Comments on: Voyage into Vipassana

By: colabowriter@gmail.com

colabowriter@gmail.com — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:54:00 +0000

You just sat for most of the first and second days? I wonder why they didn’t alternate sitting and walking meditation, huh?

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:02:00 +0000

Thanks for your posting Rebecca. Sounds like you got alot out of the retreat. I did a retreat in Elbert Colorado in April of this year. Here’s my experience for anyone interested:

jonlybrook.com/cgi/proartistwebsites.paw?428

Best wishes,
Jon Lybrook

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:04:00 +0000

Thanks Rebecca – I’m glad to hear it! I still get up there a couple of times
a year to either sit or serve. It’s really a wonderful experience that
continues to benefit my life!
Best of luck at your sit
Doug

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:42:00 +0000

Thank you for sharing your story…very funny at times, I really enjoyed reading it. I am attending my first retreat in a few weeks and am looking forward to it even more.. Thanks for the smiles. Cheers!

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Mindshare then SF for Christmas, Vipassana for New Years! « ProjectFresh — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:11:29 +0000

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By: Monica

Monica — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:02:40 +0000

Thanks for an inspirational post. I’ve just sent an applicatian for easter 2010 after reading your experiences

Hope you still practicing and have a wonderful lifte!

By: Liza -

Liza - — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:38:47 +0000

Hello Dougie Fresh,

My friend forwarded your blog to me coz he knows that im going to attend the course on November 26 – December 7,2009 at Ajman Dubai United Arab Emirates. Im very much excited for this adventure and sacrifice of some sort..

Thank you for sharing your experience to us. It inspire me more about the course after reading your story, what to expect and how things goes inside in the span of 10days. What a journey indeed! It takes a lot of discipline, willingness and determination to be in this course, I salute you for being able to do it for the 2nd time around:o))))

Goodluck to you dougie fresh, keep your mind always fresh,hehehe..and always keep the positive energy flowing…

Bless your heart……

By: Old person...new experience

Old person...new experience — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:29:10 +0000

THANK YOU! I am terrified of leaving early / quitting. I always take the path of least resistance. Interestingly, next week I will commit to my first 10 day sit and as I did a search for vipassana packing, your bog came up. Unlike you, I have been literally packing and unpacking and seeing this new 10 day sit experience best I can, pre-paving so to speak. I was accepted three months ago and began meditating everyday 15 minutes, two times daily to prepare. I live a comfortable lifestyle. I follow my gut and reach for the best feeling thought, that leads to the best feeling action. I’m a picky eater and I resist: hunger, close quarters, other peoples rules and toilet issues ect. Now that I am old, beginning my sixties, I wonder, what will I do for the rest of my life? This thought is my intention for the sit. You had me laughing out loud, as you spoke honestly of your human impulses and then your phrase “apples and old socks”…another resistant
hot button for me…hahaha….and I loved your gutsy talks with the teacher. I know I will be smiling in my sit……MANY THANKS.

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:50:40 +0000

thank you for the story! i just completed my first 10-day course in Triebel, Germany this last Friday and so many things you mentioned, i remember doing and feeling exactly the same (‘cept the sexual part. i… oh, never mind…)

my wife will most likely be attending a course very soon too. and this is something i plan to practice for the future (and i dont have any intentions of becoming a monk either…)

Roger, out! ~Jay

By: Hope

Hope — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:14:37 +0000

Hey, I was googling vipasana retreat (for someone to go to during a rockbottom/stressful juncture) and your article came up. I found it very informative and funny – I laughed out loud, because similar thoughts go through my mind when I meditate.

It sounds like an amazing experience, especially if after the 10 days, you’re able to bring it into the world as we know it; blending with it the fun non precept concepts
I hope your days are filled with joy and peace and you reflect the beauty witihin to all.

Peace,
Hope