Ten Days of Silence for Peace of Mind - Architects of a New Dawn2024-03-29T08:44:08Zhttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/forum/topics/ten-days-of-silence-for-peace-1?groupUrl=vipassanameditation&commentId=2227378%3AComment%3A122253&groupId=2227378%3AGroup%3A110822&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThis is a post on the Meditat…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-09-12:2227378:Comment:1222532009-09-12T13:29:10.532ZRon Alexanderhttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/RonAlexander
This is a post on the Meditation group:<br />
Joan Gregori said: <i><b>Ron, silence for ten days--eleven hours a day? Sounds a bit long to me as I'm still trying to meditate for 3 min.! :)<br />
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I know--persistence, right?</b></i><br />
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<b>Hi Joan, you still identifying as a "crone to the bone"? I hope so, I love you guys! I think my determination to last for ten days in silence meditating 11 hours per day, was part of my Divine Inheritance from my Mom. I really started seeking for answers when she shockingly…</b>
This is a post on the Meditation group:<br />
Joan Gregori said: <i><b>Ron, silence for ten days--eleven hours a day? Sounds a bit long to me as I'm still trying to meditate for 3 min.! :)<br />
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I know--persistence, right?</b></i><br />
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<b>Hi Joan, you still identifying as a "crone to the bone"? I hope so, I love you guys! I think my determination to last for ten days in silence meditating 11 hours per day, was part of my Divine Inheritance from my Mom. I really started seeking for answers when she shockingly pretty much left me out of her will. I had spent alot of time with her during her last seven weeks in ICU, where she could not speak, and felt blessed to be with her when she passed Dec. 24. I know I healed my relationship with her. During that time of grace, I was also blessed to have not known, that she had changed her will in 2006, until this Feb. when the will was read. At first, I was in a state of shock and turmoil at the perceived rejection (I was the only remaining son of 5), that I even thought about committing suicide. Then I started writing about it (you may have seen some of my poems?), and going to every healing workshop I could find, plus I have a great Unity minister/counselor/teacher. I found a sound healing workshop very helpful, and there a respected psychic/minister said she saw Archangel Michael knighting me during the healing. So I went into some indepth study of angels, and still am. Interestingly, during Mom's stint in ICU, I asked her to please send my guiding angels, if she could not come back herself. So I am considering Archangel Michael part of my divine inheritance.<br />
However, this ten days of silence with Vipassana meditation has been my greatest spiritual advance, and I am pretty sure I will stick with it from now on!<br />
much metta, bubba aspiring to be a Buddha, ron<br />
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By the way, after growing up with a Marine father, I rebelled against "discipline" until someone pointed out the root word: "disciple".</b>d: speaking of 'bolting'...
I w…tag:architectsofanewdawn.ning.com,2009-09-09:2227378:Comment:1216112009-09-09T14:46:26.674ZJeannehttps://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/Jeanne
speaking of 'bolting'...<br />
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I was thinking about how often people think that 'bolting' sankara as an expression of freedom... and yet, we can see that it is actually a reaction to trying to maintain the status quo,,, it is resisting change and growth.<br />
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taking on the yoke of discipline seems to be the way toward freedom... toward liberation. whereas bolting, escaping, running away, avoiding... are all part of maintaining the chains of enslavement to ignorance.<br />
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The other day someone said they…
speaking of 'bolting'...<br />
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I was thinking about how often people think that 'bolting' sankara as an expression of freedom... and yet, we can see that it is actually a reaction to trying to maintain the status quo,,, it is resisting change and growth.<br />
<br />
taking on the yoke of discipline seems to be the way toward freedom... toward liberation. whereas bolting, escaping, running away, avoiding... are all part of maintaining the chains of enslavement to ignorance.<br />
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The other day someone said they couldn't see the benefit of sitting still and not moving a muscle... the old me might have tried to explain or persuade... but with vipassana... I've come to learn that if the seed of interest is there, if the karma of that person is ready, they will respond with interest. So I simply agreed that the daily zen is life itself.<br />
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My initial reaction upon hearing about the 10 days of silence necessary to fulfill a vipassana course was "whoa! ...you people are really serious". My meditation experience prior to vipassana consisted of driving long distances through city traffic to go and sit in someone's living room, meditate, break bread and share community. It gave the worthwhile lift I sought, but only touched the surface of my wounded soul.<br />
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Vipassana cut through to the roots of the wounds... and they were able to dissolve and float away... good-bye little fears and phobias, your work is done.