Once u do this course u can easily divide your life patterns into two. Before and after. You become a very self aware person by and large in control of yourself. Postive and self dependent.
Very true. I and many others have been much transformed from these retreats. I find that it is quick to slip into old habits without keeping the practice up though
Wow Kiran Bedi replied to your video..lucky bro...she is one of the highest ranking police officers in India and has been vipassana practitioner and advisory to implement it in prisons so the inmates would change , she was also in that famous documentary@@WyethSterling
Excellent explanation. You are lucky that you found Vipassana in your 20s young man. As a 60 year old who found it only recently, my greatest regret is not finding it in my 20s when i needed it so much. But i am grateful that i found it now and will never let it go out of my life.
I’ll be attending my first 10 day Vipassana meditation February 2025 Jessup, Georgia. I’ve enjoyed this video immensely you spoke very well. More than before I’m super excited to attend. Love and Light ❤
My best wishes to you! Let us know how it goes. I signed up for Jan. 22-Feb. 2 in Ontario, Canada, but I am not yet confirmed, placed on wait list. God-willing, I too will be going.
I do 3rd eye meditation where we practice kudalini and divya drishti. I am totaly a new person. 1 - manter jaap as mush as you can 2 - dyan 30 minute to 60 minute 3 - tratak 20-30 mintes 4 - havan
I had a similar experience as to what you talk about around 15 minute when I was meditating the most. I definitely want to experience it again but after that point I turned my life around completely. Never had a job, several diagnoses regarding mental health etc. I now have a job, education, girlfriend and a very bright future. Meditation saved my life and I wholeheartedly believe so.
Thanks for this. 50 years ago I did a vipassana retreat at Bodhgaya India led by Goenka. I believe he had just starting teaching. For me it was a life changing event.
Woaw! Im going to the Nordic Vipassana center in Sweden 8th of this month to se Goenka🤗 Looking so much forward to it🙏🌟 Do you want to tell how it change you?
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my TH-cam channel 5 months ago about self development. Now I have 336 subs and almost > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.
@@n.i.g.h.t.i.n_g.a.l.e I sincerely appreciate such kind words! When I was a kid, all I wanted was to have a career that pays well so I can buy whatever I want but now that I’m grown up and went through tons of setbacks from losing tons of people in my life, getting lost in the world with full of life traps, being ridiculed for pursuing my dreams, and so on, I can say that long-lasting happiness can’t be bought or earned because it comes from within us. Continue to grow as a person and I’m so glad that you’re part of this journey! I’m hoping to upload my next one this month, which is more than an hr long. I’ve been working hard for many months now to present it in the best way I can while keeping in mind that I can never make it perfect. I hope that you’ll enjoy it! Thanks so much for your support!
@@ga.0103 Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my TH-cam channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a TH-camr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this TH-cam thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)
What is beautiful is that no matter what part of the world you are in , everything that dr goenka says at the end of the day most people will resonate with it.
It was fantastic, having done the 10 day retreat in South Africa, observing noble silence throughout. I'll do it again. The evening discourse was wow! So beautiful. Love and light to all who contemplate doing it.
I took the 10 vipassana course back in 1983 with Goenka in Barre MA. There wasn’t the fancy facility as it is now. It was the most intense and difficult, but very rewarding experience I ever had. ❤ and peace to all
Goenka does give some more “bookish” knowledge during his discourses at these retreats, but you are right the purpose is mostly to serve realization of self which is beyond anything a book can give you
Thank you so much for this video. I am going on a 10 day vipassana retreat and have been feeling very nervous. Your video grounded me so much and made me feel excited for what is to come. Wishing you well
It was a great experience. Really challenging and rewarding. Days of difficulty and anguish, days of joy and even euphoria. Since the course, I have felt lighter and more able to manage the ups and downs of life. I recommend it to anyone that is serious about learning to manage the mind and willing to put in the work.@@eemakagoma6410
Really enjoyed this I learnt and practised kundalini meditation for twenty years then needed a break from it and now I am back meditating again and it has changed my life again I am now about to start a reiki healing meditation business and so excited about it x
When I took that course I met one korean guy who kept taking 10 days course one after another in different places in Nepal. He was very much enlightened one. He could even see peoples halo. Unbelievable 😮
Thank you brother, I heard of it from several fellow retreat workers in Ecuador and how it changed their lives. Didn't manage to get into a course or haven't had the time after. Your video gave me the push to start the application for another course here in Germany. It feels like it's finally the time to do it.
