The majestic pagoda at the center of Dhamma Giri Vipassana Center
Many people have asked me about the Vipassana course I recently completed in India and why I would subject myself to 10 days of silent meditation. I’m a big believer in learning something intensely for a fixed timeframe and then integrating it into a daily practice. It’s what I did when I learned to code and it’s how I’ve picked up most of my other skills. By doing nothing but meditate for 10 days, I believed I’d get to a state that would otherwise take years of daily practice. Once I entered that zone, I’d experience magic and have insights into the way my mind worked. I was right.
Complete article: https://medium.com/@dliebeskind/finding-magic-105-hours-of-meditation-in-10-days-bf51bd99c983
More info: http://www.dhamma.org/
