Trip within!

Tripoto
25th Mar 2017
Day 1

*MY VIPASSANA EXPERIENCE*
<10 best days of my life >
So my 10 days course of vipassana at jaipur centre named as Dhamma thali starts from 25 of march, and it just got over today.
I reached the centre by 10:00 Am, after the registration and all, i was told the code of conduct which I have to follow scrupulously for next ten days. I was then told to submit my mobile ,bike keys,wallet. As per the rules, I have to maintain the Noble silence for next 10 days, Noble silence means,I can't talk to anybody for any reason,not just by lips but also from gestures,ie I can't even make an eye contact with my fellow students,although I can talk to my teacher only if it is necessary. then I was allotted a room, as I proceed further, I saw ,my room is in between the jungle, where I find trees,flowers all along the way. I saw peacocks,monkeys and squirrels on the way. I m literally mesmerised by the beauty of that place, not just by looks, even the air was so fresh! That soothing fragrance and peace in that sacred land. Then I was told to join the orientation class on the same day,where the methodology and technique was explained to me.
So next day,my beautiful journey of meditation begins, according to the technique I was told to sit in a posture and focus on the arrival and departure of your breath from your nostrils. I did accordingly, I did like that for next 3 days and gradually I felt my mind is much more focused than earlier, I remember the time I sat for the first time, my mind was so agile,so mobile, I can't focus it no matter how hard I try.but now things are changing, not that much but yeah a bit improvement is there. On the day 4 ,I was told a different technique which itself named as vipassana. My god!! I still m feeling goosebumps to describe how I felt, for the very first time, I felt sensation all over my body. During the whole day, I felt different sensation and that too prominently, I got intensified solidified gross sensation, some uniform settle sensations , sometimes vibrations,sometimes etching and something it felt like an ant is crawling on my body. As normal human tendency,I started reacting to those sensations, then I was told, this is the technique, you should not react to any sensation u feel, just observe it patiently,persistently and when u do so, you will observe every sort of sensation no matter pleasant or unpleasant will pass away sooner or later. I was told not to crave for any pleasant sensation or not to feel any aversion towards unpleasant sensations,every sort of sensations are impermanent,it will pass away , you just need to observe them deli gently, and maintain the perfect equanimity. It was not easy to do so! Indeed tough, I remembered the time I felt scorching hot sensation at 1 part of my body and intense cold sensation at other part of body simultaneous and meanwhile I got ache at different location, and I was told to maintain equanimity, then I realised this is not my cup of tea, I tried my best but eventually reacted to sensation on my way, as the day ends, I went to the teacher and told the same. The teacher is pedagogue yet magnanimous, he is so philanthropist, just by his mere look on me ,through lil conversation with him, I felt so motivated again, and he eventually made me smile , I have never seen such an altruist person before in my life. I did so for some days , and through discourse ,by the virtue of sensations I realised this is what real life is, ups and downs are the part of life, joy and sorrows are the part of life, you shouldn't crave for joy or you shouldn't have feelings of aversion towards your sorrow, by doing so,you will maintain the equanimity within and this will help you eradicating your miseries. Otherwise you will add fuel to the problems which will give rise of rapid multiplication and you will start to worry for things which is not even present,but your created it yourself by adding fuel to it. I tried my best to follow the same, as the days passes, one day I got a mood swing, I felt anxiety, nightmares and all the negative thoughts on my mind, I was almost giving up,I got emotions. I tried my best to maintain equanimity, this time I didn't gave any fuel to it, I saw the feeling started fading away, and during the discourse time, when the principal teacher gave the lecture of around 1.5 hour, I felt good. Gradually the transformation from ill will to good will begins!! Though the shift of emotions is not easy to go through, then I was told, it is completely normal as I m meditating for almost 10 hours a day.anyways as the days passes, I was practicing the same, On the 8th day, meanwhile meditation,there came a time when my body was so stiff, as I focussed more , I saw the truth beneath by body, I saw electromagnetic waves travelling from here and there, and my whole body is made up of sub atomic particles ,basically wavelets , and the locus of all such wavelets creating those free flow and I realised my solid body is just a mere illusion,it is a mirage!! It was my very first trip within.and after some time I got normal again. It might sound abstruse, or may be even absurd, even I m perplexed to how to describe what I have exactly felt. I might sounds like epitome of exaggerating, but trust me it is not. I know it is not very easy to comprehend such an act. I believe no vocabulary,no language or even no expressions can describe what I have experienced, I told It metaphorically, only superficially! But one can only understand this their own experience. Anyways on these 10 days, I have experienced various truth in my life ,I just don't believe them simply, I have experienced the universal law of impermanence and obviously this influenced my mind on the greater aspect. My mind is more focused now, I realised the enlightenment within, and through sensation I saw transformation of feelings like anger ,animosity to love ,peace,harmony and compassion.
The best part of vipassana is, it is not inspired by any religion, it is open to all, it doesn't discriminate people on basis of caste,religion and here you don't need to follow any certain traditions, you don't have to believe on any belief, it is a practical concept, you yourself will experience everything. Anyways on the 10th days! When silence breaks, I saw people smiling, like they untied the knots of miseries and emanating the aura of  benevolent! Finally felt utmost happy and peaceful in that atmosphere full of positive vibes.
Thanks for patience reading! May happiness prevails! May peace prevails! May we all get liberated. Be happy and spread happiness,bcoz it is contagious!!
I really wish,everybody should experience this once in a life time! No matter how busy your life is!just give 10 days to yourself to realise the eternal truth.

Photo of Dhamma Thali Vipassana Meditation Centre by Harshit Jindal
Photo of Dhamma Thali Vipassana Meditation Centre by Harshit Jindal
Photo of Dhamma Thali Vipassana Meditation Centre by Harshit Jindal
Photo of Dhamma Thali Vipassana Meditation Centre by Harshit Jindal
Photo of Dhamma Thali Vipassana Meditation Centre by Harshit Jindal
Photo of Dhamma Thali Vipassana Meditation Centre by Harshit Jindal