Comments on: Goenka Vipassana Meditation: Your Body As An Laboratory http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/ Love Yourself, Love Your Life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prabodh http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-67465 Prabodh Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:07:45 +0000 http://www.abundancetapestry.com/?p=2220#comment-67465 Dear All, I have been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1991 when I was 19 years old and have been to six 10 days courses since then. I would really recommend everyone to take up the 10 day course and experience the benefit themselves. In short I would have been a totally different person had I not been introduced to this meditation by one of my cousin sister. Yes in the beginning it sounds like a torture but once you are used to it, it’s the best and the purest form of meditation. Experience it yourself as every being is different and everyone has his own bags of sufferings so get liberated one by one. It’s a slow process but sure path for leading a happy life until your death. I am 38 years now and leading a peaceful life with my wife and 2 kids. Although life is full of challenges and the practice of Vipassana gives me the strength to face these challenges. You also try and find out yourself how it could be useful to you. As Goenka Ji says that it is a difficult path but sure success path to reach at the top state of being liberated from all your suffering. May All Being Be Happy Dear All,

I have been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1991 when I was 19 years old and have been to six 10 days courses since then. I would really recommend everyone to take up the 10 day course and experience the benefit themselves. In short I would have been a totally different person had I not been introduced to this meditation by one of my cousin sister.
Yes in the beginning it sounds like a torture but once you are used to it, it’s the best and the purest form of meditation. Experience it yourself as every being is different and everyone has his own bags of sufferings so get liberated one by one. It’s a slow process but sure path for leading a happy life until your death. I am 38 years now and leading a peaceful life with my wife and 2 kids. Although life is full of challenges and the practice of Vipassana gives me the strength to face these challenges. You also try and find out yourself how it could be useful to you. As Goenka Ji says that it is a difficult path but sure success path to reach at the top state of being liberated from all your suffering.

May All Being Be Happy

]]> By: Lujan http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-58404 Lujan Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:41:08 +0000 http://www.abundancetapestry.com/?p=2220#comment-58404 Hi Evelyn, Wow, this is such a well written blog about your experiences on the 10 days retreat of Goenkaji Vipassana meditation. I enjoyed reading it very much! I've also had the fortunate of attending a 10 days Goenka's retreat in late July 2009 in Ontario, Canada. I've found the retreat and the meditation practice to be the most rigorous training that I've ever encountered and I am a serious martial artist practitioner for more than 20 years. Over all, I feel much gratitude and blessing to have discovered Vipassana meditation and to Goenkaji and all the practitioners of the past, present and future in passing the seed of Dhamma to the world. I am happy to report that I am ardently practiced my twice daily sitting and looking forward to attend more retreat. I feel much happiness and at peace within my heart. metta to you and may all beings be happy, peaceful and liberated, Lujan Hi Evelyn,
Wow, this is such a well written blog about your experiences on the 10 days retreat of Goenkaji Vipassana meditation. I enjoyed reading it very much! I’ve also had the fortunate of attending a 10 days Goenka’s retreat in late July 2009 in Ontario, Canada. I’ve found the retreat and the meditation practice to be the most rigorous training that I’ve ever encountered and I am a serious martial artist practitioner for more than 20 years. Over all, I feel much gratitude and blessing to have discovered Vipassana meditation and to Goenkaji and all the practitioners of the past, present and future in passing the seed of Dhamma to the world. I am happy to report that I am ardently practiced my twice daily sitting and looking forward to attend more retreat. I feel much happiness and at peace within my heart.

metta to you and may all beings be happy, peaceful and liberated,

Lujan

]]> By: Marcos http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-51363 Marcos Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:51:03 +0000 http://www.abundancetapestry.com/?p=2220#comment-51363 Thank you for sharing your experience. I've completed 6 retreats in Goenka centers in Spain and the US, and all have been deep and wonderful. The positive effects of the technique on me are quite obvious to me and those who know me, which undoubtedly justifies the time investment. These retreats are not for everyone, that's for sure, but for some of us, they provide the ideal environment to take a deep dive into one's mind and become freed from deeply-rooted complexes, addictions, traumas, animosities, and any other mental defilements which impede the feeling of true peace and true happiness. Best wishes, Marcos Thank you for sharing your experience. I’ve completed 6 retreats in Goenka centers in Spain and the US, and all have been deep and wonderful. The positive effects of the technique on me are quite obvious to me and those who know me, which undoubtedly justifies the time investment.

These retreats are not for everyone, that’s for sure, but for some of us, they provide the ideal environment to take a deep dive into one’s mind and become freed from deeply-rooted complexes, addictions, traumas, animosities, and any other mental defilements which impede the feeling of true peace and true happiness.

