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21 ~ Origins.
I came to India seeking to understand. But does our mind really want to escape the illusion we live in? To break free from the collective...
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22 ~ Identities.
What if you get that thing you wanted so badly? Your house in the mountains, the dog, the trees—and one day, the house catches fire. Then...
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23 ~ Leaving the bubble
Waking up early and walking along the Ghats with the morning sun had become my new meditation. I would go down to Assi Ghat at 5 a.m....
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24~ Indian Anecdotes.
On the second day, we had breakfast on the terrace of the Guesthouse , from where we could see the river. The fabric of saris drying in...
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25~ Download of Information.
Only several months after arriving in India was I able to start feeling that "inner self," that "intuition" they talked about. That...
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26 ~ Varanasi, touching the sacred fire.
We were meditating just a few centimeters from the sacred fire, surrounded by smoke and drops of sweat."Everything is fine... look around...
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27 ~ The Indian Bonus.
I left Varanasi. I didn’t want to leave. I said it many times.The universe heard me. I almost missed my train. Three hours before my...
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28 ~ Speaking of Death.
"We are repeatedly told about transmigrating, about how our spirit moves from one body to another in countless lives, seeking experiences...
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29~ On the Way to Bodh Gaya: An Approach to Something.
When the clouds disappear, the sky clears and the sun shines brightly...When the sun shines, who needs artificial light?" Light on the...
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30 ~ The Caste System, the Untouchables, and the Rawness of Reality.
The term "Untouchable" had shocked me deeply from the first time I heard it in India, but it was a long time after arriving that I could...
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31~Being a Woman. The Other Face of India
There is a beautiful India, one that is light, deep, and peaceful, the one that draws us like bees to honey. But there is another India...
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32 ~ Vipassana Experience: 10 days of silence and meditation. Part 1.
January 2023. Deep Winter. Bodh Gaya, India. The village where Buddha attained enlightenment while meditating under a Bodhi tree. Could...
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33 ~ Vipassana Experience Part 2: Daily Routines.
Hello mind, a lot has happened. You were on top of the mountain for a long time, watching everything from above, and that's okay, it was...
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34~ Vipassana Experience, Part 3: The First Memories
I had gotten up at 4 a.m., fallen asleep during the meditation, and, on top of that, I hadn't turned into Jean from the X-Men, nor did I...
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35 ~ Vipassana Experience Part 4: Impermanence.
The dry leaves covered the courtyard.I saw an ant carrying a feather that was 100 times bigger than its size. I also saw a woman braiding...
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36~ Vipassana Experience Part 5: Equanimity.
How well-crafted is the cage that we still love to paint our prison bars on!The greatest secrets of cages are that they never seem like...
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37~ Vipassana Experience Part 6: Sensations, Obviations and Mandates.
Every day, every moment, and every meditation began with the same phrase: Start again, empieza de nuevo, begin with a calm mind. That...
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38~ Who Am I? Buddhism and Psychoanalysis. The search for "identity"
Reflections for nerds. If there was something to search for, we had already figured out that the path wasn't outside. So, by elimination,...
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39 ~Vipassana Part 8: The spiritual path and the encounter with "oneself".
Go inward, understood... How? — asked a voice inside me, notebook and pen in hand, as if the answer to “going inward” were less...
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40~ Goodbye Ego. From Disillusionment to Hope: a Path Toward Wholeness.
Understanding the conditions of the path we walk is important and crucial to knowing how to walk it.
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