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When I did the 7 day silent retreat at Vipassana I regret using my valuable time to do what they told me to do.

They teach you to do this very specific thing with your focus. It was about feeling each part of your body. Scan every single microscopic parts of your body. I don't think it's bad, but I feel like I never managed to reach anything special with this.

I think I should've meditate how I wanted to. Just relax and accept to live this moment. Every single moment without trying to do anything but accept and live each moment.

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helen. 3mo ago

i did ten days and came away feeling similarly.

nicnym 3mo ago

You can do silent retreats whenever you want

Leathermint 3mo ago

Theorically yes. But in practice it is difficult to respect it without external guard rails. It's not just about being alone and in silence. It's about not looking for any dopamine influx.

Going 7 days without phone or any other stimulus is the hard part without engaging myself in a strict retreat.

Scott ••• 3mo ago

That sounds pretty wild.

Scott ••• 3mo ago

Where did you go to do this?

Leathermint 3mo ago

There's a few locations around the world. I did Montebello

https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/locations/directory

Rich Nost 3mo ago

Body scan is so tedious. What's going on between your pinky and ro g finger right now. Describe the sensation. Now shift focus to your left armpit.

Fucking why?!

Leathermint 3mo ago

I think there's benefits but it is challenging and tedious. It's about training yourself to keep awareness and control of your focus. Or stayed focused on your awareness?

But yeah tedious.