Alright, my friends. Heres the plan. Im going on a 30 day silent retreat. But heres the back story: Ive done extended meditations before, but the problem is coming back into society and maintaining the peaceful feeling. In the past, I would be all blissed out and then go into the world and be blissed out for a few days and then go back to being unblissed. The problem for me is learning how to transition from a love-filled internal dialogue to a love-filled outer dialogue. The ego gets triggered when other people are around and I have to communicate with them. So I am entering a 30 day silent retreat that will allow me to talk for 4 hours per week on Mondays! Hahaha! Perfect! Seriously. I know it might sound odd, but it works for me. I am happy to do a fully silent retreat, but I have clients whose momentum I dont want to break. So I will use these sessions as opportunities to transition out of silence, into dialogue and back into silence. For me, its the perfect opportunity to deepen my meditative practice and move more deeply into my heart space; while enjoying regular ego training breaks! Starting Thursday, there will be no email, no Facebook, no telephone, no texting, no talking, no games. I will be writing, meditating, praying, remembering, reintegrating, celebrating, walking, breathing and practicing being quiet. The retreat center is northwest of Ubud. They provide organic, vegetarian meals and daily mediation and yoga classes in addition to simple accommodations. I am choosing a private room, but they have dorms and bungalows, too. Just in case you are interested to learn more about the place, it is balisilentretreat. I leave on Thursday.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:40:28 +0000
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