On Sunday, eleven days after arriving at vipassana meditation center, Dhamma Neru, about 40 kilometers from Barcelona , opened the door of my little apartment in central Barcelona next to the Boqueria. The meditation center journey to the center of Barcelona has been a journey from one extreme to another extreme. Of peace, silence, nature, being aware ... to street fighting, noise, full city, stressed mind. I never realized so clearly how we change the city ... as conditions us.
vipassana I hope to have found a tool that helps me stay more focused and neutralizes many of the negative effects of the city.
vipassana experience has been one of the most interesting experiences in my life, an experience full of surprises. On reaching a place for ten days you can not speak or talk to him, where they have to do anything and not have to worry about anything (they feed you, serve you food, I cleaned the room, etc.) where you do not read or watch TV where you do not hear the radio, where you do not write ... or which do not receive any information or release any information suddenly creates plenty of room ... space for thinking, for the mind and especially to purify the mind space.
When one turns inward meditation then meets an unexpected view. Surface leaving the worries of the past, projections and dreams of the future, uncertainties, all doubts, visualizations of any kind While you meditate and devote to it with all your effort concentrating on the breath you constantly divert all kinds of thoughts. Every time you manage to return to meditation in less time, but the first three days are days of many emotions, to mourn, meetings with yourself, forgotten memories of the past ... A map very clear with all outstanding issues you have to clean up. An exercise very hard, yet extremely useful exercise.
What fascinated me were my dreams. Dreams at night ... I remember the smallest details of the dreams, there was no clear limit when one went in and out of dreams ... of what was real and illusion ... I had lucid dreams in which one realizes that is dreaming while still dreaming and then is able to change and manage sleep. Despite little sleep (much of the time one was awake but focused on dreams, visualize, analyze) I did not feel tired the next morning. Another learning was that I realized that dream constantly throughout the day ... the unconscious projects dreams during the day, but normally we do not realize. We think we are awake, but we are sleeping almost 24 hours a day ... lol. Gradually
(the third or fourth day) minimized the time of the unconscious mind and enhances concentration, reduces the time dreams. And that's when you go over in the art of meditation is to observe the physical body sensations and learn not to reject or adhere to painful sensations pleasurable sensations ... only observe (at the physical level ... personal experience!) and not react. Then you realize that all sensations are impermanent both pleasant and unpleasant. Anicha! Anicha! Anicha! Everything changes constantly! 10 days alone is enough to learn the basics of technique, but it's amazing ... know that you can experiencing with their bodies that everything is impermanent.
If you do not react with your autopilot and only observe the sensations and aversive avoid creating desires and keep you more balanced so that your life will be happier. You realize that at the end happiness depends 100% on a same ... on how to react ... or rather on how not to react to the sensations. Very very interesting. Of course not mean that you do not feel, you do not have emotions, do not you stay a few beautiful illusions ... but that these emotions and dreams will be more balanced and real. Failure to comply will not have much pain and if you get a setback also accepts no problem knowing that after the setback will become an opportunity to do something new ...
It's very interesting to be living with a group of people for 10 days in complete silence. Many become your teachers ... learn to be more compassionate, hold things, not react. Then there are a lot of practical elements in the course to help increase the effects of the method. The course is hard, especially at the psychological level. The theory of vipassana method is beautiful and very convincing ... is not sectarian, no dogmas and inspiring (Goenka) has an open mind and is pure love. In addition to the original tapes in English is seen as a charming man, has many nice cartoons ... beautiful.
Now I need some time to accept and absorb everything I've learned. For now I will meditations of a daily two hour (morning and evening). We'll see ... HAPPY learn new things ... have new experiences. Let's give a real opportunity to Vipassana to be integrated into my life. The coming weeks will be critical to see if it fits ... if it is true or not I am extremely grateful for having had this experience.
command a big hug to my fellow students of Vipassana ... Thank you for sharing this and to form a group so cute. To all readers of this blog send love and harmony ... and I hope all eventually find our way to peace, to our real self, to happiness ... Viva
heart! Viva love! Viva us!
Other contributions on Vipassana:
- Vipassana: 6 weeks
- Vipassana (introduction to what is vipassana)
- official Web
Vipassana Meditation - Dhamma Neru Vipassana center in Spain
- List Vipassana retreats in country places "English speakers"
