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I tried Vipassana on my own while I was a student (it was much easier to get stretches of peaceful time). I read the instructions from a book and managed to get
by babuskov 11y ago
I tried Vipassana on my own while I was a student (it was much easier to get stretches of peaceful time). I read the instructions from a book and managed to get into a different state of mind in about 45 minutes or so.
Is there really some point in sitting and trying it all day long? I mean, if you cannot "get" it within an hour, aren't you doing something wrong? Or it takes different length of time for different people?
What was your experience? How long it took you to get into the other "state"? Were you able to get into it much faster afterwards?
- futuravenir 11y agoIt took me about a week. And it totally caught me off-guard. I had no expectations going in. It definitely takes different people different amounts of time. And if you are suffering, it is that much more difficult because you have pain that is holding you with attachment. I'm not able to get into that state very quickly at all...I haven't been in that state for years actually.
- Delmania 11y agoDo you continue to sit?
- futuravenir 11y agoToday I did for the first time in awhile. These conversations reinvigorated me to do so. Regularly though...I haven't been.
- Delmania 11y ago>Is there really some point in sitting and trying it all day long? I mean, if you cannot "get" it within an hour, aren't you doing something wrong? Or it takes different length of time for different people? Disclaimer: I am more a follower of Zen Buddhism. There is no right or wrong. The goal of this, any other forms of Buddhism, is satori. It can take some people a year, some people a lifetime, but at the end, practice and satori are one.