| Brad and Jen's journal entry for: February 13, 2002 |
Nameste, Welcome to our first journal entry after our 10 day vipassana meditation course. It was a great experience and we feel privildged to have had the opportunity to have done it in such a special place. We have contemplated whether or not this was the hardest thing we have ever done. Remember, we have both run marathons, Jen has done two, and Brad has done a 30 day Outward bound course, so even contemplating it says something. The course has a grueling routine which runs from 4:00am to 9:00pm. It includes 11 hours of sitting meditation with 1 hour of a video program thats teaches the steps in the technique. To learn more about Vipassana Meditation, click here The men and the women are seperated for enirity of the 10 day course, and they exist in "Noble Silence", which means no communication. This includes talking, gesturing, reading, writing, ect. A truely individual experience. Brad and Jen different experiences. Below you find how each of them progressed. Also, what could be the demise of well trained meditators who have diligently to train their minds to react to nothing?....Find out about the day 8 meltdown. To learn about Jennifer's experience, click here To learn about Brad's experience, click here |