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It's not 10 days of silence. But 10 days of awareness, attentiveness and equanimity 😊

@Poly6Groove

7 ай бұрын

Awareness arises from Silence

@thomasbroadview8321

6 ай бұрын

@@Poly6Groove You're not wrong but main goal here is to self-awareness. If you reach to some higher level of Vipassna you can see, hear and feel things without silentness.

@Innertemplesounds

6 ай бұрын

It’s ten days of silence smarty pants

@christianevans2956

6 ай бұрын

Seems you need another 10 but so do I 🙏

@alanfrancis9225

3 ай бұрын

We never hear “outside” our selves. Vibration hits our ears and changes to electrical/ chemical sensations. This is then interpreted by our brain. So by taking that out of the 10 days we are left with our monkey mind. Which makes itself know in no uncertain ways. We then become more aware of our lack of silence. This applies to all the senses. By reducing the noise and developing our awarness we hopefully will reduce the monopoly of the inner voice/ verbal and visual imagery on our life.

I lived at a Vipassana center for 3 years, sat 23 x 10-day courses, a 20-day course, served 16 x 10-day courses. It was good times.

@markj6302

5 ай бұрын

how was it? what was your motivation for doing it?

In the 70s I followed an Indian teacher who had been silent for 30 0r more years. I was young and inspired. I developed a routine of waking at 3am and would meditate for 3 hrs. Then I would go to work. Then at night I would sit for another 2 hrs. I did this for about 3 years. In year two I added a complete silence where I would communicate with a chalk board. This silence went on for 7 months and when I broke the silence, I still maintained silence on Wed and on Sunday. This discipline combined with a vegetarian and chaste life was transforming.

@WyethSterling

6 ай бұрын

Woah thats hardcore. How did it impact you?

@WoodstockG54

6 ай бұрын

@@WyethSterling To speak of your inner experiences is a sure way for them to come to abrupt stop. That's why I have a spiritual mentor who I can freely talk to for advice. Your question did made me think of my past, street kid at 14, and where and what I've experienced, now a the ripe age of 70. Wouldn't change a thing, including all the hardships. Yet after everything, I'm still a work in progress. " Love one another. Without love, there is no lasting peace", " The mind creats the abyss. The heart crosses it". "Why is the ocean greater than all the rivers, lakes and streams? Because it lies lower than them "

@atmanand5802

6 ай бұрын

@@WoodstockG54 🥗Dhanyavaad Ji💚We are all essentially holy, eternal and one, only temporarily in varying degrees of wholeness or holiness🎄 #Luke 23:34 "Then #Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they're doing...'" And they cast lots to divide his clothing” 💜 "Neither in anger nor hatred Should anyone wish harm to another." -The #Buddha, in the Metta Sutta 💜 May there be peace in the higher regions; may there be peace in the firmament; may there be peace on earth. May the waters flow peacefully; may the herbs and plants grow peacefully; may all the divine powers bring unto us peace. The supreme Lord is peace. May we all be in peace, peace, and only peace; and may that peace come unto each of us. #Om Shanti Shanti Shanti! Peace! Peace! Peace! (#Vedas, trans. Raimundo Panniker) 💜 We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 💜 Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind. Ramana Maharshi 💜 #Karma: May all beings be safe and well. 🌟 #Aum #Yoga #Yuga #Manu #Truth #Fractal #Jyotish #Tapasya #Astrology #Samyama #Samadhi #Oneness #IndrasNet #Interbeing #Vaivasvata #Meditation #EllamOndre #Mindfulness #TatTvamAsi #SatChitAnanda #KalaPurusha #BrahmaVihara #AhamBrahmasmi #AsAboveSoBelow

@rishabhthakur8773

6 ай бұрын

What do you do ? Your public life, what change has taken place in your purpose or meaning of life ?

@WoodstockG54

6 ай бұрын

@@rishabhthakur8773 I’m 70, so I’m retired. Spend my days sitting under old growth cedars, by a brook, meditating, with my best friend. If I’m not doing that I’m collecting firewood from dead trees on my property. The sadhana I mentioned was just a building block. Yes it was transforming but I will always be a work in progress. Know mater how much you think you have achieved or know, you are only deceiving yourself .

Once u do this course u can easily divide your life patterns into two. Before and after. You become a very self aware person by and large in control of yourself. Postive and self dependent.

@WyethSterling

7 ай бұрын

Very true. I and many others have been much transformed from these retreats. I find that it is quick to slip into old habits without keeping the practice up though

@jainilt

6 ай бұрын

Woah!! Mam you're inspiration for whole of India, great to know that you've also experienced this

About to enter into a 10 day Vipassana in less than 48 hours, here in Australia! Thank you for this video. I am nervous but also so excited! 🎉

@WyethSterling

5 ай бұрын

Good luck!