Congratulations on your first 10-day Vipassana course! As you say, it is a total life-changing experience. I did my first one 5 years ago and never looked back. Much Metta dear Dhamma brother 🙏
I'm doing this next month and although i haven't done it yet, from my daily practices of meditation, i strongly relate to having blissful days followed by horrible depressing days. Glad to know i'm not the only one as i started to convince myself i might be going crazy and that rather than having profound realisations, i'm actually just having profound delusions. I guess it must be a normal part of the process when letting go of everything you've believed yourself to be. For me, it's usually that those blissful days are from the realisation that i don't need to live up to any labels to be lovable -- but then the depressing days are where my ego starts saying, "You DO need to be something to be lovable and now that you're letting go of what that something is, you will not be loved." Anyone relate to this too? Also thanks for the video!
Thank you for sharing this. I did two 10-days in UK and Sweden in the 90s and listening to you made me remember things from that experience. Just wanted to say thank you and stay focused 🌱
I just did in my country , Thailand last 2 weeks I love it so much. It is a real technique of relief the misery. Your sharing to everyone is such a great things. May you all be compassionate, love and peaceful ❤
Just to add: not every person responds the same way to the same kind of meditation. Even the Buddha knew this, as he often gave custom instructions tailored to a person. If you're curios, there's this Jeffery Martin guy who has done a quite extensive research project on this, which has helped me better understand what happened to me as I went on a retreat.
Yes important comment here. If a person has trauma they may need to practice trauma informed meditation. Otherwise they can reactivate the trauma and the practice becomes contraindicative.
Yes I read the comments.And it is true That there are many paths to Truth.And we are not made in a way so all will go on same path Though our goals are same and one . Well many years back I did this 10 days course.And it was great .initially tough but gradually we get habituated.I felt peace and calm But it wasn't my path .Now for almost 15years I am on a different path and am happy to follow it . Meditation is universal.and we all will reach that goal one day whichever path we travel Best wishes to all spiritual seekers .
I did a 10-day in Nepal. Life changing. I didn't keep it up. I tried but in the real world, not very sustainable. Years later, I'm meditating again. I want to do a 10-day again.
he 8th and 9th day of the course are known as Maitri Day, which is dedicated to learning compassion and using the focus gained in the previous 7 days to promote world peace and generate compassion. Although we are all taught to have compassion, it is often not practiced. However, on the 8th and 9th day, you undergo a transformative experience. I still chant the prayer they sing, which doesn’t talk about any god or yourself. The sole focus is on other beings and their well-being. It’s the song of compassion.
Wyeth, thanks so much for sharing your experiences with us. Reading your post has come at a perfect time for me. I sent off my application two weeks ago and yesterday received an email saying the enrollment had been filled and I was on the waitlist. My reaction was completely calm and my mind immediately began looking forward to increasing my meditation time at home, practicing more lengthy periods of sitting cross-legged and spending more time in silence. I don't know what the future will be but I plan on packing my bag and being as ready as possible if and when I'm accepted into a Vipassana course. All the best to you in your future endeavours and congratulations on starting your online community. Love & Blessings.
Your experience was clearly a top-tenth-percentile (at least) success case in trialling the technique. I hope you go back again soon, or perhaps serve on a course - it will be a pleasure to hear your response after a second experience. I also humbly recommend you strongly consider two hours of meditation per day, or at least two half-hours; you might find that time constraints aren't as solid as they appear. Be happy!
thank you! I definitely will be going back for another course at some point. I have been doing half hour in the mornings, but you are right these time constraints are not as solid as I tend to believe
I did a 10-day in 2011 at SCVC. After being introduced to the practice, it took 1 full year to take that final step. It was one of the top 10 events in my life- one I will never forget🙏 Namaste.