Best wishes,

Marcos

]]> By: Richard Tseng http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-51201 Richard Tseng Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:01:27 +0000 http://www.abundancetapestry.com/?p=2220#comment-51201 Hi Evelyn, Do you have any information when will be the next Goenka Vipassana Meditation Retreat in Singapore? My friend said somewhere mid of September? Do you know exact date and where to register? Thanks Hi Evelyn,
Do you have any information when will be the next Goenka Vipassana Meditation Retreat in Singapore? My friend said somewhere mid of September?
Do you know exact date and where to register? Thanks

]]> By: Heena http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-43319 Heena Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:36:42 +0000 http://www.abundancetapestry.com/?p=2220#comment-43319 Hey Evelyn, I am an avid reader of your articles and I love them. I too went for Goenka Vipassana in March 2009 at Pagoda in Mumbai. It was an amazing experience. Yes, sometimes the rigour got to me, the back ache, the legs going numb. I also dozed off a couple of times during the morning session. I would also wonder what's there for breakfast :-) On the fourth morning, I just couldn't get up. The teacher summoned me and the tear gate burst and I cried my eyes out. I dont know why I cried, I was lonely, hungry, worried about my family .......... However I felt renewed after a good cry and the next 6 days were smooth. I felt a lot of gratitude for what I have in my life. I felt peaceful and happy. I felt that life is so simple but we unnecessarily complicate it and create pain. I haven't been practicing Vipassana for the last one month but its time to start again. It's an hour worth investing into. Best Regards Heena. Hey Evelyn,
I am an avid reader of your articles and I love them.

I too went for Goenka Vipassana in March 2009 at Pagoda in Mumbai. It was an amazing experience. Yes, sometimes the rigour got to me, the back ache, the legs going numb. I also dozed off a couple of times during the morning session. I would also wonder what’s there for breakfast :-) On the fourth morning, I just couldn’t get up. The teacher summoned me and the tear gate burst and I cried my eyes out. I dont know why I cried, I was lonely, hungry, worried about my family ………. However I felt renewed after a good cry and the next 6 days were smooth. I felt a lot of gratitude for what I have in my life. I felt peaceful and happy. I felt that life is so simple but we unnecessarily complicate it and create pain. I haven’t been practicing Vipassana for the last one month but its time to start again. It’s an hour worth investing into.

Best Regards
Heena.

]]> By: Andy Tay http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-43128 Andy Tay Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:43:45 +0000 http://www.abundancetapestry.com/?p=2220#comment-43128 Hi Evelyn Yes! Same group you went with, just that St John's Island was unavailable then, so...Sarimbun camp instead. Yeah! Let me know if you find any nice spots in the region. I was looking at the photos and profiles of other meditation centres which they posted on the walls during the Vipassana but didn't spot any particular interesting one yet! Cheers Andy Hi Evelyn
Yes! Same group you went with, just that St John’s Island was unavailable then, so…Sarimbun camp instead. Yeah! Let me know if you find any nice spots in the region.

I was looking at the photos and profiles of other meditation centres which they posted on the walls during the Vipassana but didn’t spot any particular interesting one yet!

Cheers
Andy

]]> By: Evelyn http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-43108 Evelyn Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:16:34 +0000 http://www.abundancetapestry.com/?p=2220#comment-43108 Hello Andy, Was the one held at Sarimbum camp area also by Goenka? It is great that you can describe yours as an amazing experience! Now that is fast! To set your intentions for a meditation retreat for 2010. Then again, I am already thinking about my plans...LOL! All the best! Evelyn Hello Andy,

Was the one held at Sarimbum camp area also by Goenka? It is great that you can describe yours as an amazing experience!

Now that is fast! To set your intentions for a meditation retreat for 2010. Then again, I am already thinking about my plans…LOL!

All the best!
Evelyn

]]> By: Evelyn http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-43101 Evelyn Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:13:56 +0000 http://www.abundancetapestry.com/?p=2220#comment-43101 Hello Lana, It took me a while to figure that out myself. Indeed there is a difference. In my opinion, it does not make sense to practice detachment because we have primal needs, innate desires and passions. It is also not as if we have chosen to renunciate. We can't simply do so especially if we have household responsibilities. The thing is to simply be aware when we start to crave, knowing that sensations are never long-lasting and everything is impermanent. Awareness releases our craving and awakens us from our illusions. With metta, Evelyn Hello Lana,

It took me a while to figure that out myself. Indeed there is a difference. In my opinion, it does not make sense to practice detachment because we have primal needs, innate desires and passions. It is also not as if we have chosen to renunciate. We can’t simply do so especially if we have household responsibilities. The thing is to simply be aware when we start to crave, knowing that sensations are never long-lasting and everything is impermanent. Awareness releases our craving and awakens us from our illusions.

With metta,
Evelyn

]]> By: Lana - DreamFollowers Blog http://www.abundancetapestry.com/goenka-vipassana-meditation-your-body-as-an-laboratory/comment-page-1/#comment-43100 Lana - DreamFollowers Blog Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:56:53 +0000 http://www.abundancetapestry.com/?p=2220#comment-43100 wow, Evelyn I actually never thought of the difference between non attachment and detachment. Now that I think about it, there is a big difference, thanks for pointing that out! wow, Evelyn I actually never thought of the difference between non attachment and detachment. Now that I think about it, there is a big difference, thanks for pointing that out!

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