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Re:Ten Days of Silence by babuskov on Monday June 08, 2015 @02:38AM (#9677525)
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?

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Re:Ten Days of Silence by futuravenir on Monday June 08, 2015 @02:46AM (#9677547)
It 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.

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Re:Ten Days of Silence by Delmania on Monday June 08, 2015 @08:25AM (#9678490)
Do you continue to sit?
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Re:Ten Days of Silence by futuravenir on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @12:41AM (#9684117)
Today I did for the first time in awhile. These conversations reinvigorated me to do so. Regularly though...I haven't been.
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Re:Ten Days of Silence by Delmania on Monday June 08, 2015 @08:24AM (#9678485)
>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.

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