Hey I want to convey this to you I really appreciate your efforts of compiling all your experiences and putting it out for the beginners. A lot of gratitude Can’t thank you enough for explaining everything in so much detail God bless❤
in minute 15 the story of you made me understand the mind structure! so if you stop the mind from feeling one with your inner world, the mind will match itself with the outer world. it means the mind needs subjects and it is empty of existence in its essence"!!!
Wow, thanks for sharing your insights, I've been thinking of doing a ten-day course for a while. Love the editing with your descriptions, you captured how those sensations feel during vipassana well!
Amazing, so excited for you to keep learning. “I feel like a balanced life is coming into fruition” is progress but still a grasp-ful sentence. Don’t worry about “your” or “balance” or “fruit” (production). Just be.
I recognize and remember the body distortion sensations from when I was much younger ! Especially the 90 degree rotation in the face / vision .. very recognizable and inspiring video ! Thank you
Wyeth, I am so impressed by you. What a wonderful, detailed and informative explanation of your experience. I tried a Vipassana retreat in 2019 and only made it until day four. I feel a great amount of regret and failure, and one day may attempt it again. Although, like you said, it's extremely difficult. I'm so happy you got to experience it and for the positive benefits it has given you. Thanks for this video.
i personally did it just got out aprox a week ago and to be honnest wit yall ! bof not much seriously i was actually feeling way bether beefore going in there then after
Nice experience and very well described. I was interested in somebody other than me taking about Vipassana. Definitely one of the best experience I ever done in my life. Don't know if I would do it again tho, was very difficult to complete it. It opened new realities on my life, I know teach how to meditate to my clients. 10 days is very long in my opinion, 10 min a day would do the work 80% of the time... Good luck for your channel. Keep going!
If you attain 4 forth Jhana to recall back past lives, you can see the truth how Karma work. Then if you study Abhidhamma, you can use that forth Jhana to see arising and vanishing trillion time per second form&mind moment. After that is the real insight meditation😊❤
Great content and video. Very thoroughly and chill. And yes, Vipassana is hard work, but uts totally worth it, imo. If I would win the lottery, I maybe would even start my own Vipassana centers. Because here in Germany, it takes so long to get a free place for a retreat.
Sounds like your on a good path now! This retreat is called a boot camp of meditation it’s not always been beneficial for people. They are researching the negative effects that can happen at Brown University. Cheetah house. Many come back with difficulty. Sounds like your on a good path now! You might not need this retreat. I was sorta talked into my first retreat and looking back I don’t recommend it to people. Don’t discount your own hard work to get where you are now. That’s awesome!! Good luck!
Why don't you recommend it to people? I mean, you can even google meditation and i've never ever heard of any bad side effects that can come from meditating....It just really makes no sense.
Thank you for sharing your experiences through this type of meditation. Concentration & discipline seems to be at first the hardest but once built up the momentum becomes advantage afterwards for deliverance and once you have tune in, you gain creativity productivity. I occasionally meditate I feel the beneficial aspects awareness and sensation parts and areas of my body meditation helps me to be grounded while harmonic sense love and peace and outside . I let go the worries thoughts and detached myself from distractions and judgment programing ego-mind modern world,🙏😊 God bless all and I wish all a wonderful life 💞🙏🙏🙏🌌
Thank you for the review ~ I found it profound and informative. I truly appreciate it. I have already been thinking of attending, when I came across your experience. Blessings ✨💫💓🌺🥰💞💗🙏🏻✨
i cannot believe the fact that a fucking distracted person like me watched the entire 25 mins long video , good luck to me going to vipassana 9-20 sept
Thank you for the excellent summary of your experience. I knew little about this type of retreat, so I'm very thankful for your honest insight. I'm very similar to you in that my mind jumps around a lot and I'm often reacting vs. acting! I'm definitely going to consider attending one of these retreats. 🙏
Matter (Rupa) Zone (Kalapa) is a smallest unit of matter that lives for 51 smallest moments while causing to appear another zone (Kalapa). The Sakwala Chakra in Sri Lanka is like it.
