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Originally Posted by waitinginthewings
dAkapacity: Thanks for sharing that wonderful story of your spiritual journey. Sounds to me, like you did a very very long walking meditation, with some special blessings along the way. I love the blessing of the 2 dogs that stayed when you told them to.
I can relate to your experiences with Vipasanna meditation & silent retreat. I've done several of those, & I came out of them a new person. did not however have a K awakening there. Did you go through the period of wanting to "roll up the mat" & go home? This is quite common & yes I too got to that place, thankfully the teacher worked with me & I stayed. My first retreat was 10 days silent...it was very tough.....lots of body pain, restlessness.
I would love to do another one but current circumstances do not permit.
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Hello Waitinginthewings,
Yes, I walked for a month through Spain on the official Camino. Last july I started from the Belgian/French border where I crossed France. There weren't as many outspoken 'miracles' (or results of intuitive focus as I'd like to put it). Though other beautiful things happened relating more to other phases of my life (5 years ago: individual journey, 5 months ago: journey to meet others).
The 10 day period of silent meditation is indeed hard. I'm glad your teacher convinced you to stay. Like you said, you feel like reborn when you persevere! I wanted to "roll up the mat" as well, but something told me not to do that. There was a strong will of growing, wanting to get out of my mental prison. That's why my K awoke quite heavily. I wasn't connected at all and all of a sudden there was this high power plug in the socket, Frankenstein style.
I got what I wanted, but it was/is a tough ride!
Hey Illuminate,
Glad you enjoyed it too!
I read your
"Have you healed yourself?"-thread and really liked the thread and your story as well. You said there that you didn't treat your body/temple "with the love and care it deserved". That's right! Most of us don't realize how important this vehicle is. Most of my life I was kind to my body on a 'nutritional level'. My contamination consisted of mainly mental debris and that's one of the worst contaminations your body can endure (negativity, pain, sorrow, victimhood, low self esteem, etc...).
It seems like you had an awakening yourself which made you stop all the bad habits you mentioned you had... That's wonderful! Cheers to that (and I don't mean a shot of vodka... what about dé-
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Pz & 1Love,
xxdA.