Pre-vipashchana
These were the feelings before the course that I’d jotted down, but somehow forgot to post on the site.
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As the day of a 10-day ‘noble silence’ draws closer, I am beginning to realize how important it is for me to talk, to connect, to be with people. As far as I can tell till date, everything I’ve enjoyed doing has been memorable because of the people I met, the relationships I made. And this course completely takes that away from me.
It’s great that I’ve this opportunity to enter a world that is diagonally opposite of the environment I like being in. Yet, how much ever mentally prepared I am for the rigorous meditation, I’m getting anxious. I’m looking forward to the time on my own, but every time I hear a person say, “it will be a life-changing experience…at least temporarily”, I inch my way towards restlessness. Do I really want my life to change?
NOPE!
Do I want changes in myself? Yeah, of course! A few changes would do me good…
hmmm…too much anticipation…
I just want the course to start now…
on June 11th, 2008 at 7:57 am
So how did the Vipassana thingy go? Is it any good. My mom’s being pestering me to engage in some activity related to spirituality. I was zeroing on this. Your inputs would be helpful in deciding.