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What time does the ceremony usually start and how long does it last ...thanks ...booking my first trip..also did you have to get a physical before you went or did they check you out over there ?

I have done many Goenka courses and quite a bit of service, many years ago. I will be forever grateful to Goenkaji and all those who selflessly served to put the courses on, volunteering their own time ..either as teachers, cooks, maintaining the centre, registration, donating or whatever. I now practice with a different teacher and that is right for me. As we all have different conditioning, the meditation experience will be different for each person and if people do more than one course, their experiences will also be different. Nothing is in and of itself good or bad…we just experience our kamma. For some the time or the technique is not right and for others it is right. So often our conditioning is to compare ourselves to others and then feel either depressed or elated ….but this is just the conditioning of the mind and if we pass through this we can feel happy when others succeed, even when we don’t. One of the esteemed monks in the organisation I now follow, said that, as a monk, when he first came to do a retreat with his teacher, he experienced extreme mental disturbances and could not continue. For some months afterwards he still was unbalanced but it subsided and he returned to do a retreat. This time he made amazing and very quick progress. He now has his own centre in Myanmar and he teaches retreats. He said that even if he was tortured, his facial expression would not change. Wishing all those who do Goenka courses, whether for the first time or for subsequent courses and whatever the experience may have been, make the causes for their highest happiness. May all beings be free from all suffering.

I would like to direct a question to all experienced Vipassana meditators. I hope that discussion of this particular subject is allowed. Recently, I completed my first 10-day Vipassana course and of course there were many highs and lows but I experienced enough to understand that there's a lot more to learn and I'm already thinking about my next course. However, I ran into a roadblock on Day 4 when the audio recordings began. I'm fine with the video recordings because I can read the closed captions and see the speaker but when it's audio only, I am completely lost due to hearing disabilities. I've talked to the women's manager and the assistant teacher asking if I could please read the transcript ahead of time so that I can be better prepared and able to pick up some of the words. I was told there were no transcripts available and I've searched online and can't find anything. Please note this is about the audio recordings only, I've found lots of transcripts for the video recordings online. Other students (on Metta day) assured me it was minor details and basically summed up what the recordings said in 2 minutes. Since the audio recording is one hour, I'm left feeling that I've missed something important and I really, really, really want to know the details of those recordings. It feels strange to be asking this, it somehow feels disloyal to the Vipassana organization and if that's the case, so be it, I won't ask again. If I'm not breaking any rules and if any of you are willing to share this with me, please let me know.

I did 1-2 a year over a decade my 20's. It helped me cultivate my true self. I recommed doing Vipassan in conjunction with a grounded bona fide wholistic mental health practitioner .

The benefit of "cutting yourself off from outside world" it helps us to learn how to reconnect with the part of ourselves thats been been socialised to Cut ourselves off from our inside world.

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Sensation in a dead foot, leg, or arm can be quickly returned by pulling the toes up and down, and fingers pulled up and down. (Old Japanese grandmother's trick.) However, warning! As we age, blood clots in a leg are a real danger. Be sure to drink enough water and do the walking meditations, in between sessions. The imprints of a past life are the imprints of the past in this life too, not just lifetimes in the past. Past lifetime imprints are proclivities and interests, instinctively being drawn to one thing or another, and natural gifts for one artform or another. Be very careful about the friends you choose! The teachers you allow to influence you, the parents you allow to shape you or not.

Regarding the distractions: when you know the teaching of the Buddha, all the information of the senses becomes a Dharma door. In Zen we vow: "Dharma gates are numberless, I vow to enter them." From that point of view, nothing is a distraction. Neither sitting easily in silence or hearing a train passing, or smelling a fart, all sensations that arise are to be noticed, accepted, and watched, arising, abiding, passing away. "Anicca, Anicca, everything changes." Just notice. From that point of view, its all fertilizer on your field, it teaches you how awareness, and sensation affect your mind. "No mud, no lotus!" Be patient. There is much to learn. Don't reject, just observe. ( PS: you fart too! It's not a personal attack by fart! LOL! )

If you sit Zen, doing a long Vipassana retreat will help you a lot. Please do one if you have the chance!

