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Samuel Garcia

Solo Retreat

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I'm going to do an 8 day Solo Retreat during the Christmas holidays in the countryside. It going to be more of a journaling on as I'm 19 but of course I'll do about 8 hours meditation a bit like a Vipassana (still yet to make a schedule). I really want to get to the bottom of why I need love so much from other people and why I feel so lonely -- I feel so unloved in life and my emotions are so dependent on needing other people to fulfill me since I feel I don't well with people. I also want to discover myself a little as I have little idea of what to do in the future as a career.

My main question is though shall I bring some mushrooms to do on the last day? I think it might be useful but should I wait and be in a more comfortable environment like in my room. Would getting into that more aware state during by meditating mean I should lower the dosage if I do take shrooms?  I don't know how schedule it. I was thinking about only fixing in meditation and do whatever I feel like (walk, journal or contemplate) around those hours. 

Any other advice from your experience on how I can benefit most? Thanks.

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20 minutes ago, Samuel Garcia said:

I'm going to do an 8 day Solo Retreat during the Christmas holidays in the countryside. It going to be more of a journaling on as I'm 19 but of course I'll do about 8 hours meditation a bit like a Vipassana (still yet to make a schedule). I really want to get to the bottom of why I need love so much from other people and why I feel so lonely -- I feel so unloved in life and my emotions are so dependent on needing other people to fulfill me since I feel I don't well with people. I also want to discover myself a little as I have little idea of what to do in the future as a career.

My main question is though shall I bring some mushrooms to do on the last day? I think it might be useful but should I wait and be in a more comfortable environment like in my room. Would getting into that more aware state during by meditating mean I should lower the dosage if I do take shrooms?  I don't know how schedule it. I was thinking about only fixing in meditation and do whatever I feel like (walk, journal or contemplate) around those hours. 

Any other advice from your experience on how I can benefit most? Thanks.

Make sure your not bringing shrooms to make your time easier. If that's the emotional reason, don't bring it.

According to Leo, one meditation retreat is far better than one year of meditation of one hour a day. So expect some good results. 

I personally don't think that journaling requires a retreat. Use all your retreats to supercharge your meditation or self inquiry in order to get a breakthrough. 

You can do shrooms at home. Focus on pure meditation or self inquiry.

 


"Not believing your own thoughts, you’re free from the primal desire: the thought that reality should be different than it is. You realise the wordless, the unthinkable. You understand that any mystery is only what you yourself have created. In fact, there’s no mystery. Everything is as clear as day. It’s simple, because there really isn’t anything. There’s only the story appearing now. And not even that.” — Byron Katie

 

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