got accepted on 10 day meditation/vipassana course UPDATE - couldnt get there

[TheBeigeBomber]

got my email confirmation through.

Dear INDICA

THE PURPOSE OF THIS LETTER IS TO GIVE YOU SOME ADDED TRAVEL INFORMATION.

You have been accepted for the Vipassana Meditation course beginning on the evening of 4-Mar-2015 at Dhamma Dipa.

A reconfirmation request has already been sent to you separately. For those who have NOT yet reconfirmed please do so to secure your place. If you have reconfirmed your place please do not reconfirm again...

10 days of silence and meditating for like 8 hours per day. no meat. no outside distractions just you and your mind no weed

i applied for this before christmas the waiting list was so long

here's more info, hopefully it'll cut down on some of the misinformation being spread in this thread.
https://www.dhamma.org/en/docs/core/code-en.pdf

All who attend a Vipassana course must conscientiously undertake the following Five Precepts for the duration of the course:

1. to abstain from killing any being,
2. to abstain from stealing,
3. to abstain from all sexual activity,
4. to abstain from telling lies,
5. to abstain from all intoxicants.

There are three additional precepts which old students (that is, those who have completed a course with S. N. Goenka or one of his assistant teachers) are expected to follow:

6. to abstain from eating after midday,
7. to abstain from sensual entertainment and bodily decoration,
8. to abstain from using high or luxurious beds.
The Timetable The following timetable for the course has been designed to maintain the continuity of practice. For best results, students are advised to follow it as closely as possible.

4:00 a.m. Morning wake-up bell
4:30 - 6:30 a.m. Meditate in the hall or in your room
6:30 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast break
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Group meditation in the hall
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Meditate in the hall or in your room according to the teacher's instructions
11:00 - 12 noon Lunch break
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Rest, and interviews with the teacher
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Meditate in the hall or in your room
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Group meditation in the hall
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Meditate in the hall or in your room according to the teacher's instructions
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Tea break
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Group meditation in the hall
7:00 - 8:15 p.m. Teacher's discourse in the hall
8:15 - 9:00 p.m. Group meditation in the hall
9:00 - 9:30 p.m. Question time in the hall
9:30 p .m. Retire to your room; lights out

 

[Sk3ptical]

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

negged

 

[Lost His Smile]

Reach nirvana breh.

 

[beanz]

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

Reach nirvana breh.

Simple as a Buddhist monk in a temple standing in some heel groove with the abbot, practising stillness
Real still till he realizes his realness
Defeat Samsara achieves nirvana and brilliance

 

[Roid Jones]

Do ya thing

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

got my email confirmation through.



10 days of silence and meditating for like 8 hours per day. no meat. no outside distractions just you and your mind no weed

i applied for this before christmas the waiting list was so long

anything to avoid getting that GED and working, huh?

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

anything to avoid getting that GED and working, huh?

you are fukking clueless. come back to me when youve applied for 100 jobs in the past 2 weeks and didnt hear back from 1. you dont understand half the struggle having a criminal record has on your ability to get a job.

i applied for this before christmas when i had money. im not avoiding anything. lol at thinking vipassana is an avoidance technique. its the opposite.

 

[Ego Noir]

Sounds like a complete waste of fukking time.

Monks are shyt humans. Piss your life away in some mountain alone 'being still'. The greatest gift to man is each other. But spend years on end in some Tibetan cave, Practicing "stillness"?

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

Sounds like a complete waste of fukking time.

why are you so mad?

 

[Ego Noir]

you are fukking clueless. come back to me when youve applied for 100 jobs in the past 2 weeks and didnt hear back from 1. you dont understand half the struggle having a criminal record has on your ability to get a job.

i applied for this before christmas when i had money. im not avoiding anything. lol at thinking vipassana is an avoidance technique. its the opposite.

Say you're not avoiding getting a job then give a sap story about not being able to find a job brehs.

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

Say you're not avoiding getting a job then give a sap story about not being able to find a job brehs.

again this post makes no sense. what sap story? i just told you what ive been doing for the past 2 weeks. how am i avoiding gettign a job? you act like theres not over 100 people at least applying for the same jobs as me. i live in the city.

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

this isnt some 10 day free holiday. i challenge you to sit down right now for 1 hour and just focus on your breath. try it and see how long you last. now do that for 10 days without talking for 8 hours a day.

at people being mad because im trying to better my mind. you losers dont know the half of it. you dont smoke good weed you dont commit crimes you dont box. you are just lames. im going to rob a store befor I leave since nobody knows where im going for 10 days.

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

im done with this place. straight lames.