I'm only 12 minutes in, and want to say how much I appreciate your insight and honesty. Also, the imagery, the music, and your voice make it enjoyable and relaxing. So thank you. Could you please tell me what this music is, who's it by, and what the name of this piece 🎶 Thanks again 😊
Thankyou for sharing your experience. It’s helpful for me as I look to deepen my own seeking inclinations. You exercised courage and strength to get there and I commend you!👏👏🙏🥰
Amazing! Great that you had such a beautiful experience!! I'll go for my first 10 day Vipassana retreat experience next week! So excited (and scared at the same time as I'm still integrating intense energy from some 5-MeO-DMT experiences). What a timing!
Unpopular opinion but i think that an extremely simple diet, consisting of the most nutrient dense food possible (i.e. pure meat/beef), is one of the best choices alongside the choice to simplify life, meditate and optimize the Now. Less is more
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Hey all! This community is designed to foster authentic connection among those on the path of personal and spiritual growth. I strongly believe in the idea of power in numbers. Each week, we will host connection calls designed to cultivate friendships among those seeking growth. There will be other events too on there, such as meditation hour, sharing resources, text chat, etc. The community was created in early April 2024, and I am hoping to have the weekly friendship calls up and running by late April! Your participation in these would be huge! Especially in the beginning stages when the community is just getting off the ground. I hope to see you in there!
It's not 10 days of silence. But 10 days of awareness, attentiveness and equanimity 😊
Awareness arises from Silence
@@Poly6Groove You're not wrong but main goal here is to self-awareness. If you reach to some higher level of Vipassna you can see, hear and feel things without silentness.
It’s ten days of silence smarty pants
Seems you need another 10 but so do I 🙏
We never hear “outside” our selves. Vibration hits our ears and changes to electrical/ chemical sensations. This is then interpreted by our brain. So by taking that out of the 10 days we are left with our monkey mind. Which makes itself know in no uncertain ways. We then become more aware of our lack of silence. This applies to all the senses. By reducing the noise and developing our awarness we hopefully will reduce the monopoly of the inner voice/ verbal and visual imagery on our life.
I lived at a Vipassana center for 3 years, sat 23 x 10-day courses, a 20-day course, served 16 x 10-day courses. It was good times.
how was it?
what was your motivation for doing it?
Sadhu sadhu sadhu
Brooooo
Wow
U are God
About to enter into a 10 day Vipassana in less than 48 hours, here in Australia! Thank you for this video. I am nervous but also so excited! 🎉
Good luck!
How'd it go?
Amazing! Challenging but so liberating. I'd recommend to anyone to give it a go, an incredible experience! 🤍
@@phoebejaneb great to hear! I'm booked in for my first 10 day retreat this April 😊
Good luck! You got this 😊
I have joined Vipassana since last year September in Cambodia, I have changed my mind my life for a better life. I will join more courses!
Once u do this course u can easily divide your life patterns into two. Before and after. You become a very self aware person by and large in control of yourself. Postive and self dependent.
Very true. I and many others have been much transformed from these retreats. I find that it is quick to slip into old habits without keeping the practice up though
Woah!! Mam you're inspiration for whole of India, great to know that you've also experienced this
Wow Kiran Bedi madam, it is great to see your comment
Wow Kiran Bedi replied to your video..lucky bro...she is one of the highest ranking police officers in India and has been vipassana practitioner and advisory to implement it in prisons so the inmates would change , she was also in that famous documentary@@WyethSterling
Excellent explanation. You are lucky that you found Vipassana in your 20s young man. As a 60 year old who found it only recently, my greatest regret is not finding it in my 20s when i needed it so much. But i am grateful that i found it now and will never let it go out of my life.
25 years later I’m still a Vipassana mediator. I’m so grateful
I’ll be attending my first 10 day Vipassana meditation February 2025 Jessup, Georgia. I’ve enjoyed this video immensely you spoke very well. More than before I’m super excited to attend. Love and Light ❤
My best wishes to you! Let us know how it goes. I signed up for Jan. 22-Feb. 2 in Ontario, Canada, but I am not yet confirmed, placed on wait list. God-willing, I too will be going.
I do 3rd eye meditation where we practice kudalini and divya drishti. I am totaly a new person.
