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<div>This wiki is an attempt to shed light on the path. For my ([[user:mvmacke|mvmacke]]) path I'm using the Vipassana technique. I've followed Vipassana once in Pune, in the ashram of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (later known as Osho) when I was 19. When I was 63 I got introduced to Vipassana again by S.N. Goenka. <br />
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This wiki is my attempt to clarify. First of all, to myself. But maybe also others can benefit and contribute.<br />
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= Conditions =<br />
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There are important considerations that are almost a belief but are supposed to be rooted in my wisdom, they are supposed to be anchored in my experience:<br />
* things get better when I am calm<br />
* I am not my thoughts, nor my feelings<br />
* behavior that is necessary for my ego, is not beneficial for me nor for my environment<br />
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= Concepts =<br />
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* [[ego]]<br />
* [[thought]]<br />
* [[feeling]]<br />
* [[sensation]]<br />
* [[natural breath]]<br />
* [[consciousness]]<br />
* [[equanimity]]<br />
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= the Path =<br />
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If I understand Goenka correctly, I need to:<br />
# train my consciousness by watching my [[natural breath|breath]]<br />
# use my consciousness to become aware of my sensations<br />
# once aware of a sensation, I can train my [[equanimity]] by constantly not reacting to a sensation<br />
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This not-reacting to sensations, will liberate me from creating attachments. Attachments create new attachments. Attachments are not good for my calmness, distract me from simply being me. Attachments create misery?</div>2A02:A469:3F29:1:F7E3:B4D4:ECD4:5631