I have now completed the course – I disregarded your advice about practicing meditation beforehand, as it is something that I have never attempted before, and i wanted to go in with absolutely no preconceptions at all.

Wow, it was so hard – I didn’t make all the strong determinations – but the sessions that worked were so wonderful and profound .. I am going to try and keep practicing this new technique – and hopefully improve my life! I am still mostly calm after 2 days back in the ‘real world’!

I wouldn’t have found this technique if I hadn’t been following this blog, so many many thanks for sharing this with us!

Tom

Good luck and do your best! I found it challenging and rewarding both at the same time, you might want to prepare for it by practicing a little meditation before you go.

Hi Sher Li,

Hey, I didn’t know you went! Gosh, how did you find it? I heard that the Malaysia and Singapore facilities weren’t as good as the ones in Thailand, so I was quite glad I went to Prachinburi.

I met people who’d gone for 5, 8 times too and was so surprised – once was a challenge enough! But now I actually find myself longing sometimes for the simplicity and opportunity for practice the retreat offered.

I went for Vipassana in Jan 07, KL & it was an eye opener for me. You’re lucky to have a room, we all slept on thin mattresses on the floor in one big hall. What surprises me is that people make Vipassana a yearly soul-cleansing routine, they go back every year, some were there for the 16th time! If everyone of us take the trouble to practise Vipassana, we’d be one peaceful nation…!

Thanks to your initial post saying you were going on this ‘sojourn’, I have booked myself onto a UK course in March. I am equally dreading it and looking forward to it .. can’t wait for your further comments!!

.. Tom