27:58- “I am” is the problem this technique seeks to cure. Who are you btw?

You were very lucky to have the chance and the time to do this. Im sure you learned a lot. All that negative reasoning is your ego fighting you! It doesn't want you to see it for what it is! Then it will lose power over you and your life. At a shallow level, that is life threatening! You choose a deeper life and let that shallow overlay go, no matter what negativity it throws up. For serious meditators, this is just the beginning. For us, all difficulties are just ignored and plowed thru because they are "The Guardians of the Gates". I encourage you to continue, and to put your concentration firmly at your heart within. Keep going until realization occurs. Fevers, physical itching or creepy crawly feelings. etc. are the physical signs that your nervous system is settling down into deep calm and ease. Let it go thru the changing into another energy pathway and don't give up. Don't pay any attention to it or give any importance to it. Just keep going and do not be impressed by the drama your mind throws up. Tears or laughter, its just the nervous system adjusting. Something wonderful awaits you! When all that negativity arises there are some useful techniques: From Baba Ram Das: "And this too, and this too." and from Suzuki Roshii: "Not always so." Also from Suzuki Roshii: " Always bowing mind." enables acceptance and respect to all appearances as a manifestation of Enlightenment mind.. And from the Zen tradition: "Sun-faced, Buddha! Moon-faced, Buddha! " also allows equanimity, patience, and respect for our own minds' drama and the drama of the external environment. This gentle, kind, and respectful acceptance helps the mind and emotions to calm down, because you arent' fighting them. Not easy, but a useful habit to develop.

Pls do not judge a Vipassana course from the opinions of a first timer.As a practitioner for seven years having never missed more than 5 days of daily practice as well as long courses+service,I can write several books on how it has changed my life and even others around me(including my garden and animals). This too coming from someone who was born in a Buddhist country to a Buddhist family having a Buddhist education,The true teaching I found through Goenka ji(Sayagi U Ba kin,Webu sayadaw tracing back to the Buddha) is so invaluable. Every word uttered by the Buddha about true happiness, equanimity and love has now become a reality I experience daily(including Bhanga-total dissolution and Jhana- absorption states) as opposed to a theory I knew intellectually. There's a reason for the rigidity in the first course as there are all sorts of people who come from all walks of life with different mental, physical issues and it's tough for the organisation to keep a tab on all of them(some even use drugs etc inside if they can get away with it).As a server I have witnessed first hand how hard a 10 day course is compared to other senior courses. As someone super rebellious against rules I too tried to break some here and there until I fully understood the technique.But it's so different from the second course onwards because they know you're a senior and you're serious about the practice.They actually encourage you to meditate on your own more and answer your own questions rather than running to the teacher. My advice to anyone who wants to try for the first time is to please stop watching these first time youtubers who seem more eager to make videos about it than actually have the patience to give a fair trial and see results,and watch or seek advice from an experienced meditator you personally know or can find in this platform 🙏🏾🤍

Hello Blaise, Fortunately, a person named Asa contacted me and referred me to the video. thank you for sharing your wonderful experience with us. I admire your dedication both in your personal search and in the work you have captured in this video. It was really special to see the video, to appreciate my service from your eyes and your heart. For that, thank you very much. I hope to see you in the future. I send you a big hug. Also looking forward to this video Inspire confidence in others and know that there is always more than one way to heal and find the path to peace and love. Blessings. 🙏

@singh.blaise Which hypnosis did you use to quit smoking? Could you share the details if possible?

Amazing experience, I could feel the vibe through the video. You would benefit from reading Rudolf Steiner and Henry T Laurency. The healing modality from Dr Bradley Nelson can help you release limiting beliefs and emotions.

@blaise singh what hypnosis technique did you use for stopping smoking? I did try mushrooms for quitting it didn’t work.

