Month: August 2019
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五年一代溝
我變了一個廢老
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The Ultra Review: 10-Day Vipassana 🧘🏻♂️ Silent Retreat in Hong Kong (Part 1 of 3)
This was not a relaxing “retreat.” It felt more like a Buddhist monk boot camp: lots of discomfort, self‑inflicted pain, strict rules, wanting to quit, feeling like a failure, and then a strange sense of reward at the end. People reading this are probably: Friends who want to know what happened to me People thinking…
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The Ultra Review: 10-Day Vipassana 🧘🏽♀️ Silent Retreat in Hong Kong (Part 2 of 3)
Stardusts, gong baths, and the madness of Vipassana (insight) Meditation (Part 2 of 3. Go to Part 1, Part 3) The whole point of this “boot camp” was meditation. The rules and setup were there so we could feel the intense effects of meditation as strongly as possible. Vipassana meditation is about noticing body sensations.…
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The Ultra Review: 10-Day Vipassana 🧚🏼♂️ Silent Retreat in Hong Kong (Part 3 of 3)
Torture of pillows, insanity, greatest game on earth. (Part 3 of 3. Go to Part 1, Part 2) 6. Quitter, wimp, pain About 20% of the men quit the course. Most left on day 2, and a few dropped out around day 6 or later. Inside my head, I quit every other day. I kept…