Post Meditation Retreat

The year ended right when I finally got the slot in Vipassana Meditation Philippines. I'm very grateful to all the people volunteering and investing to help people with their spiritual practice for free! The 10-day retreat (with no contact with the external world, and even to other students) made me realize a number of things...from the mundane to the deep spiritual ones haha. Sharing with you some random thoughts, reflections and ideas when all I did was talk to myself 24/7 for 10 days:

here you go:

Kahit na damihan mo ng palaman, ang sunog na tinapay, mapait parin siya

Kahit nasa pusod ka ng kabundukan, may nagpapatugtog parin ng napalakas na speakers habang nag mediate ka (at emo playlist pa)

Be tidy in eating fruits (I eat like a child haha), kasi kapag nangamoy orange o ponkan ka, pagpipiyestahan ka ng insekto while you are meditating (bawal ka pa naman galaw ng galaw haha)

How much you put in the meditation practice is how much you can take from it

When you randomly smile without a reason, you know you are healing and getting better

A monk/nun's way of life is very humbling