We’re being fed a version of mindfulness that can be likened to a quick and easy drive-thru Big Mac - so convenient you don’t even have to leave your car (but never as satisfying or nourishing as the real thing). We forget that there is nothing quick and easy about a true mindfulness practice. It’s a discipline that requires ardent dedication.
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Lessons Learned from 10 Days of Noble Silence and Meditation
Earlier this year I reluctantly stepped into the unknown, and for reasons unrevealed to myself, I took the plunge and signed up for a 10-Day Vipassana Meditation Course. For those who don’t know, Vipassana is one of India’s most ancient meditation techniques, originally discovered more than 2500 years ago by Gotama Buddha. The word Vipassana means to “see things as they really are,” to fully awaken to reality exactly as it is.
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