Very objective and helpful. Thank you.

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Thanks so much for your very detailed account of your time at your first Vipassana course. I've watched a lot of Vipassana course videos by attendees and yours is probably the best I've encountered. Also, many of the comments to this video are very informative and helpful (one in particular - "watch the ten day discourses carefully on YT" - especially with my hearing, this is an excellent tip for me). I will be attending my first Vipassana ten-day course in a few weeks and I'd like to be as prepared as possible. You mentioned many things, like not hearing the morning bell (very important for me since I'm hearing impaired and I hadn't thought to bring a timer with me!) and the peppermint stick - did you need permission to bring that since it's a type of medication?

I heard they make you show your pœenis to other people at those. I think I would feel uncomfortable with that.

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Very well thought out cult to control your thoughts and manipulate your energy, NOTHING is natural. MANY PEOPLE K1LL3D THEMSELVES becoz of this method, BE AWARE PEOPLE! 🙅‍♀️🗣

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excellent and honest review of your experience. thanks for your courage to share this information. i'm expecting to go in two weeks for my first retreat. i laughed a few times and really enjoyed your video. thank you.

WHY clickbaiting this video?

I agree that vipassana may not be for everyone but it was interesting to do it. I do like quick methods but they do not always sort everything. I am here to understand stuff. Do I practices two hours a day? Nope. Do I keep scanning my body as they taught not really. I do enjoy the breathing techniques as that's what I feel meditation is about. Resetting and reaching higher levels of consciousness. I haven't done psychedelics but would be something of interest.

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Or maybe we just thought that these shapes were pleasing to look at

I got internet access to come to this? someone is questioning my existence? How rude!

Thank you for this !

I’m fking broken with the trauma of constantly having to react to stuff because my dad and most people I meet is like that and I being an empath would feel responsible if he gets mad. So whenever I try to ignore, he would guilt trip me to force me to not ignore. I think no one would ever be at my state tbh. From being calm to having anxiety and hate of people in general because it’s people who forced me to be like that. Fk this world tbh.

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Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It’s the most honest experience I’ve ever heard ❤

I wished I have seen your video before my last vipassana! Wonderful review, thanks for sharing 🙃

Oh wonderful to see your perspectives. May your path is light and bright! I wish you get to know some of the big Santo Daime communities in Brazil to get a deeper experience on what SD is 🤍🤍🤍

Did 10 days but didn’t change much. It was ok. Individuals are carefully chosen as they have to ask many probing questions. When you finish your course, you are asked if you like to make a donation, and as you sit to make a payment, the is a small chart that details the actual costs of your stay. What people normally do is to either double, triple or more that figure. There might a few isolated individuals who are unable to pay. Sometimes these people stay on as servers to repay back in that way. Overall, the donations are usually quite good.

Thanks for sharing...Yes the Vipassana retreat in the Goenka tradition is not for beginners. I had been siting regularly for 10 years when I went to my first Goekna style retreat. I remember housing with a woman at my last retreat. One day I had to leave the meditation hall because I was in so much 'pain' that I needed pillows to help me lean in to my discomfort....I went back to our shared living corners and propped myself up on my bed and got back to scanning...one of the attendees was cleaning the space...I mean from top to bottom....the cabin floors, the showers.....this went on for about 2 hours....she simply could not stop her mind. Goenka wasn't playing. If you're new to meditation, please don't attend a Goenka retreat...that's like forcing yourself through a marathon without properly training, and then blaming running for negative experience. We've all got to walk before we can run🙏

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Best thing that happened in my life. I have been practicing since 2003 and have also done 20 and 30 day long courses.

That was a heck of experience for me. I’m going back hopefully in the next year or so

you will not get enlightened from goenka's version of vipassana. it's very crude. real vipassana requires you seeing the kalapas and the ability to venture through past and future lives to witness firsthand dependent origination.

I take it you've never taken Ayahuasca yourself...

hey is there contact info to be able to go there and do it?

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