Sometimes, while writing for this blog, I get imposter syndrome. I don’t know if I should be sharing my experience of practice, when I’m such a far cry from maintaining a solid one. I’ve gone through phases of consistently sitting in which I maintained a clarity that can’t be articulated, but have also gone through …
Category: Personal Experiences
Interested in Writing?
My life is about to get pretty busy so I'm going to cut back to writing once a week for a little while. I would like the blog to continue having 3 posts a week for people to read, but that will require some new writers joining the team. If you are interested in writing …
Dhamma Parenting
I don't know many Dhamma Parents, but the ones that I know always speak of the struggle to continue meditating with the added responsibility of parenting on their plate. Some parents meditate less. Some say they will start meditating again when their children are older. Some parents make major changes to their career goals to …
Conversation 2, part 3
To assist Dhamma Projects’ focus in exploring how meditators integrate their practice of Vipassana out of the centre and into the world of the householder, we would like to share a recent conversation exploring this subject in the three parts. If you missed the first part of the conversation you can find it here, and the …
Learning to Love and Think
Graduation ceremonies always have speakers that talk about the friendships people made in school, and the hope of teaching the world how to love, but this is the first time I hear a commencement speaker discuss without it sounding a bit cliché. The difference was that I felt I've actually learned how to be a more loving person through …
A Mixed Crowd
I attended a small dinner party of people with mixed Vipassana representation. We had a pair of serious meditators, a pair of students who had sat 1 course, and a pair of people who had never sat. There was no Vipassana agenda with this meeting. We simply enjoyed hanging out and getting to know each other. The topic …
Questioning Conclusions
I asked you to walk me home one night, so many nights ago, down a dirt path without lamps. We took baby steps to slow down the time and you gestured towards the center of the galaxy while freight trains whistled by. I got distracted by the tired memory of shooting stars, the sensation of …
ATs are People Too
One major obstacle I've heard from several meditators is their disconnect with their assistant teacher. They voice that the teacher couldn't answer their questions or seemed inadequate is some other way and this turns them off from Vipassana. I've had a wide variety of experiences with these teachers, but my take away was different. Instead of …
A Children’s House
The three Centers that I've visited have all shared the same dynamic of being a place for adults. Rules like no physical contact and gender separation make it very difficult for kids to be kids in the Center environment. There are no playgrounds or jungle gyms. The kitchens don't serve kid friendly foods. I've never seen …
Conversation 2, part 2
To assist Dhamma Projects' focus in exploring how meditators integrate their practice of Vipassana out of the centre and into the world of the householder, we would like to share a recent conversation exploring this subject in the three parts. If you missed the first part of the conversation you can find it here. Part …
Living Vipassana 