Agreed. For me, it was an interesting read - I just finished the same type of 10 day retreat yesterday. I'd recommend it to most people. It has helped me establ

Agreed. For me, it was an interesting read - I just finished the same type of 10 day retreat yesterday. I'd recommend it to most people. It has helped me establish a solid foundation to start practicing serious meditation and the 10 days without looking at a screen was a much needed break. A word of warning though: it was exceptionally difficult and you need to be open to hearing new language. One interesting thing was the type of people I met there. After the silence was over I met a nuclear engineer, venture capitalist, computer engineer, neuroscience grad student and various other science/engineering types.