I've recently accepted a new leadership role. I haven't been in a legitimate leadership role since before I started meditating so it has been interesting to observe how my perspective has changed. I feel less of a need to win over the audience. I'm not trying as hard to connect with the audience and drive them in …
Category: Personal Experiences
Pain: a Blessing in Disguise
My second ten day course was overall less of a rollercoaster than my first. Samādhi was not as strong; meaning sensations were milder, but as a result, I remained more focused to understanding the practice and equanimity. I also had the good fortune of being taught by the wizardly, senior A.T. Michael Gelber who imparted much helpful …
Unsettled Transitions
I've become more accepting of my agitated mind. When there are major decisions to be made, regardless of whether the outcomes are positive or negative, my mind seems to chatter away during meditation. I'm lucky if I can sustain Anapana for long stretches of an hour sit so I can forget about scanning the body. …
Exploring an experience at a deeper level
In one of the recent posts I shared an experience to explain the difference between knowing the path and walking the path. I would like to explore that experience further and understand different components in the same. I would strongly recommend this post to understand the context of following writing. Awareness: Sanket believes that the …
Accepting the Present Moment
I've been told a million times to live in the present moment, but I just discovered a new piece of this idea. To live in the present moment, I need to accept the present moment. If I don't accept things the way they are, that means that my mind wants something different than what is …
Overflowing my Cup
Last time, I wrote about my resistance towards using thoughts or past memories to arouse Metta. I've since spoken with a senior A.T. about this matter and he agreed that yes using the imagination is a “fake it till you make it” approach to Metta. He also reminded me that “making it” means over flowing …
Serving on a ten day course
I was able to arrive a day and half before the course began to help set up. I prefer landing in the almost ghost town like feel between courses, rather than the hustle and bustle of everyone arriving and settling in. When asked by the management to go into household my ego reacted. I had …
Are We a Community?
One reason I started this blog was that I felt alone. I had experienced the profound potential of Vipassana, but I was having all of these experiences in my own little bubble. I didn't want anyone else to feel this way so I decided to share my story. Of course, no one's story is exactly …
Bringin’ Space to the Workplace
The first time I saw a genuinely tragic car accident was on the way back from my grandmother's funeral last week. I was riding with my older sister and four year old nephew. An old Chevy pickup careened down the turning lane, moving at least 80 mph, and a trail of police cars followed close …
Initial findings from Vipassana meditation related survey
As I mentioned in some of earlier posts, I am conducting a research to understand the role of Vipassana meditation in enhancing the emotional intelligence. In this post, I would like to share some preliminary findings from survey and personal interviews with Vipassana practitioners. The survey to test of some of the hypothesis has been …
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