Hey ,

I am back after attending a 10-day Vipassana course feeling calm in a certain way and determined to work on my self, especially the mind.

For those who don’t know what Vipassana is, it is an ancient meditation technique founded by Buddha where a person observes noble silence for 10 days, gives up on any use of media or phone for that period, meditates for over 8 hours to go deeper into oneself and learns the technique of Vipassana.

It was an eye-opening experience to witness the monkey nature of my own mind, but there were moments of stillness where I experienced only the sensations in the body as they happened, maintaining equanimity and attentiveness.

It was always a struggle for me to be able to sit in one place for long hours to meditate, and I surely did surprise myself. In my last trimester and carrying a lot of emotional baggage, it was a calling I had to attend to.

The entire process and the technique itself gave me a lot of hope that I can eliminate this emotional baggage that has been weighing me down for a long time now, that I can get rid of this misery caused due to the conditioning of my mind. The actual work begins after the course when I am in the real world, facing my own reality.

The power of positive energy and vibrations was felt even by our baby in the womb, it moved around and danced away to glory in my stomach as I tried my best to concentrate on the sensations in my body. It was a beautiful experience, more details to follow soon for all the members of FE.

I would recommend every one to go for Vipassana at least once in their life. It is not an organized religion, or a cult but just a technique to experience liberation from your own misery!