Reflections on Vipassana Meditation course experience-

Vipassana Meditation Course has been 10 profound days to dwell deep within and silently, diligently, persistently, patiently learn and apply thoroughly practically this meditation method, without too much thought getting in the way. It was a lot for me a confirmation of my path and led me to question it through the eyes of the meditation method of Buddha , and it was wonderful to see how it was presented step by step, so clearly explained from top to bottom, making it a tool at everyone’s reach.

Isn’t resistance a constant in life. Somehow. Resistance is felt as if it is, in a way, as important as the flow, the freedom from resistance. Resistance exists in accordance to a contrast with the sense of flow. And flow it only exists, at some extent, in the contrast to the sense of resistance. To flow in safety through curves, ups and downs, in these entangled ways of life, these interesting ones, Resistance plays an important part. That is, a break, a slow down, a coming together, before ascending up a stage or diving deep down. That sense of stop, resist, let’s center and go is in essence important to flow. In this way it is a managing tool of our energy. Although there is in the raw meaning of the word resistance a sense of stoping, obstruct and getting stuck in a fight, Resistance and Flowing come together and form harmony in life has we know it on earth. Let’s just think about earths valleys, rivers swaying down the mountains, clouds and rain, lakes, waterfalls, seas and oceans, etc… With excess of flowing we might just end up flowing in circles and not be able to recollect, center, gather and move up fully. But I’m in this article here to explore the concept of resistance. In the excess of resistance it is gathered an incredible amount of hidden secrets of our life that hold us back, cuts us off and diminishes our potential. And at the same time the understanding of it and the breakthrough off resistance might set us off in an incredible flow of our essence, and of our creative potential.

A dor é um tema que tido vontade de escrever sobre há já algum tempo. Tenho vindo a tentar juntar algumas ideias sobre o tema, a experiência, as histórias partilhadas e o que testemunho, para agora tentar transmitir algo de relevante para todos nós, senão, apenas para comigo mesmo. Este processo é no entanto incrívelmente desafiante e é também por esse motivo que me tenho aproximado desta vontade de reflectir e escrever sobre a Dor, e espero que se torne evidente, nos primeiros instantes do texto que se segue, a razão de tal dificuldade.