@MissBluebirddays

4 ай бұрын

How'd it go?

@phoebejaneb

4 ай бұрын

Amazing! Challenging but so liberating. I'd recommend to anyone to give it a go, an incredible experience! 🤍

@MissBluebirddays

4 ай бұрын

@@phoebejaneb great to hear! I'm booked in for my first 10 day retreat this April 😊

@phoebejaneb

4 ай бұрын

Good luck! You got this 😊

25 years later I’m still a Vipassana mediator. I’m so grateful

When I took that course I met one korean guy who kept taking 10 days course one after another in different places in Nepal. He was very much enlightened one. He could even see peoples halo. Unbelievable 😮

I took the 10 vipassana course back in 1983 with Goenka in Barre MA. There wasn’t the fancy facility as it is now. It was the most intense and difficult, but very rewarding experience I ever had. ❤ and peace to all

Just to add: not every person responds the same way to the same kind of meditation. Even the Buddha knew this, as he often gave custom instructions tailored to a person. If you're curios, there's this Jeffery Martin guy who has done a quite extensive research project on this, which has helped me better understand what happened to me as I went on a retreat.

@encapsule2220

8 ай бұрын

I tried vipassana body scanning, i honestly couldnt focus. Now i do do nothing meditation and can finally reach a still mind no thots

@user-ds6gg8ne4f

8 ай бұрын

Yes important comment here. If a person has trauma they may need to practice trauma informed meditation. Otherwise they can reactivate the trauma and the practice becomes contraindicative.

@ratnaroychoudhury1220

7 ай бұрын

Yes I read the comments.And it is true That there are many paths to Truth.And we are not made in a way so all will go on same path Though our goals are same and one . Well many years back I did this 10 days course.And it was great .initially tough but gradually we get habituated.I felt peace and calm But it wasn't my path .Now for almost 15years I am on a different path and am happy to follow it . Meditation is universal.and we all will reach that goal one day whichever path we travel Best wishes to all spiritual seekers .

@greenroom1118

7 ай бұрын

Is there a video (what’s the name) regarding this research?

@anmoldutt5405

6 ай бұрын

Yeah shiva created 118 methods

Thanks for this. 50 years ago I did a vipassana retreat at Bodhgaya India led by Goenka. I believe he had just starting teaching. For me it was a life changing event.

Wyeth, thanks so much for sharing your experiences with us. Reading your post has come at a perfect time for me. I sent off my application two weeks ago and yesterday received an email saying the enrollment had been filled and I was on the waitlist. My reaction was completely calm and my mind immediately began looking forward to increasing my meditation time at home, practicing more lengthy periods of sitting cross-legged and spending more time in silence. I don't know what the future will be but I plan on packing my bag and being as ready as possible if and when I'm accepted into a Vipassana course. All the best to you in your future endeavours and congratulations on starting your online community. Love & Blessings.

I had a similar experience as to what you talk about around 15 minute when I was meditating the most. I definitely want to experience it again but after that point I turned my life around completely. Never had a job, several diagnoses regarding mental health etc. I now have a job, education, girlfriend and a very bright future. Meditation saved my life and I wholeheartedly believe so.

It was fantastic, having done the 10 day retreat in South Africa, observing noble silence throughout. I'll do it again. The evening discourse was wow! So beautiful. Love and light to all who contemplate doing it.

@111earthangel5

6 ай бұрын

Beautiful! Where in SA can I find this retreat ??

@anitamubangizigmail9986

3 ай бұрын

Did you do the Cape Town Worcester one…? I go in a month! Nervous but excited

Totally appreciate your video and sharing your experience. Thank you 🙏🏾

Did this a couple of times in the 90’s in California… it changed my life for the better

Thank you for sharing your journey Wyeth. Looking forward to following along for as long as my sprit guides me to. Much love & peace brother

Such a nicely made and edited video! keep it up brother, best wishes !

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my KZread channel 5 months ago about self development. Now I have 336 subs and almost > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.

@n.i.g.h.t.i.n_g.a.l.e

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you should be proud. ♥

@nathananderson8720

7 ай бұрын

@@n.i.g.h.t.i.n_g.a.l.e I sincerely appreciate such kind words! When I was a kid, all I wanted was to have a career that pays well so I can buy whatever I want but now that I’m grown up and went through tons of setbacks from losing tons of people in my life, getting lost in the world with full of life traps, being ridiculed for pursuing my dreams, and so on, I can say that long-lasting happiness can’t be bought or earned because it comes from within us. Continue to grow as a person and I’m so glad that you’re part of this journey! I’m hoping to upload my next one this month, which is more than an hr long. I’ve been working hard for many months now to present it in the best way I can while keeping in mind that I can never make it perfect. I hope that you’ll enjoy it! Thanks so much for your support!

