Vipassana Meditation Short Intro

RRydnew I don't wish to patronize you but you have completely missed the point of Vipassana meditation. It is a wondeful opportunity to relieve yourself fro suffering and at least progress on the path towards liberation and perhaps enlightenment. The fact that you found it boring is interesting. It would seem you favour much lighter meditation techniques which are quick fixes. Equanimity with awareness of your body`sensations! Your mind makes you bored.

No, this course makes me bored and yes you are not only patronizing but insulting to even say this. If you cannot answer one simple question, stay the hell out of the conversation! Your uninformed opnion only hurts not helps.

First, I did not say it was incorrect, it was some Buddist Monks that I know that said it was incorrect. I do agree with them. I do not have a quick fix for anything but I do not run away and meditate on myself as this establishes ad nauseum. Only one person actuallly attempted to answer my question and I am thankful that he/she did. It just makes me very angry with all of this "you missed it crap" Take a little of your own advice and check yourselves before you patronize a desenting opnion

Cancel asap! I did one not too long ago and it truly was boring. I, like you, was looking for it and did some advanced work and believe me.....BORING! I felt like I wasted 10 days of my life doing this. I wish I had those days back.

I am curious. What makes you say it was boring? Did you realize before you went that you would be sitting in meditation for 10.5 hours/day without music or guidance? What was your personal practice like (frequency, average amount of time per sit, guided, semi-guided, silent, with music, etc) before you went?

I have praticing Yoga (Bikram and otherwise) for almost 15 years. I was told that it would be like this before I went but being a woman of my word, I went anyway despite the intel. Sorry that I did. It was just more of the same new-age babble I hear on the streets every day. I dont discourage others if they want to attend but I let them know about my expirences ad verbatium should they ask.

Not trying to get on you, RR, but if it was boring, the boredom arose from your own mind. On some level you were looking for something, anything, outside of yourself to 'entertain' you. I know, because I've been there.

This is more of that patronizing tone that I have recieved in Kaufman. Dont insult my intelligence that way. In talking with some Buddist monks that I know, they do not nor ever will prescribe this form of meditiation. They find it harmful as it is not proactive with society. You and the rest of you patronizing cronies can go to ----where you belong.

RR, I'm sorry if that sounded patronizing. Reading my comment over, I can see how it might sound that way. Let me change the pronoun and rephrase my comment:
"I was bored. then I saw that the boredom arose from my own mind. I was looking for something...to entertain myself." Many monks in Buddhist countries don't meditate, but saying it is harmful is incorrect, because that's what he taught ( in the Satipattana Sutta, I believe).
It's right there in the scriptures.
Best wishes, bix

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