10 days meditation retreat

[nehkewal]

Finished 10 days Vipasna meditation - was the most profound spiritual experience of my life - almost reborn. Vipasna is a scientific way to live joyfully and happily regardless of your worldly circumstances and make others around you happy as well while helping you overcome the endless cycle of rebirths.

Things I learnt

1. Nothing ever goes wrong - nothing has ever gone wrong and nothing ever will , therefore never regret your past or be in dilemma for the future - any choice you make will be the right choice . The forces of nature that run the planet are beyond human intelligence and nothing ever happens randomly. The fact that you are the doer/decision maker is an illusion which causes immense suffering to yourself and others around you.

Hukmai andar sabko bahar hukam na koye ||

 

2. Everything is impermanent - whatever good or bad times you are having will not last , so experience them as a witness rather than a consumer for example if you are feeling angry - say to yourself the reality of the moment is that my body is experiencing anger - watch your breath , heart rate etc .Or If you are having financial or health problems - say to yourself this will pass too , and same goes for good times , make the most of them while they are coz they would be gone too.

Kis nal keejai dosti sab jag chalanhar ||

 

3. Illusion of eternity - unfortunately we are conditioned to live our life as immortals - if I look back my 40 years of life seem like 40 seconds and I am not sure how many more 'seconds' are left , so why associate with this body and obsess with its future. Every new year take a moment to ponder about the last new year eve and it will seem like only yesterday.

 

4. Hate no one - Just as you are not the doer, so are not the other people which means if someone said or did something unfair to you , that action was caused by a force that is beyond this person's control so no point holding them responsible and causing yourself hatred and anger.

Manda kis noo aakhiye je dooja hoye

5. Others before self - It brings way more joy to give something you cherish to someone who is in dire need than keeping it to yourself. I have decided to dedicate my life for the welfare of others. This automatically makes the 'I' in my very petty as its now just an end to a mean while before it meant the world to me.

 Mithya tan nahi parupkaari 

6. Life obsessed with 'making it' is sure to bring misery - I am myself implicated in this as my attempts to becoming a software entrepreneur was causing me - lack of sleep , stress , excessive thinking - limit your material needs and you will find how little it takes to be happy.

Kacha dhan sanchai murakh gavar 

Bikhyia ka dhan sada dukh hoye | Na saath jaaye na paraapat hoye. 

7. Spend time in nature - watch the birds fly , feel the breeze on your body this is where you came from and what you will eventually merge into - feel the perfection in the apparent randomness .  "Kudrat hai keemat nahi paaye " 

8. Treat every day as your last - first thing when you get up in morning say to yourself with conviction this might very well be the last day of my life - I must make the most of it for myself and do something good for others .  

 

ਹੋਇ ਆਮਰੋ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਮਹਿ ਬੈਠਾ ਕਰਣ ਕਾਰਣ ਬਿਸਰੋਹੀ ॥੨॥ होइ आमरो ग्रिह महि बैठा करण कारण बिसरोही ॥२॥Ho▫e āmro garih mėh baiṯẖā karaṇ kāraṇ bisrohī. ||2||   He considers himself to be immortal; he sits in his home, and forgets the Lord, the Cause of causes. ||2||

ਅਨਿਕ ਭਾਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਮਣੀਏ ਸਾਜੇ ਕਾਚੈ ਤਾਗਿ ਪਰੋਹੀ ॥   अनिक भाति करि मणीए साजे काचै तगि परोही ॥ Anik bẖāṯ kar maṇī▫e sāje kācẖai ṯāg parohī In various ways, he fahions the beads, and strung them on a slender thread.

ਤੂਟਿ ਜਾਇਗੋ ਸੂਤੁ ਬਾਪੁਰੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਾਛੈ ਪਛੁਤੋਹੀ ॥੩॥   तूटि जाइगो सूतु बापुरे फिरि पाछै पछुतोही ॥३॥ Ŧūt jā▫igo sūṯ bāpure fir pācẖẖai pacẖẖuṯohī. ||3| The thread shall break, O wretched man, and then, you shall repent and regret. ||3||

 

9. Do not argue - Almost all arguing/debating is ego fuelled wastage of your precious breaths.   You can't explain quantum physics to a Donald Trump voter. 

 

 

Vaad vivaad kahu seo na keejai | Rasna ram rasayan peejai

and 

 

Parh akhar eho buhjiye | Murakhe naal na lujhiye ||

 

 

10. Cut all electronic noise out  - facebook , tv ,  internet forums , movies ,  etc are all rasas that yield zero outcome at the end , so the sooner you get yourself out of the addiction the better 

[BhagatSingh]

Good post Singh and welcome to the forum.

 

 

[paapiman]

5 hours ago, nehkewal said:

Finished 10 days Vipasna meditation - was the most profound spiritual experience of my life - almost reborn. Vipasna is a scientific way to live joyfully and happily regardless of your worldly circumstances and make others around you happy as well while helping you overcome the endless cycle of rebirths.

Bro, can you please provide more details on Vipasna meditation?

Thanks

 

Bhul chuk maaf

[opal]

9 hours ago, paapiman said:

Bro, can you please provide more details on Vipasna meditation?

Thanks

 

Bhul chuk maaf

https://tricycle.org/magazine/vipassana-meditation/

[BhagatSingh]

12 hours ago, paapiman said:

Bro, can you please provide more details on Vipasna meditation?

Basically-  first, becoming aware of your thinking  and second - watching your thoughts flow by and not reacting to them.