@ga.0103

6 ай бұрын

@nathananderson8720 new follower. More power to you

@nathananderson8720

6 ай бұрын

@@ga.0103 Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my KZread channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a KZreadr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this KZread thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)

Wow! Such an incredibly insightful and interesting video mate ❤ thank you for sharing - love from Australia

Awwww!!! I literally just applied for this course! Perfect timing for this video ❤

Thank you so much for your sharing. bless you!

I`ve been wanting to do a silent retreat for a while now, this gives me a very good idea on what to expect, thank you!

Excellent. I feel the truth of your experience. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for sharing and communicating your experience.

I recognize and remember the body distortion sensations from when I was much younger ! Especially the 90 degree rotation in the face / vision .. very recognizable and inspiring video ! Thank you

Wow, this information is thorough and I appreciate the images depicted too. Thanks for sharing as I'm contemplating going on one of these journeys.

This has encouraged me to apply. Thanks for sharing your experience.

I have joined Vipassana since last year September in Cambodia, I have changed my mind my life for a better life. I will join more courses!

Vipassana is a great vibe. I went to the course. I felt so happy that I learned a lot of things in my life there.

Very very very good video, my compliments!!

This was very interesting to watch and learn about. Thanks for sharing your experience. Sending you lots of love.

🥰😇🙏 thank you for your contribution

Thank you for the review ~ I found it profound and informative. I truly appreciate it. I have already been thinking of attending, when I came across your experience. Blessings ✨💫💓🌺🥰💞💗🙏🏻✨

This is just the beginning 🌱 I wish you get to do many more and explore new depth each time...😊

Thank you for sharing this❤️

this is a fantastic video thank you!

Im literally #2 on the waiting list for the session on the 15th in Lava Hot Springs this month and I am freakin stoked!!! Wild this video popped up!

I thoroughly enjoyed your video sharing. Thank you.

Thankyou for sharing your experience. It’s helpful for me as I look to deepen my own seeking inclinations. You exercised courage and strength to get there and I commend you!👏👏🙏🥰

Really enjoyed this I learnt and practised kundalini meditation for twenty years then needed a break from it and now I am back meditating again and it has changed my life again I am now about to start a reiki healing meditation business and so excited about it x

Great video ; excellent summary ☺

Thanks for sharing your experience

Hey I want to convey this to you I really appreciate your efforts of compiling all your experiences and putting it out for the beginners. A lot of gratitude Can’t thank you enough for explaining everything in so much detail God bless❤

Good video. I did the goenka retreat in 2018, absolutely loved it, I could have stayed for months. There is a problem with vipasana meditation, that is they teach early to focus on the sensations of airflow through the nostrils, then move on to body scanning. If ultimate truth is the goal then stay with the breath sensations meditation, don't bother with the scanning, although certainly do scanning and other forms of meditation in moderation if you have that need, but the buddha taught breath meditation as the single vehicle necessary for enlightenment. I have experienced samadhi, due to this I know I am not the body, in fact I know "I am" is the best descriptor. I didn't know how to meditate when I experienced samadhi, the first time I was aged 11, I for no know reason focused on a word "cupboard", I kept repeating it, focusing on every inflection then boom, everything opened up, I became everything instantly. This only lasted about 10 minutes. But again at age 49, I was walking to work, I for no known reason decided to create a feeling of unconditional love, I focused on holding this feeling, nearly dropped it, it was quite tough, but I went past the point of being tough, then boom, everything opened up, again, I am everything. This time it lasted almost 3 hours, including while I was at work. There is more to it but the main point is, meditation is not how you position the body, if you close the eyes etc, meditation is all about the mind not the body. Freewill is to do with the mind only, nothing to do with the body, use your freewill to focus the mind and you will see what you are.

What is beautiful is that no matter what part of the world you are in , everything that dr goenka says at the end of the day most people will resonate with it.

1:08 I love this. That's exactly what it's like. Also, great to see another Frank Yang enjoyer. We're all gonna make it brah

Well articulated, buddy!

Like this video. I do meditation since 2016 but this is the best experience. Thanks 🙏

in minute 15 the story of you made me understand the mind structure! so if you stop the mind from feeling one with your inner world, the mind will match itself with the outer world. it means the mind needs subjects and it is empty of existence in its essence"!!!

