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In a traditional Vipassana retreat, participants voluntarily take on a series of restrictions:

🥬 Less food than they’re used to (in the Theravada tradition, eating stops at 12:00 noon),
⭐️ Less sleep than they’re used to,
👄Less talking,
📱And, of course, less screen time, along with avoiding activities such as reading, writing, creating, or physical exercise.

The only thing you do is practice meditation.
Practice being mindful of what is happening right now.

Why?

To encounter the mind exactly as is is, without any distractions. Something that rarely, if ever, happens in our daily lives(🙈).
We’re constantly on our phones, keeping ourselves busy, or sleeping; And the moment we feel uncomfortable, we look for a way to change that feeling.

But the practice teaches us that moving through a feeling, rather than trying to replace it, is precisely what strengthens our ability to face it! and, at the same time, helps cleanse the mind 🧹

So
How does that sound to you?
Feel free to comment something meaningful that happened to you during a Vipassana retreat 🧘🏼‍♀️

In a traditional Vipassana retreat, participants voluntarily take on a series of restrictions:

🥬 Less food than they’re used to (in the Theravada tradition, eating stops at 12:00 noon),
⭐️ Less sleep than they’re used to,
👄Less talking,
📱And, of course, less screen time, along with avoiding activities such as reading, writing, creating, or physical exercise.

The only thing you do is practice meditation.
Practice being mindful of what is happening right now.

Why?

To encounter the mind exactly as is is, without any distractions. Something that rarely, if ever, happens in our daily lives(🙈).
We’re constantly on our phones, keeping ourselves busy, or sleeping; And the moment we feel uncomfortable, we look for a way to change that feeling.

But the practice teaches us that moving through a feeling, rather than trying to replace it, is precisely what strengthens our ability to face it! and, at the same time, helps cleanse the mind 🧹

So
How does that sound to you?
Feel free to comment something meaningful that happened to you during a Vipassana retreat 🧘🏼‍♀️

🍎Free from attachment to actions and their results. (Read verses 2.47, 2.48, 5.10, 5.12)

🙏Equanimous in pleasure and pain, success and failure, gain and loss. (2.38, 2.48, 5.20)

🧑🏼‍🩰Free from identification with the body and mind. (3.27-3.28, 5.8-5.9)

👁️Recognizes the Self as non-doer, even while actions are continue. (4.18, 5.8-5.9, 5.13-5.14)

🥵Not controlled by desire and anger, able to withstand their impulses. (2.56, 5.23)

🧘🏻Master of the mind and senses, rather than being governed by them. (2.58, 2.61, 5.7, 5.25)

🦋Free from ignorance and doubt, established in knowledge of the Self. (4.39-4.41, 5.16-5.17, 5.25)

💎Sees the same Self in all beings, beyond external differences. (5.18-5.19)

☺️Finds happiness and satisfaction within, rather than depending on sensory pleasures. (2.55, 5.21, 5.24)

🪎Delights in the welfare of all beings, free from selfishness. (5.18, 5.25)

🏹free from karmic bondage and rebirth. (5.17, 5.19, 5.24-5.25)

The reason I like thinking about these characteristics is it gives me inspiration, and reminds me during the day to think about equanimity 🙏

🍎Free from attachment to actions and their results. (Read verses 2.47, 2.48, 5.10, 5.12)

🙏Equanimous in pleasure and pain, success and failure, gain and loss. (2.38, 2.48, 5.20)

🧑🏼‍🩰Free from identification with the body and mind. (3.27-3.28, 5.8-5.9)

👁️Recognizes the Self as non-doer, even while actions are continue. (4.18, 5.8-5.9, 5.13-5.14)

🥵Not controlled by desire and anger, able to withstand their impulses. (2.56, 5.23)

🧘🏻Master of the mind and senses, rather than being governed by them. (2.58, 2.61, 5.7, 5.25)

🦋Free from ignorance and doubt, established in knowledge of the Self. (4.39-4.41, 5.16-5.17, 5.25)

💎Sees the same Self in all beings, beyond external differences. (5.18-5.19)

☺️Finds happiness and satisfaction within, rather than depending on sensory pleasures. (2.55, 5.21, 5.24)

🪎Delights in the welfare of all beings, free from selfishness. (5.18, 5.25)

🏹free from karmic bondage and rebirth. (5.17, 5.19, 5.24-5.25)

The reason I like thinking about these characteristics is it gives me inspiration, and reminds me during the day to think about equanimity 🙏

You might recognize one or more of these:

💌You send a message and judge whether it was right or wrong based on the response.

