Vipassana

Kristian  Spek

Purpose

• Being  able  to  focus

• Becoming  aware  of  my  addictions  and  resist  them

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http://www.21stcenturynews.com.au/discovering-true-purpose-life/

History

3S.N. Goenka

The  idea• People  are  focussed  on  external  

incentives

• We  aren’t  familiar  with  our  internal  incentives,  though  they  cause  95%  of  our  acts

• When  we  learn  to  resist  these  incentives,  we  are  able  to  act  much  more  powerful  (when  we  act).

• Vipassana  is  a  method  to  train  yourself  to  resist  your  internal  incentives.  

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http://tclw.das.ohio.gov/TakeChargeLiveWell/Incentives.aspx

The  belief

• We  have  tensions,  abortions  and  ignorance,  which  are  programmed  in  our  body.  

• Or  body  reacts  according  to  the  programmed  situation,  automatically

• While  meditating,  we  are  able  to  reprogram  our  body  to  withstand  actions  caused  by  tensions,  abortions  and  ignorance

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http://shirleyharvey.co.uk/believe-in-you/

The  religion

• When  we  are  able  to  withstand  all  reactions,  we  are  enlightened.    

• We  have  to  follow  this  technique,  given  to  us  by  Buddha.  This  is  the  only  way.  

• When  we  work  hard,  we  are  able  to  become  enlightened  as  well.

• Note:  this  takes  time,  maybe  even  longer  than  a  lifetime.  

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Joe Ravi [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons

Daily  practice 7

http://heartmeetsmind.com/my-experience-with-meditation/

Benefits

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• Able  to  focus

• Awareness  about  my  actions

• Actively  working  to  become  more  known  with  my  unknown.  

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