1 - manter jaap as mush as you can
2 - dyan 30 minute to 60 minute
3 - tratak 20-30 mintes
4 - havan
I had a similar experience as to what you talk about around 15 minute when I was meditating the most. I definitely want to experience it again but after that point I turned my life around completely. Never had a job, several diagnoses regarding mental health etc. I now have a job, education, girlfriend and a very bright future. Meditation saved my life and I wholeheartedly believe so.
❤
Thanks for this. 50 years ago I did a vipassana retreat at Bodhgaya India led by Goenka. I believe he had just starting teaching. For me it was a life changing event.
wow, this is beautiful, how is Goenka in person
@@vish206 Fleshy
Woaw! Im going to the Nordic Vipassana center in Sweden 8th of this month to se Goenka🤗 Looking so much forward to it🙏🌟 Do you want to tell how it change you?
Did this a couple of times in the 90’s in California… it changed my life for the better
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my TH-cam channel 5 months ago about self development. Now I have 336 subs and almost > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Yes, you should be proud. ♥
@@n.i.g.h.t.i.n_g.a.l.e I sincerely appreciate such kind words! When I was a kid, all I wanted was to have a career that pays well so I can buy whatever I want but now that I’m grown up and went through tons of setbacks from losing tons of people in my life, getting lost in the world with full of life traps, being ridiculed for pursuing my dreams, and so on, I can say that long-lasting happiness can’t be bought or earned because it comes from within us.
Continue to grow as a person and I’m so glad that you’re part of this journey! I’m hoping to upload my next one this month, which is more than an hr long. I’ve been working hard for many months now to present it in the best way I can while keeping in mind that I can never make it perfect. I hope that you’ll enjoy it! Thanks so much for your support!
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@@ga.0103 Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my TH-cam channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a TH-camr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this TH-cam thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)
What is beautiful is that no matter what part of the world you are in , everything that dr goenka says at the end of the day most people will resonate with it.
It was fantastic, having done the 10 day retreat in South Africa, observing noble silence throughout. I'll do it again. The evening discourse was wow! So beautiful. Love and light to all who contemplate doing it.
Beautiful! Where in SA can I find this retreat ??
Did you do the Cape Town Worcester one…? I go in a month! Nervous but excited
Worcester
I took the 10 vipassana course back in 1983 with Goenka in Barre MA. There wasn’t the fancy facility as it is now. It was the most intense and difficult, but very rewarding experience I ever had. ❤ and peace to all
Vipassana is a great vibe. I went to the course. I felt so happy that I learned a lot of things in my life there.
These great teachers dont give teaching of bookish knowledge or forced faith but they have practical realisation of self.
Goenka does give some more “bookish” knowledge during his discourses at these retreats, but you are right the purpose is mostly to serve realization of self which is beyond anything a book can give you
Thank you so much for this video. I am going on a 10 day vipassana retreat and have been feeling very nervous. Your video grounded me so much and made me feel excited for what is to come. Wishing you well
good luck!
How was it?
It was a great experience. Really challenging and rewarding. Days of difficulty and anguish, days of joy and even euphoria. Since the course, I have felt lighter and more able to manage the ups and downs of life. I recommend it to anyone that is serious about learning to manage the mind and willing to put in the work.@@eemakagoma6410
Really enjoyed this I learnt and practised kundalini meditation for twenty years then needed a break from it and now I am back meditating again and it has changed my life again I am now about to start a reiki healing meditation business and so excited about it x
When I took that course I met one korean guy who kept taking 10 days course one after another in different places in Nepal. He was very much enlightened one. He could even see peoples halo. Unbelievable 😮
Could you please elaborate
Thank you brother, I heard of it from several fellow retreat workers in Ecuador and how it changed their lives. Didn't manage to get into a course or haven't had the time after. Your video gave me the push to start the application for another course here in Germany. It feels like it's finally the time to do it.
Let’s goo💪🏽
Congratulations on your first 10-day Vipassana course! As you say, it is a total life-changing experience. I did my first one 5 years ago and never looked back. Much Metta dear Dhamma brother 🙏
Thank you❤️🙏🏼
Very well explained, thanx for uploading this video. Going to sign up for 10-day course. Exciting to explore this journey!
best of luck to you
Just signed up for the 10 Day course in Washington State, I know I'm ready for it. BIG thanks for the videos blatant honesty and transparency!