📈You post and let the engagement numbers decide whether you post again tomorrow.

💪🏼You work out and check your body the next day to see if anything has changed.

🧑🏻‍💻You study and judge whether it was worth it only by the grade you receive.

🧘🏼‍♀️You think meditation doesn’t help you if you feel down or low on energy after a session.

💎You apply for a job and judge your worth by whether you get accepted.

🍟You make an effort to change a habit and feel like you’ve failed when you fall back into it.

🖍️You start a new hobby (dancing, drawing, writing, etc.) and feel intimidated to continue because you weren’t good at it.

🙈You share something personal and regret opening up when you don’t receive the reaction you hoped for.

👉🏻What all these examples have in common is that in each of them, you take a certain action, such as opening up or exercising, and place your happiness in the outcome (the fruit), even though you do not control that fruit.
You only control giving the seed the right conditions to grow!
This means ***you should find happiness in the very fact that you are doing what you can with the conditions you have today***.

May this post remind you that your effort is valuable even when the results don’t show it yet 🙏

You might recognize one or more of these:

💌You send a message and judge whether it was right or wrong based on the response.

📈You post and let the engagement numbers decide whether you post again tomorrow.

💪🏼You work out and check your body the next day to see if anything has changed.

🧑🏻‍💻You study and judge whether it was worth it only by the grade you receive.

🧘🏼‍♀️You think meditation doesn’t help you if you feel down or low on energy after a session.

💎You apply for a job and judge your worth by whether you get accepted.

🍟You make an effort to change a habit and feel like you’ve failed when you fall back into it.

🖍️You start a new hobby (dancing, drawing, writing, etc.) and feel intimidated to continue because you weren’t good at it.

🙈You share something personal and regret opening up when you don’t receive the reaction you hoped for.

👉🏻What all these examples have in common is that in each of them, you take a certain action, such as opening up or exercising, and place your happiness in the outcome (the fruit), even though you do not control that fruit.
You only control giving the seed the right conditions to grow!
This means ***you should find happiness in the very fact that you are doing what you can with the conditions you have today***.

May this post remind you that your effort is valuable even when the results don’t show it yet 🙏

In this verse, Krishna explains the nature of happiness that does not depend on external experiences, and he says:

🗣️ “The yogi whose happiness is within, who delights within, and whose light is within, having become Brahman, attains liberation in Brahman.”

These are 3️⃣ qualities of happiness:
✨It comes from within.
✨It is not dependent on external experiences.
✨It comes from spiritual knowledge.

Without practice, we place our happiness and confidence in external things, like the presence of our partners and how they treat us, our homes, and our money💰🏠🧑‍❤️‍🧑
We look at all these things and expect stability from them, when their nature is actually to change constantly.

The more we practice, the more we realize that these things are material, meaning they can bring momentary experiences of pleasure and happiness, but these experiences are temporary.

Money comes and goes, people grow older and change their behavior, and even our own perception of things changes.

So we can still have and enjoy all these things (💓), but with less attachment, meaning less suffering.

And instead of placing our happiness and confidence in things that constantly change, we learn to find them within the Self.

May this post remind you that you can enjoy the things that change without depending on them for your happiness 🙏

In this verse, Krishna explains the nature of happiness that does not depend on external experiences, and he says:

🗣️ “The yogi whose happiness is within, who delights within, and whose light is within, having become Brahman, attains liberation in Brahman.”

These are 3️⃣ qualities of happiness:
✨It comes from within.
✨It is not dependent on external experiences.
✨It comes from spiritual knowledge.

Without practice, we place our happiness and confidence in external things, like the presence of our partners and how they treat us, our homes, and our money💰🏠🧑‍❤️‍🧑
We look at all these things and expect stability from them, when their nature is actually to change constantly.