Very well explained. Thanks!

Wow, thanks for sharing your insights, I've been thinking of doing a ten-day course for a while. Love the editing with your descriptions, you captured how those sensations feel during vipassana well!

@WyethSterling

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! And you should do it…

Very interesting, thanks for sharing your experience.

Thankyou for this Video🙏🧡

Thank you for sharing.

Thank you brother, I heard of it from several fellow retreat workers in Ecuador and how it changed their lives. Didn't manage to get into a course or haven't had the time after. Your video gave me the push to start the application for another course here in Germany. It feels like it's finally the time to do it.

@WyethSterling

6 ай бұрын

Let’s goo💪🏽

Thank you so much for this video. I am going on a 10 day vipassana retreat and have been feeling very nervous. Your video grounded me so much and made me feel excited for what is to come. Wishing you well

@WyethSterling

8 ай бұрын

good luck!

@eemakagoma6410

7 ай бұрын

How was it?

@mariapuolakkainen1788

7 ай бұрын

It was a great experience. Really challenging and rewarding. Days of difficulty and anguish, days of joy and even euphoria. Since the course, I have felt lighter and more able to manage the ups and downs of life. I recommend it to anyone that is serious about learning to manage the mind and willing to put in the work.@@eemakagoma6410

Meditation, being profoundly "in the moment," you notice the flavors of the food at a much higher level of awareness.

Thanks for sharing. I will attend the course in one week in South Australia. Don't stop making videos, you're a good storyteller and editor!😊

@WyethSterling

8 ай бұрын

Good luck! And thank you

@wanvisatiyanon699

7 ай бұрын

I just did in my country , Thailand last 2 weeks I love it so much. It is a real technique of relief the misery. Your sharing to everyone is such a great things. May you all be compassionate, love and peaceful ❤

great review, I will have to try this

Thank you for sharing this. I did two 10-days in UK and Sweden in the 90s and listening to you made me remember things from that experience. Just wanted to say thank you and stay focused 🌱

@cheetara639

5 ай бұрын

Hello, do you have the website or contact details of UK and Sweden retreit, please?

@cheetara639

5 ай бұрын

.

Finally found someone that can describe it so perfectly. Thank you for sharing your experience brother, much love

@WyethSterling

6 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Thank you

@WyethSterling

9 ай бұрын

❤️

I just completed a Vipassana service period today. It's awesome.

These great teachers dont give teaching of bookish knowledge or forced faith but they have practical realisation of self.

@WyethSterling

9 ай бұрын

Goenka does give some more “bookish” knowledge during his discourses at these retreats, but you are right the purpose is mostly to serve realization of self which is beyond anything a book can give you

This is a great video.

i personally did it just got out aprox a week ago and to be honnest wit yall ! bof not much seriously i was actually feeling way bether beefore going in there then after

Really interesting video mate .loved it 🤙

@WyethSterling

9 ай бұрын

Thank you❤️

Thank you for the excellent summary of your experience. I knew little about this type of retreat, so I'm very thankful for your honest insight. I'm very similar to you in that my mind jumps around a lot and I'm often reacting vs. acting! I'm definitely going to consider attending one of these retreats. 🙏

@WyethSterling

8 ай бұрын

Glad my video has been able to help! You won’t regret attending

Thank you so much. I was truly inspired 😊🎉

@WyethSterling

7 ай бұрын

❤️

i cannot believe the fact that a fucking distracted person like me watched the entire 25 mins long video , good luck to me going to vipassana 9-20 sept

@WyethSterling

8 ай бұрын

Thats a good start🤣 good luck my friend

Amazing, so excited for you to keep learning. “I feel like a balanced life is coming into fruition” is progress but still a grasp-ful sentence. Don’t worry about “your” or “balance” or “fruit” (production). Just be.

@WyethSterling

5 ай бұрын

Thank you❤️

Very well explained, thanx for uploading this video. Going to sign up for 10-day course. Exciting to explore this journey!

@WyethSterling

3 ай бұрын

best of luck to you

Great content and video. Very thoroughly and chill. And yes, Vipassana is hard work, but uts totally worth it, imo. If I would win the lottery, I maybe would even start my own Vipassana centers. Because here in Germany, it takes so long to get a free place for a retreat.

Just signed up for the 10 Day course in Washington State, I know I'm ready for it. BIG thanks for the videos blatant honesty and transparency!

@WyethSterling

5 ай бұрын

Good luck!