Good luck!
I'm doing this next month and although i haven't done it yet, from my daily practices of meditation, i strongly relate to having blissful days followed by horrible depressing days. Glad to know i'm not the only one as i started to convince myself i might be going crazy and that rather than having profound realisations, i'm actually just having profound delusions. I guess it must be a normal part of the process when letting go of everything you've believed yourself to be. For me, it's usually that those blissful days are from the realisation that i don't need to live up to any labels to be lovable -- but then the depressing days are where my ego starts saying, "You DO need to be something to be lovable and now that you're letting go of what that something is, you will not be loved." Anyone relate to this too?
Also thanks for the video!
this is a super informative video. thanks, Wyeth. looking forward to my first retreat this month
Thank you for sharing this. I did two 10-days in UK and Sweden in the 90s and listening to you made me remember things from that experience. Just wanted to say thank you and stay focused 🌱
Hello, do you have the website or contact details of UK and Sweden retreit, please?
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Thanks for sharing. I will attend the course in one week in South Australia.
Don't stop making videos, you're a good storyteller and editor!😊
Good luck! And thank you
I just did in my country , Thailand last 2 weeks I love it so much. It is a real technique of relief the misery. Your sharing to everyone is such a great things. May you all be compassionate, love and peaceful ❤
Just to add: not every person responds the same way to the same kind of meditation. Even the Buddha knew this, as he often gave custom instructions tailored to a person. If you're curios, there's this Jeffery Martin guy who has done a quite extensive research project on this, which has helped me better understand what happened to me as I went on a retreat.
I tried vipassana body scanning, i honestly couldnt focus. Now i do do nothing meditation and can finally reach a still mind no thots
Yes important comment here. If a person has trauma they may need to practice trauma informed meditation. Otherwise they can reactivate the trauma and the practice becomes contraindicative.
Yes I read the comments.And it is true That there are many paths to Truth.And we are not made in a way so all will go on same path Though our goals are same and one .
Well many years back I did this 10 days course.And it was great .initially tough but gradually we get habituated.I felt peace and calm
But it wasn't my path .Now for almost 15years I am on a different path and am happy to follow it .
Meditation is universal.and we all will reach that goal one day whichever path we travel
Best wishes to all spiritual seekers .
Is there a video (what’s the name) regarding this research?
Yeah shiva created 118 methods
Great content!! Thank you for making this I will be doing my first one in May :)
Im literally #2 on the waiting list for the session on the 15th in Lava Hot Springs this month and I am freakin stoked!!! Wild this video popped up!
Did you get in?
@@ViP-l7q yes!
@@ViP-l7q yes! It was great!!
I did a 10-day in Nepal. Life changing. I didn't keep it up. I tried but in the real world, not very sustainable. Years later, I'm meditating again. I want to do a 10-day again.
Awwww!!! I literally just applied for this course! Perfect timing for this video ❤
he 8th and 9th day of the course are known as Maitri Day, which is dedicated to learning compassion and using the focus gained in the previous 7 days to promote world peace and generate compassion. Although we are all taught to have compassion, it is often not practiced. However, on the 8th and 9th day, you undergo a transformative experience. I still chant the prayer they sing, which doesn’t talk about any god or yourself. The sole focus is on other beings and their well-being. It’s the song of compassion.
Wyeth, thanks so much for sharing your experiences with us. Reading your post has come at a perfect time for me. I sent off my application two weeks ago and yesterday received an email saying the enrollment had been filled and I was on the waitlist. My reaction was completely calm and my mind immediately began looking forward to increasing my meditation time at home, practicing more lengthy periods of sitting cross-legged and spending more time in silence. I don't know what the future will be but I plan on packing my bag and being as ready as possible if and when I'm accepted into a Vipassana course. All the best to you in your future endeavours and congratulations on starting your online community. Love & Blessings.
Did you end up getting in?
@@ViP-l7q Yep I did! An amazing experience in so many ways. I will go again, for sure.
Your experience was clearly a top-tenth-percentile (at least) success case in trialling the technique. I hope you go back again soon, or perhaps serve on a course - it will be a pleasure to hear your response after a second experience.
