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Allen replied to the topic Vipassana Mediitation Center — very confused in the forum Meditation 7 years, 7 months ago
Irony of ironies! I just read stage 5 of TMI and there sits the integration of the body scan into the practice. Quite a bit different than Goenka’s instructions. Case closed!
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Allen replied to the topic Vipassana Mediitation Center — very confused in the forum Meditation 7 years, 7 months ago
The Goenka method emphasises rapidly changing the focus of attention from one body part to another, staying only as long as it takes to recognise a sensation and then to move on to another part. It feels completely different. I think I agree with Neko, at least in my experience TMI is prefereable but its hard to find alot of 10 day free meditation…[Read more]
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Allen started the topic Vipassana Mediitation Center — very confused in the forum Meditation 7 years, 7 months ago
I have just completed a 10 day retreat at one of the Goenka centers. The technique taught is to focus ones attention on a scan of all parts of the body, to be aware of sensations in each part and to accept those sensations with equanimity. This is claimed to purify the subconscious mind.
This seems to be to be so different than what I have learned…[Read more]
