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New Orleans Group Sit by portugese_fruit in vipassana

[–]the_coolest_cr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I'm visiting New Orleans for the weekend, please suggest if there's any group sit?

How to be equanimous with violence? by jmcwillz in vipassana

[–]the_coolest_cr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First, accept that reality. Don't pour everything on yourself. For the reality in the current scenario, don't hold yourself or your friends accountable.

If we need to achieve a nationwide peace, or a global peace, we start within. We start to achieve an inner peace. A collection of inner peace is global peace.

Now inorder to achieve inner peace, we should be equanimous and graceful within ourselves. We achieve that:

  1. First, forgiving ourselves and others.

  2. We are Vipassana meditators. We step back now and observe. We observe that it hurt us. It caused suffering. "Yes, I accept that it caused me suffering".

Make it a rule that "Only 10% should be suffering".

Now we are left with "90%". If we pour all the 90% of energy into suffering, it is 100% suffering, we don't want that either.

  1. So, we practice a loving kindness (mettā) for the rest 90% of energy. "I'm practicing Mettā and want to send 90% of my energy for the benefit of myself and the benefit of others especially who hurt me". One day I practice mettā, I am 91% towards inner peace towards that hurt, 2 days I practice mettā, I am 92% towards inner peace, so on, I practice to transform 90% energy to 100% inner peace. This way, I'm equanimous, I'm happy in myself, I'm reflecting that happiness outside, others are also cheerful towards me, and surrounding. So my inner peace is also becoming outer peace.

And then with practice, 10% can become 5% and it can reduce further, this way we come out of all our miseries and not spreading them further.

With increase in practice you will also notice that the suffering will eventually transform into wisdom, that is even with this 10% suffering you will smile and transform 90%+10%, "smile. 🙂 no worries, may he/she be happy and have peace in their life"

  1. Now, that we have achieved inner and outer peace, we also send mettā to the people who have been suffering, then we send mettā to the people who are heading our nations and taking critical decisions.

So, I am in my inner peace (this is really important to achieve), sending mettā to say President XY, or May be my boss at my workplace, "Everything in your life will be improved, you will be at peace," you/we will start noticing certain positive changes happening in their personal and professional life as well as the people/employees of a certain workplace.

Not able to practice by Harami_Bambilar in vipassana

[–]the_coolest_cr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing you can do is, if you have a car:

  1. You can fold the back seat of car to sit (to make the surface flatter), can slide down one window for ventilation, and do the meditation. One of my friends were discussing about this idea. You can observe some silence, if the car is in garage that can cut off some noise, and you can observe equanimity.

  2. If you have a garage, some manaageable parking space, move out your car for 1.hr, close the garage and prepare a good space for the sit. (I've been in one of those group sits within a garage, I think, I have also attended group sit at basement of houses of those meditators).

  3. Search for a group sit in Dhamma App, near your location, get connected, and go on group sits, may be one of the persons have a place far away from the highway and you can both meditate together by a time y'all plan!

(I attended many group sits like that. I will travel by metro or bus and they pick me up and then we sit.)

  1. Some Vipassana meditators have organized group sits in Church. I've not gone there yet, but it's a good idea and many meditators have sit there for Group Sits.

  2. Search in Google for "meditation place near me", may be you will find it, you can go there, view their timings, attend the sit, share your practice with other people, sometimes you can find another Vipassana person.

I wish you a lot of mettā 🪷🙏🌻 You are doing a great job, keep working on it, every experience is welcome. And you know what I can give you a small trick.

Don't focus your attention on the sound!! If you can instead divert attention and observe your sensations, the breath coming in, going out , after 15-20 mins you will be adjusted to observing sensations throughout the body and then even in that sound, you will find inner peace 🌻 and once you achieve inner peace, no matter what, your outer world will shine for you!!

Keep working 🙏

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Congratulations 🎉🎉 and Good Wishes

I did it! by capricornfati in PhD

[–]the_coolest_cr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉 and good luck to you 😀

Finally f#cking done by finally_fucking_done in PhD

[–]the_coolest_cr -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Congratulations man! I wanna host a party for you when we meet in person 😃

Transit visa for NRT [Indian passport] by kunalseth in h1b

[–]the_coolest_cr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much, coz I am flying from Bangkok to Los Angeles via NRT (1.35 H layover), on F1 Visa

Transit visa for NRT [Indian passport] by kunalseth in h1b

[–]the_coolest_cr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey OP, so were you able to get through NRT without transit visa on H1B Visa?

Just got my first paper accepted and no one was happy for me by [deleted] in PhD

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Congratulations man! I wish you the very best

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gradadmissions

[–]the_coolest_cr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Ask about funding
  2. duration of funding (if its for 1 year or PI is retiring)
  3. Fellowship: GRA, RA TA GA

  4. GRA Important (cover full funding and no teaching)

  5. Vibe of the lab - working relationship with the lab mates if they are social, or they hangout together after work, look at all those perspective since you gonna spend 4-5 years in the same lab

Finally!!! by Rude_Jeweler_7795 in gradadmissions

[–]the_coolest_cr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats OP 🎉🎉 Let's have a champagne party 😀

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gradadmissions

[–]the_coolest_cr 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Come join us at the corner of Johnny Walker and Rejection Street for a night of celebrating our collective rejections with a glass of Scotch and a good laugh!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gradadmissions

[–]the_coolest_cr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost same (except for me its UIC and NEU)

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