In 2017, Robert Wright published a book "Why Buddhism is True" . In this book he described the paradox of meditation, which I have had for a long time. He said: "There isn't supposed to be success at meditating. As any good mediation teacher will tell you, if you talk about mediation in terms of success …
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In the end of 2017, I completed my first 10-day vipassana meditation course. Since then, I regularly practice vipassana meditation. Currently, I work as a Professor in a university in Philadelphia. I am fascinated by both traditional wisdom and modern science.
Vipassana in real-life and work? Insight from a book “Charisma Myth”
Although many Vipassana mediators feel significant benefits from Vipassana practice, many Vipassana mediators, particularly newbie Vipassana meditators like me, often ask: how do I integrate this Vipassana techniques into real life? Believe it or not, an interesting book introduced me to applying Vipassana techniques in work and life a few years ago, before I knew …
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3+4 = 4+3? Meditation Timer Experiment Report
In ancient China, a person raised a monkey. He fed the monkey 4 nuts in the morning and 3 nuts in the evening. The monkey was sad and cried. So the person gave 3 nuts in the morning and 4 nuts in the evening, the monkey was happy. The person easily outsmarted the monkey with …
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One-degree Warmer
“Did you sense the air you breathed out was one degree warmer than the air you breathed in?” On the 3rd day of a Vipassana mediation course, we focused on sensations of the tiny area between nostrils and upper lip. Theoretically, the air we breathe out is a little warmer, maybe only 1°F warmer, than …
Vipasssana Mediation vs “USS Callister” Episode of Black Mirror
"USS Callister" is the 1st episode of the fourth season of the Netflix TV show Black Mirror which debuted on 29 December 2017. The episode follows Robert Daly, a reclusive but gifted programmer of a popular online game who is bitter over the lack of recognition he gets from his coworkers. He takes out his frustrations …
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These books gave me insights to sign up for a 10-day Vipassana meditation
Solid evidences from neuroscience support that meditation not only reduces stress, but also changes the brain; i.e. meditators had more gray matter in the frontal cortex, which is associated with working memory and executive decision-making. According to Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School who studied mediation, 8-week of 40 minutes of daily mediation practice …
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Living Vipassana 