The more we practice, the more we realize that these things are material, meaning they can bring momentary experiences of pleasure and happiness, but these experiences are temporary.

Money comes and goes, people grow older and change their behavior, and even our own perception of things changes.

So we can still have and enjoy all these things (💓), but with less attachment, meaning less suffering.

And instead of placing our happiness and confidence in things that constantly change, we learn to find them within the Self.

May this post remind you that you can enjoy the things that change without depending on them for your happiness 🙏

May this post finds whoever needs to hear this and remind them to put their confidence in their actions, not in the results.

May this post finds whoever needs to hear this and remind them to put their confidence in their actions, not in the results.

In 4.11, Krishna says:
🗣️ “In whatever way people approach Me, in that very way I respond to them. Human beings follow My path in every way, O Pārtha.”

Meaning:

The path itself can take many different forms. There is no point in fighting over which path is better, because all of them lead to Brahman.
All paths lead to the same place. The point is to keep walking whichever path you are on.

🪏And there is also a deeper layer to this verse:

The path is being walked even when one doesn’t realize they are on it, unknowingly.
Even when one doesn’t seek peace and chooses to live entirely through bhoga and suffers, it is still part of the path.

May this post remind you that even the paths that lead through suffering can eventually lead us toward understanding 🙏

In 4.11, Krishna says:
🗣️ “In whatever way people approach Me, in that very way I respond to them. Human beings follow My path in every way, O Pārtha.”

Meaning:

The path itself can take many different forms. There is no point in fighting over which path is better, because all of them lead to Brahman.
All paths lead to the same place. The point is to keep walking whichever path you are on.

🪏And there is also a deeper layer to this verse:

The path is being walked even when one doesn’t realize they are on it, unknowingly.
Even when one doesn’t seek peace and chooses to live entirely through bhoga and suffers, it is still part of the path.

May this post remind you that even the paths that lead through suffering can eventually lead us toward understanding 🙏

1. Name what you observe during the day, both internally and externally.
Internally, notice emotions, sensations, and thoughts. Externally, notice what your senses are picking up.
Yes, in the practice we talk to ourselves 😋

2. Do one thing at a time. For example, drive without listening to a podcast or music🚙.

3. Spend more time in silence. You’ll start hearing your mind more clearly, which can help you observe your patterns and get to know yourself better. 🧠

3. Observe your desires. What are you constantly reaching for, and what do you think it is supposed to solve? What are you trying to avoid?

4. Pick one uncomfortable feeling and don’t distract yourself from it immediately.

5. Wait a few seconds before responding to a message, comment, or opinion ⏱️.

6. Pay attention to transitions: standing up, sitting down, opening a door.

7. Choose one task you usually rush through and do it more slowly than usual 🐢.

8. When performing an action, remind yourself that you can control the action itself, but not the results. 🍎

9. Find a meditation or sangha group, online or in person. Sometimes it’s easier to practice with others. 🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏻🧘🏻‍♂️

10. Complement yourself for even just trying one of these. This will keep you motivated and help you practice using your inner voice 🤍

1. Name what you observe during the day, both internally and externally.
Internally, notice emotions, sensations, and thoughts. Externally, notice what your senses are picking up.
Yes, in the practice we talk to ourselves 😋

2. Do one thing at a time. For example, drive without listening to a podcast or music🚙.

3. Spend more time in silence. You’ll start hearing your mind more clearly, which can help you observe your patterns and get to know yourself better. 🧠

3. Observe your desires. What are you constantly reaching for, and what do you think it is supposed to solve? What are you trying to avoid?

4. Pick one uncomfortable feeling and don’t distract yourself from it immediately.

5. Wait a few seconds before responding to a message, comment, or opinion ⏱️.

6. Pay attention to transitions: standing up, sitting down, opening a door.

7. Choose one task you usually rush through and do it more slowly than usual 🐢.

8. When performing an action, remind yourself that you can control the action itself, but not the results. 🍎

9. Find a meditation or sangha group, online or in person. Sometimes it’s easier to practice with others. 🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏻🧘🏻‍♂️

10. Complement yourself for even just trying one of these. This will keep you motivated and help you practice using your inner voice 🤍

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