I've created a facebook page to connect to this blog called: http://www.facebook.com/ContinuingVipassanaPractice If you want blog posts to come across your facebook feed just go to this site and "like" it. I want to share my motivation for doing this. 1) I wanted to publish this blog in a place that people could easily find …
Category: Helping Others
Helping Others Live The “Right Way”
I've been fascinated by the diversity of people, their lives, and their choices since I left protected and sheltered cocoon of my parents house to work for a non-profit in Harlem, NY. When my best friend became a 50-year-old happy black ex-con my bubble was officially burst. I was raised in a culture that described a …
New To Meditation Or Curious About Vipassana?
I start a conversation with a stranger and we start sharing our interests and hobbies. I mention I'm interested in Vipassana meditation and naturally they start asking questions. I explain how the practice helps me and how it has helped other people and they become interested enough that they what to try it. What do …
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Inspiring Change
We have more problems on this planet than we can count. War, crime, exploiting natural resources, overpopulation, famine, and on and on. All of these problems are made better or worse based on the choices we make. With 7 billion people on the planet, that's a lot of different choices. There are hundreds of thousands of belief systems …