I also humbly recommend you strongly consider two hours of meditation per day, or at least two half-hours; you might find that time constraints aren't as solid as they appear.
Be happy!
thank you! I definitely will be going back for another course at some point. I have been doing half hour in the mornings, but you are right these time constraints are not as solid as I tend to believe
I did a 10-day in 2011 at SCVC. After being introduced to the practice, it took 1 full year to take that final step. It was one of the top 10 events in my life- one I will never forget🙏 Namaste.
Mind sharing your other 10 life events? I want to try more life changing activities
This was very interesting to watch and learn about. Thanks for sharing your experience. Sending you lots of love.
A really engaging and interesting video of your journey. Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes, Steve, Bristol, U.K. 🤗😊🙏
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I want to convey this to you
I really appreciate your efforts of compiling all your experiences and putting it out for the beginners.
A lot of gratitude
Can’t thank you enough for explaining everything in so much detail
God bless❤
I`ve been wanting to do a silent retreat for a while now, this gives me a very good idea on what to expect, thank you!
in minute 15 the story of you made me understand the mind structure!
so if you stop the mind from feeling one with your inner world, the mind will match itself with the outer world. it means the mind needs subjects and it is empty of existence in its essence"!!!
Such a nicely made and edited video! keep it up brother, best wishes !
I just completed a Vipassana service period today. It's awesome.
Wow, thanks for sharing your insights, I've been thinking of doing a ten-day course for a while. Love the editing with your descriptions, you captured how those sensations feel during vipassana well!
Thank you! And you should do it…
Wow! Such an incredibly insightful and interesting video mate ❤ thank you for sharing - love from Australia
1:08 I love this. That's exactly what it's like. Also, great to see another Frank Yang enjoyer. We're all gonna make it brah
Thank you for sharing your journey Wyeth. Looking forward to following along for as long as my sprit guides me to. Much love & peace brother
Thank you so much for such clear profound personal video of your experience. 🙏🏾
Amazing, so excited for you to keep learning. “I feel like a balanced life is coming into fruition” is progress but still a grasp-ful sentence. Don’t worry about “your” or “balance” or “fruit” (production). Just be.
Thank you❤️
Thank you so much for your sharing. bless you!
I recognize and remember the body distortion sensations from when I was much younger ! Especially the 90 degree rotation in the face / vision .. very recognizable and inspiring video ! Thank you
Totally appreciate your video and sharing your experience. Thank you 🙏🏾
Wyeth, I am so impressed by you. What a wonderful, detailed and informative explanation of your experience. I tried a Vipassana retreat in 2019 and only made it until day four. I feel a great amount of regret and failure, and one day may attempt it again. Although, like you said, it's extremely difficult. I'm so happy you got to experience it and for the positive benefits it has given you. Thanks for this video.
Thank you❤️
Wow, this information is thorough and I appreciate the images depicted too. Thanks for sharing as I'm contemplating going on one of these journeys.
This is just the beginning 🌱
I wish you get to do many more and explore new depth each time...😊
Meditation, being profoundly "in the moment," you notice the flavors of the food at a much higher level of awareness.
i personally did it just got out aprox a week ago and to be honnest wit yall ! bof not much seriously i was actually feeling way bether beefore going in there then after
Nice experience and very well described. I was interested in somebody other than me taking about Vipassana. Definitely one of the best experience I ever done in my life. Don't know if I would do it again tho, was very difficult to complete it. It opened new realities on my life, I know teach how to meditate to my clients. 10 days is very long in my opinion, 10 min a day would do the work 80% of the time...
Good luck for your channel. Keep going!
10minutes? Come on man.
If you attain 4 forth Jhana to recall back past lives, you can see the truth how Karma work. Then if you study Abhidhamma, you can use that forth Jhana to see arising and vanishing trillion time per second form&mind moment. After that is the real insight meditation😊❤
Finally found someone that can describe it so perfectly. Thank you for sharing your experience brother, much love
Will attend a Vipassana next week in Perth Australia
I hope your course is beneficial!
Great content and video.
Very thoroughly and chill.
And yes, Vipassana is hard work, but uts totally worth it, imo.
If I would win the lottery, I maybe would even start my own Vipassana centers.
