I got food poisoning four times in India and three more times in Asia, with hospitals, antibiotics, feelings of near-death, and everything in between. Spicy foods and Asian bacteria are almost lethal to me. I would eat every new meal and every unknown fruit as a gift from the hands of each local. I would love to relax and not have to overthink where everything comes from, but I know well that it could kill me. The easy things always seem difficult for me. So, I can’t help bu

At the beginning of January, I had decided to do a Vipassana, a silent meditation retreat in Bodh Gaya, a very humble little village near...