How often did you feel bored?

Breakdown of internal thoughts throughout the experience? Percentage of negative thoughts/ideas, neutral thoughts, positive thoughts? Any difference compared to those you would have on a typical day where socializing is almost guaranteed to happen?

Energy levels any higher than usual or did you notice any changes in your energy during those ten days?

Dreams any more vivid or detailed?

Libido increased or decreased at all?

Did you exercise at all during those ten days?

Overall thoughts, and would you repeat the experience for any amount of days?

This is why i find it retarded. Its literally like sucking your soul away.. Thats why you dont "react" - because theres nothing there.. Its like being extremely passive - the ultimate cuck.

Like imagine someone was murdering your family - youd just be like "meh" because youre not attached - therefore you dont suffer. This is "nirvana" so they say

Unnatural too

Answer the questions *******

Opie gonna meditate all the way to being red.

Want to add to this. Ive explored this chit a lot

And when you really stop to think about it, does it not sound sinister. Like someone convincing you that your life isnt worth living?

They have this thing called the "vanishing narrative" i.e. no story. E.g. there is no "you"

Its honestly like the biggest human travesty.

Similarly imagine someone telling you theres no "you" - therefore you dont react, as they murder your family

I dont think all practicioners are like this, i just think these are the roots of a lot of meditation/ eastern philosophy.

If you look at the quality of life and advancements of western life vs. Buddhism its pretty convincing which one is more productive.

Yea but thats not "courage" imo. Courage is having the fear and facing it; that would be a lot of pressure

Not trying to remove yourself so you react less

i requested a chair beforehand. the only mediators in chairs were me and this guy who was 72 years old with 2 knee replacements lmao. but meditation is a practice of the mindin theravada buddhism, you aren't allowed to charge to spread the way of meditaiton, so it was free. i donated to the organisation though, but i was surprised at how little they pressure you to donatebro honestly, it was too difficult to be a waste of time. you can't waste your time doing soemthing that's so ****ing hard to do. you have to adapt and improve in order to last the time.agree, but the reason you do the meditation in silence and in the quiet is so you can 'calm the mind' to the level where you can notice even the subtlest sensation. this is basically a pretentious way of saying you get better at noticing sensationto explore the mind and improve myselfno to alllmao, i wanted to get my book from my car but i wasn't allowed. now that i'm home i feel a lot more present, concentrated and happy. but tbh. i attribute a lot of this to it being an exciting experience to tell people about. but there were a few moments today where i WOULD have got annoyed at something, but i noticed the sensation of anger and decided that it would be unproductive. the most valuable takeaway from vipassana is definitely this ability - it gives you so much more control of your mind, because you're simply more aware of it. it's so weird to think that we might not be aware of our minds but 99% of the day we aren't we're caught up in the flow of thought or emotion, and aren't introspective. this means that we can't control over them. the beginning of vipassana meditation, and maybe even the whole path, is just becoming more introspective.

also it's like i've unlocked another dimension to life noticing my sensations in mundane things like turning on the tap or typing. we very rarely focus on sensations but it's actually enriching.

lastly doing something that mentally difficult and overcoming negative thought taught me a ****load about regulating my own mind to get the best outcome out of lifeactually completing it after wanting to bitch it for the entire first half of the coursenope i fapped my way through the course. it is very hard but i'm sure if you developed an interest for it and saw the value you could get through it too. it is extremely difficult as a westerner though.tumultuous
yeslolslmfaopatience young padawani ate a fukload and smuggled in whey protonz, so not that much. also did push ups and planks in my room every day and used my bag as a weight for curls (srs)

Was it worth it?
Do you have a better understanding of yourself or your consciousness?
Do you have a better appreciation for life, and what you have?

the mind is absolutely fascinatingit's not for everyone bro, it's a very intense practice. maybe you could just do anapana meditation (focusing on your breath)i was terrified, i was so scared of going insane from the retreat, i had read so many stores of it causing psychiatric problems in people. also other stories that it was like a cult. this made the first 5 days unbearable but some how i got through themmainly just miscers, everyone there was really cool and intelligent. we had the best philosophical discussions after the course. it was like we were all best friends even though we had never talked to each other before. it's a great religious experience in a social sense, you don't have to believe any bullchit to do it though

my god youre an idiot if you seriously did this

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90% of people have that problem. you work up to meditating for a total of 3 hours a day of 'strong determination' sitting, where you have to sit completely still.that's true. i don't have any past traumas, though you get crazily emotional. i really don't recommend it to anyone who is unstable. i think of myself as a pretty stable person and my thoughts were absolutely fukt, i couldn't control them at all for days 1-4. i had nothing to do but just sit there as my mind wound up and down about stupid chit like how i missed my gf so much, how i just left her without any contact, how i can't leave because i'll regret it forever. time seemed like infinity and it was super painful tbh lol.

jsut finished a research project a few days before i leftwasn't for me, you don't have to pay anything if you don't want to though.

Ok, i can agree. There are lots of forms of meditation and different practices, so hard to talk about it tbh.

If youre talking about fully enculcating yourself in the moment then i agree.

However would you say they work on "detachment"?

If i described to you attachment vs. Detachment

And then asked you to describe facing something vs. Running away.. Which of the aforementioned "presences" fit with the latter (attachment and facing or detachment and running away)

I know most, if not all, meditation centers around "nirvana" and nirvana is supposed to be the ultimate detachment

It makes sense really. Remove yourself from all of these things (wordly possessions, relationships, etc. - go in the mountains in silence not around anything, etc.)

And youre blissfully unresponsible because youve removed yourself from any pressures/ attachments - "nirvana"

Dont agree with the "thoughts are useless"

If you had no thoughts you wouldnt do anything

Also, i edited a bit into my previous post. Ironically (or not) "not doing anything" and isolating yourself in the mountains seems to fit

Think youre describing mindfulness

Honestly i dont see how mindfulness and detachment fit.

Mindfulness sounds like being fully engrossed and egoic, its just that your ego is fully preoccupied with itself. Therefore other things unimportant

Whereas detachment imo - is removing yourself from the situation/ running away - therefore you dont react.

Anyways man, i like what youre describing and it sounds good for you. So keep doing it i guess

Have you tried Transcendental Meditation before?

lmao

Sounds crazy. Adding it to my bucket list

Do I lose if I sleep talk?

chicken, spoke to one of the meditators and felt like i was drunk or something. it is so weird because you realise that words just flop out of your mouth and it feels like nothing is occuring in consciousness while you're speaking, maybe that's just because it's so hard to focus on what is occuring while ur speaking but idk. i was kind of mindblown at how i even manage to string a sentence together, given how automated the process seems when you pay attention.tonnes actually, why is this?absolutelynot at all unfortunately

Interesting, have actually looked up some silent retreats down in Margaret River and might give it a go toward the end of the year

Shots: Fired

I'm still undecided as to whether it's a complete waste of time for someone like me who has no anger management issues (this seems to be the kind of person who benefits the most from meditation) and usually have my emotions in check. Or I could just be telling myself that because I'm too lazy to sit down every day for 20 minutes in silence. I'd rather just play my guitar to be honest.

I mean, you said there's joy in turning on a tap and typing... really?

Very well put. But I think even without meditation you would've nailed the speaking part as it's difficult to think about the future whilst you're performing such a difficult task.

I agree about it allowing you to worry less, though.

so...


benefits?

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The fact he came back here is evidence he didnt learn a god damn thing

then why did you request a chair? Part of meditating is that discomfort from being in a meditative stance, and moving beyond that, or accepting it for what it is in that present moment

I think my phone would magically end up in my hand so I can misc.

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