Because here in Germany, it takes so long to get a free place for a retreat.
Thank you for sharing and communicating your experience.
Very very very good video, my compliments!!
Very well articulated. You have taken very important first steps. Do practice min 1hr each day, this is the most important use of your time.
Thank you!
Sounds like your on a good path now! This retreat is called a boot camp of meditation it’s not always been beneficial for people. They are researching the negative effects that can happen at Brown University. Cheetah house. Many come back with difficulty. Sounds like your on a good path now! You might not need this retreat. I was sorta talked into my first retreat and looking back I don’t recommend it to people. Don’t discount your own hard work to get where you are now. That’s awesome!! Good luck!
Why don't you recommend it to people? I mean, you can even google meditation and i've never ever heard of any bad side effects that can come from meditating....It just really makes no sense.
This has encouraged me to apply. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you for sharing your experiences through this type of meditation.
Concentration & discipline seems to be at first the hardest but once built up the momentum becomes advantage afterwards for deliverance and once you have tune in, you gain creativity productivity. I occasionally meditate I feel the beneficial aspects awareness and sensation parts and areas of my body meditation helps me to be grounded while harmonic sense love and peace and outside . I let go the worries thoughts and detached myself from distractions and judgment programing ego-mind modern world,🙏😊 God bless all and I wish all a wonderful life 💞🙏🙏🙏🌌
Keep it up! Godspeed
Thank you for the review ~ I found it profound and informative. I truly appreciate it. I have already been thinking of attending, when I came across your experience. Blessings ✨💫💓🌺🥰💞💗🙏🏻✨
I thoroughly enjoyed your video sharing. Thank you.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing your experience.
i cannot believe the fact that a fucking distracted person like me watched the entire 25 mins long video , good luck to me going to vipassana 9-20 sept
Thats a good start🤣 good luck my friend
Did u go?
Great video ; excellent summary ☺
Like this video. I do meditation since 2016 but this is the best experience. Thanks 🙏
🥰😇🙏 thank you for your contribution
Thank you for the excellent summary of your experience. I knew little about this type of retreat, so I'm very thankful for your honest insight. I'm very similar to you in that my mind jumps around a lot and I'm often reacting vs. acting! I'm definitely going to consider attending one of these retreats. 🙏
Glad my video has been able to help! You won’t regret attending
Thanks for sharing your experience
this is a fantastic video thank you!
Excellent video! Thank you
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great review, I will have to try this
Very well explained. Thanks!
I have known a few people who have done these retreats, and when they get back they just CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT
Matter (Rupa) Zone (Kalapa) is a smallest unit of matter that lives for 51 smallest moments while causing to appear another zone (Kalapa). The Sakwala Chakra in Sri Lanka is like it.
Really interesting video mate .loved it 🤙
Thank you❤️
Well articulated, buddy!
💮💮💮💮Thanks for sharing your wise insights, all the best with your spiritual journey - path to Nirvana! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you!
I'm only 12 minutes in, and want to say how much I appreciate your insight and honesty.
Also, the imagery, the music, and your voice make it enjoyable and relaxing. So thank you.
Could you please tell me what this music is, who's it by, and what the name of this piece 🎶
Thanks again 😊
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Is the real truth
Thank you 🙏 very much sir
Interesting. I am gonna try to meditate more.
Thankyou for sharing your experience. It’s helpful for me as I look to deepen my own seeking inclinations. You exercised courage and strength to get there and I commend you!👏👏🙏🥰
Amazing! Great that you had such a beautiful experience!!
I'll go for my first 10 day Vipassana retreat experience next week! So excited (and scared at the same time as I'm still integrating intense energy from some 5-MeO-DMT experiences). What a timing!
No better way to integrate those powerful experiences. Good luck to you my friend!
Thank you for sharing this❤️
Thank you so much.
I was truly inspired 😊🎉
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Thank you for sharing.
I would like your more videos.
More are coming soon
Thankyou for this Video🙏🧡
Unpopular opinion but i think that an extremely simple diet, consisting of the most nutrient dense food possible (i.e. pure meat/beef), is one of the best choices alongside the choice to simplify life, meditate and optimize the Now. Less is more