A week of efforts

[blazer]

Gained back proper control and motivation, the last Monday i got back to more serious practice, strongly limiting sensual pleasures and talk, trying to be mindful all the time.
It has been a week without music, not even a single song. A half-life record. Extremely limited any reading, entertainment, accessing internet causes problems.

I have also started to make four sits of formal meditation for a total of 4 hours/day, with is also a very good amount of time for me.
Today i'll try to push some more, 6 hours, and eventually keep this schedule the coming days.

I'm very happy that, compared to the efforts of September, i'm enjoying more the effects of the training and somehow the training in itself, and i feel i can continue this way for the next period without many problems.
I'm also considering the idea to find a Monastery outside my country and live a peaceful period with valued people.

 

[Johann]

Gained back proper control and motivation, the last Monday i got back to more serious practice, strongly limiting sensual pleasures and talk, trying to be mindful all the time.
It has been a week without music, not even a single song. A half-life record. Extremely limited any reading, entertainment, accessing internet causes problems.

I have also started to make four sits of formal meditation for a total of 4 hours/day, with is also a very good amount of time for me.
Today i'll try to push some more, 6 hours, and eventually keep this schedule the coming days.

I'm very happy that, compared to the efforts of September, i'm enjoying more the effects of the training and somehow the training in itself, and i feel i can continue this way for the next period without many problems.
I'm also considering the idea to find a Monastery outside my country and live a peaceful period with valued people.

 

Sadhu Sadhu

May Nyom blazer success in leaving home, and focus always on Sila, as fist step, less consume, as second, sense restrain (not taking on, rejoicing, on what ever sign, sound, smell... thought) as the third, Satipatthana (knowing ones doing by body, speech mind 24h) as the forth, and path and right Samadhi will arise simply by itself (by having done the home-work proper).

Btw, as association with Dhamma is importand, as well as joy in having done merits: maybe Nyom likes to part-take in Dhammaoke, reading Suttas, dedicated toward the Sangha (and accessible for faithful follower)

Maybe starting here: https://sangham.net/en/tipitaka/sut/mn/mn.010.than