The Last Full Day of Vipassana Course…The Last Morning of Silence!
awoke to the gong at 4am as always and realised this was the last full day of the Vipassana course…the last morning of silence. Wow, where did that time go! Today would...
Snake Encounter Of The Penultimate Kind
Mount Cooroora, Pomona, QLD As I entered the 9th day, the penultimate day Vipassana Meditation…in actual fact it was the penultimate to the end of the offical course but as the 10th...
The Marvels of Impermanence and Balance
Walking up to the Pond At lunch on day six, after the learnings of the morning session on aversion and craving causing misery and suffering and the ignorance of the mind to...
Daily Routine and Excruciating Pain
By day six, I was well into the routine of our 10hr meditation day, observing excruciating pain and other sensations, rest periods and dining. I made a point of getting...
The Teaching of Vipassana – Awareness, Observation and Equanimity
The Moment of Truth Day four was the day we started learning the Vipassanameditation technique. Seeing things as they really are. This means learning the awareness of how the senses meet...
The Power In Detaching Our Emotion From Our Mind.
Admin & Dining Area – Vipassana Centre Qld, Australia As I had expected; the silent part was the easy part of this 10 day silent Vipassana meditation course…even for someone who speaks...