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Better late than never. So I have done two retreats. Both in Belgium, Dilsem Stokkem. I must say, the location and center are amazing. The food perhaps even better. The organisation is very professional, and the same structure is followed in every location around the world. Even the menu of the food (afaik). Everything is taken care of for you, they want you to focus on your meditation as distraction-free as possible. For a first retreat, this is probably your best take. My two cents: - It can feel a bit dogmatic. It is good to realize he is teaching a method influenced by his teachers - He focusses attention on the bodily senses. Which can get you into deep meditation. I've went through different stages quickly on my first retreat. I want to say more, but I am hesitant as I don't want to influence your experience too much. My advice, if you go, go with all your energy and without expectations or ideas. Accept his teachings fully, at least in that moment. Always happy to talk about your experience afterwards Bon voyage!

@OBEler So, is it more like a hobby? Would you advocate people to start doing OBE? Or is it just something to pass the time

Why do you keep grasping back to OBE? Is it a form of meditation for you?

Hey, I have done two Vipassana retreats. I post here to remind myself to write something when I'm home

I realized, now more than ever. One of my biggest triggers in life is being told how I feel or who I am. My other triggers are injustice and misrepresentation of who I am But let's talk about the first one for now. This trigger has stolen an insane amount of peace in my life. Almost unbelievable. It's where I know and feel something is not mine, but is being pushed on me by another person that believes whole heartedly I should feel, think or am something I am not. It's as if I am fighting with an invisible power. I am trying to make sense of what someone else is pushing on me, and a great resistance is created from within. The attraction is wanting to take that person seriously, because they speak from the heart. The counter is knowing that my heart is not on the same level. It's like two hearts fighting an invisible battle. And it's all happening in the mind. I think, feel, it roots from "I'm not okay, you're okay" Where I question my own sense of reality and experience in favor of someone else's. As if they're speaking "truth" while I know they're not. But who am I to know? Who is anyone to know? Why state something as a fact when everything is ambiguous? Creates a lot of tension and circular thoughts. I am aware of all of this. Now I need to let go. Recognize the pattern. Feel into it. And let go. But these are just words..

First week passed. Going through a long period of emotional distress that started in December. Honestly it humbled me. Just shows how deeply rooted my insecurities still are. After a period of being in monkey mind from the moment I wake up to going to sleep for about a month, things have become more stable again. Forced my self to watch the breath. Pain surfaced around my heart area, the usual spot where pain resides in my body. Instead of indulging in that pain, I am trying to observe it. The meditation sessions went pretty smoothly.

Keeping this as simple as possible. For now. I have the tendency to make things way too complex than they should be and start with crazy goals and mind stories about it. Changing my ways. The goal is to - meditate at least 3x a week. 45 min. per session. - shortly describe what I went through To - create consistency - recognize patterns - go inwards instead of outwards

This is inspiring. Going strong! 💪

Congratulations with getting over your childhood trauma. That's big

Very cool results man! Great Curious to see Leo's perspective on his own AI haha

Complete dissolvment of the body. Experience of rebirth. There was no more body, just mind

This is manipulative haha, so this becomes the basis of the interaction

Hey So one thing I feel holds me back in life right now is people pleasing. It puts myself and others in a vulnerable position. Oftenly I'd make assumptions in what the person might expect from me and if I feel like I could let them down I either excuse myself prior to them voicing it out, to make sure that, even if they don't voice it out that I acknowledged it already. Other situations are when I try to say words in the best way I can in order not to put another person in a bad position, if I am dealing with a situation that might not be beneficial for the other party. So then I can't really get to the point of what I'm really saying and just make the other person confused. Ok.. long story. I am very aware of all that is happening and what the impact is, but this force within me Is so strong that I am not sure what are easy tricks to stop giving into it. Has anyone else dealt with this and how do you go about it?