Thanks a lot!

he 8th and 9th day of the course are known as Maitri Day, which is dedicated to learning compassion and using the focus gained in the previous 7 days to promote world peace and generate compassion. Although we are all taught to have compassion, it is often not practiced. However, on the 8th and 9th day, you undergo a transformative experience. I still chant the prayer they sing, which doesn’t talk about any god or yourself. The sole focus is on other beings and their well-being. It’s the song of compassion.

Interesting. I am gonna try to meditate more.

Congratulations on your first 10-day Vipassana course! As you say, it is a total life-changing experience. I did my first one 5 years ago and never looked back. Much Metta dear Dhamma brother 🙏

@WyethSterling

6 ай бұрын

Thank you❤️🙏🏼

Could you link the vipassana website in the video description?

love from india 🇮🇳

Matter (Rupa) Zone (Kalapa) is a smallest unit of matter that lives for 51 smallest moments while causing to appear another zone (Kalapa). The Sakwala Chakra in Sri Lanka is like it.

I had this phase but I no longer follow it. It ends up making you passive to life. Agreed meditation is good but everything in moderation. You got to assert your will or else you are living half the life you are deserved.

@RLekhy

6 ай бұрын

10 days course means like military boot camp or crash course, which can't be done for a long time. The teachers of Vipassana won't allow you do so. Yes, your 3rd sentence is the normal practice for the yogis.

Thank y

great video thx

When your back is good !! Try to attempt for the second course by sitting straight by keeping the spine straight!! You will notice many things !! The thoughts will be come and go like a passing clouds these thoughts appear when we sit a relax mode !! These are just Shankaras they come and go and we shouldn't give to power to those thoughts!! Hope one day in your entire life to reach Moksha !! Be happy !! Be soulful!!

Great video im currently in vinapasanna retreat and i need something to reassure me 😊 thanks

Thank you

💮💮💮💮Thanks for sharing your wise insights, all the best with your spiritual journey - path to Nirvana! 🙏🙏🙏

@WyethSterling

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Wyeth, I am so impressed by you. What a wonderful, detailed and informative explanation of your experience. I tried a Vipassana retreat in 2019 and only made it until day four. I feel a great amount of regret and failure, and one day may attempt it again. Although, like you said, it's extremely difficult. I'm so happy you got to experience it and for the positive benefits it has given you. Thanks for this video.

@WyethSterling

6 ай бұрын

Thank you❤️

Your experience was clearly a top-tenth-percentile (at least) success case in trialling the technique. I hope you go back again soon, or perhaps serve on a course - it will be a pleasure to hear your response after a second experience. I also humbly recommend you strongly consider two hours of meditation per day, or at least two half-hours; you might find that time constraints aren't as solid as they appear. Be happy!

@WyethSterling

9 ай бұрын

thank you! I definitely will be going back for another course at some point. I have been doing half hour in the mornings, but you are right these time constraints are not as solid as I tend to believe

Nice experience and very well described. I was interested in somebody other than me taking about Vipassana. Definitely one of the best experience I ever done in my life. Don't know if I would do it again tho, was very difficult to complete it. It opened new realities on my life, I know teach how to meditate to my clients. 10 days is very long in my opinion, 10 min a day would do the work 80% of the time... Good luck for your channel. Keep going!

@adunnou2075

8 ай бұрын

10minutes? Come on man.

I would like your more videos.

@WyethSterling

8 ай бұрын

More are coming soon

I have known a few people who have done these retreats, and when they get back they just CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT IT

Thank you for sharing your experiences through this type of meditation. Concentration & discipline seems to be at first the hardest but once built up the momentum becomes advantage afterwards for deliverance and once you have tune in, you gain creativity productivity. I occasionally meditate I feel the beneficial aspects awareness and sensation parts and areas of my body meditation helps me to be grounded while harmonic sense love and peace and outside . I let go the worries thoughts and detached myself from distractions and judgment programing ego-mind modern world,🙏😊 God bless all and I wish all a wonderful life 💞🙏🙏🙏🌌

@WyethSterling

7 ай бұрын

Keep it up! Godspeed

@23:35 Is the real truth Thank you 🙏 very much sir

Very well articulated. You have taken very important first steps. Do practice min 1hr each day, this is the most important use of your time.

@WyethSterling

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

may you please tell me, what kind of camera you used for the openning of the video

Amazing! Great that you had such a beautiful experience!! I'll go for my first 10 day Vipassana retreat experience next week! So excited (and scared at the same time as I'm still integrating intense energy from some 5-MeO-DMT experiences). What a timing!

@WyethSterling

8 ай бұрын

No better way to integrate those powerful experiences. Good luck to you my friend!

Thanks