Vipassana: Tame the Monkey Mind
Being impulsive doesn’t always result in a bad decision. I set myself for 10 days of adventure called Vipassana, with a strong determination of not giving up in between, not for anything. I had read about Vipassana and always wanted to give it a try, just out of curiosity. As someone rightly said curiosity is the mother of all inventions. Vipassana helps you reinvent yourself; this technique penetrates through the deepest layers of your subconscious mind. Vipassana means to see things as they really are. It’s an ancient meditation technique designed as a 10-day residential course with more than 10 hours of meditation every day, with breaks for food and rest in between. Daily sessions would conclude with a discourse by S.N. Goenka. The entire 10-days are designed through a very strict daily schedule starting from 4.30 am and concluding at 9 pm. Meals were simple and vegetarian and didn't include dinner. Yeah! you read it right. Vipassana attempts to rid the mind ...