Vipassana Experience

After these 10 very intense days we’ve got lots of things to tell you!!!!!!!!!
Hours and hours of meditation ….. We were using the breathing to concentrate ourselves, we were seated cross legged for hours and hours… getting fed up….eating lots of rice…



And sometimes we were also cheating in some of the hours that we were suppose to meditate…:-) but guys.. 11 hours a day meditating is not an easy task!!!
It has been a test of effort, perseverance, and discipline. We’ll tell you more about it… each of us our personal experience.. but now we will explain you a bit about the technique and the daily schedule. Maybe you want to try it some day!!! Hahahahaha Who knows???





During the 10 days that the course lasted we had to follow a disciplinary code. This code was actually quite hard and strict. It is supposed to take you away from the entire external world and your daily life and being able to concentrate yourself in the fully observation of your mind and body.



Well… we can say that we have been leaving as nuns!!!!



It seems crazy how we have been able to last for the 10 days… but as everything difficult then you get a reward.. and it worth the effort!!



The base of the practice is the Sila, the morality. Sila gives the bases for the development of the Samadhi, the concentration of the mind. The purification of the mind is achieved with the help of your Pañña, the wisdom of the upright vision.

Here are the rules that you have to follow when you are there:

1. Do not kill any human being ( yeah that sounds easy… but if you see how many bugs you have in your room is not hat easy!!!!)
2. Do not steal
3. Do not have any sexual behaviour
4. Do not lie
5. Do not take any intoxicants (so no alcohol or cigarettes!!)
6. Do not eat after noon.
7. Avoid any entertainment (no reading,, no music…)
8. Avoid any luxury beds.
9. And a vow of silence… this is the most difficult one!!!! And even more when you are in our situation… two friends that have been traveling for the last 3 months together… 24 hours a day together… and no talking now!!! No way!! it seems impossible!!



This was the daily schedule:

04:00 am Bell was riningin!!! Doooooooooooooonggggggggg!!!! 4 am!!! So early!
04:30 am 06:30 am Meditation in the main hall or in your room (optional)
06:30 am 08:00 am Breakfast and break
08:00 am 09:00 am Group meditation in the main hall
09:00 am 11:00 am Meditation in the main hall or in your room, according to teacher instructions.
11:00 am 12:00 am Lunch
12:00 am 01:00 pm Break and personal meeting with the teacher if you needed so
01:00 pm 02:30 pm Meditation in the main hall or in your room (optional)
02:30 pm 03:30 pm Group meditation in the main hall
03:30 pm 05:00 pm Meditation in the main hall or in your room (optional)
05:00 pm 06:00 pm Tea and fruit and break
06:00 pm 07:00 pm Group meditation in the main hall
07:00 pm 08:15 pm Teacher discourse
08:15 pm 09:00 pm Group meditation in the main hall
09:00 pm 09:30 pm Questions
09:30 pm Time to bed!



So, what do you think???? If you add them all… there are 11 hours of meditation a day!!!! If you multiply that by 10 days… do you think that this is feasible??? For two jokers like us… being still for so long.. seated cross legged… with our eyes closed!!! Yeah… But we didn’t have another option!! We had to do it… there was no choice...



We had the temptation of packing our bags and run away so many times!!!! But we didn’t… a commitment is a commitment.. and we made it until the end.

Vipassana technique opened a door for us… now is our choice whether we want to continue with it … a path to the purification of the mind…

We didn’t get enlighted or purificated in 10 days… but at least we discovered a new way of autoconection with your mind and body…. A personal development!

The best thing of the experience was to do it here, in Cambodia… surrounded by lots of Cambodians … we were around 120 people.. so funny!



The food, the atmosphere, the friendships that we made, the personal development… a real experience!!! 




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