Dear Diary,
Huzzah! I'm done!
I'm far from enlightened, but it certainly wasn't useless. I'm really glad I did it.
Here are some interesting facts for you. During the 230 hours of Noble Silence I...
- Spoke 0 words
- Meditated for 97 hours
- Had my eyes closed for 164 hours (17 hours of every day!)
- Ate 30 chapatis
- Spent 223 hours not standing up
- Killed 0 mosquitoes
Leaving the centre we had to wade through the river which had swollen considerably since we arrived.
So in conclusion...
10 days silence gives you a lot of time to contemplate; it makes you think hard about what's important to you, but... there were no shattering revelations, no blinding epiphanies, just a few strong reminders of how I feel about myself and the other people in my life. There was nothing I learnt that I didn't already know, but still, it did force me to face aspects of my personality that I don't like - something that's easy to avoid doing with the distractions of the real world.
I doubt I'll continue to practice my meditation on the outside, at least not while I'm travelling.
Would I do it again? Yes, but not for a while. Beer first, meditate later.
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