Dwarniel

Thank you for putting my inner perfectionist in order ❣️ i'll give it a try. it's just that i feel like i'm such an awkward gal, it feels safe to know exactly what to say. But yeah, when the text is like 4500-5000 words, it gets inefficient ?

Thank you! ? Do you always speak without a script? For 3 hours? That's really impressive. It looks like you did have one in the very beginning, but maybe you came to the conclusion it's better without?

"Nonviolent communication" by Marshall Rosenberg completely transformed the way I communicate with people, and how I react when others are angry

Makes sense... It's just that I'm so much better at writing, I feel like I butcher my work when I talk freely ? Especially with my peasant dialect as well hahhha. I thought it might be a tech solution to this question, some kind of script screen or something that I can mount to my camera or whatever so it doesn't look like I'm avoiding eye contact with the lens..... But maybe I'm over complicating it ? I could share a link, but its norwegian so I guess its not very interesting for you ?

Yes.

Norway is pretty high up there when it comes to the spiral. I live in the capital of Norway, and it's mostly green, with shades of orange and yellow. I'm guessing that transfers to Denmark and Sweden as well.

I've been to several retreats, both short and long term. Goenka basically teach Vipassana meditation as a path to enlightenment, and of course that it was by this technique (only) Gautama became enlightened as well. I most certainly feel benefits from the technique, but I'm sceptical if it's even possible for a layman to become enlightened by meditation only. There's only so many hours in a day, and I work a lot... I'm also sceptical because I haven't seen a single "fully liberated" vipassana meditator. If Vipassana enlightenes you, where are the enlightened people? I've met so many serious vipassana meditators, they even live on these centres for years. But I still find them very... Reactive.. if something "bad" happens to them. My last question came to me after my 30 day retreat. Is the vipassana after glow coming from the work itself, or are people just happy because the hell is finally over? Lmao. If I'm honest with myself, I have to say that I don't really know. Thoughts?

If she was "the one" she wouldn't be ignoring you. It's better if you teach yourself to be turned off by girls that ignore you, doesn't feel the same way as you do or treat you badly. Because it is a turn off. (And the fun thing is.. If a girl who's ignoring you, picks up on the fact that you don't care - There's a chance she'll start chasing you lmao. We girls are weird like that)

Thank you for your insights

As I said, I've recieved a lot of benefits from this technique over the last 8 years... I've had a couple of cute satoris and my psychology is healthier, no doubt! But I don't want to be dogmatic about it. I think some questioning is healthy. Especially when they kind of teach that this is the only way and the true way, that makes me sceptical.

Someone who doesn't flip if their shoes get ruined ? No but seriously, I met Peter Ralston once f. ex, that was quite a different experience compared to talking to vipassana teachers/students, and it got me thinking about it.