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Hi All meditators

I have done some meditating over the past couple of years and a friend told me about the Vipassana 10 course a while ago.

Since going 811about five months ago and then seeing a thread for this group, I decided to look into it.

Today, I

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next time you smoke

He said, "Meditation out of smoking?” I said, “Yes. If Zen people
can  make a  meditation out  of  drinking  tea and  can  make  it  a
ceremony, why not? Smoking can be as beautiful a meditation.”
He  looked  thrilled. He  said, “What are you  saying?”

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man is a machine

just beautiful words



Man is a machine. Man is not born to be a machine, but man lives like a machine and dies like a machine. Man has the seedof a great flowering of consciousness, man has the possibility to become God,but that doesn't happen. It does

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How much do you meditate guys?

Recently I was loosing a major battle trying to fit into my day at least 8 hours of sleep, a morning ritual of 1 liter of water, push ups, 40 min run, shower, 3 meals a day, fruit shopping, work, and on top of all this - meditation.

How do you guys ma

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eating 811 on a course

My husband did one course staying on 811 in Texas.  We packed 10 days worth of salads.  I pre-washed the lettuce and put a serving in 10 green keeper bags.  I brought a jar of dressing and washed carrots to be served with the lettuce each day for lun

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