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Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 3:49 p.m.

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Chapter 25 - A Personal Experience of Vipassana Meditation
\n from Cultivating Inner Peace by Paul R. Fleischman, M.D.\n

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I took my first Vipassana meditation course in 1974 under the guidance of Mr. Goenka... In those days, Vipassana wasn\u2019t being taught in the West. I made several trips to India and returned with the technique half-learned. I didn\u2019t know where it fit into my life, but I saw it as something honest, free, and useful. I could own it myself, practice it without being swallowed by a religion or being wafted away in a pointless vacuum of career and convention.

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I became increasingly committed and serious because every time I \u201csat\u201d I felt I got something out of it. I never had any mystical or unusual experiences. I both experienced my mind-body, and was able to get some distance from it. I kept returning for ten-day courses, and practicing with increasing devotion in between. By now I\u2019ve lived half a lifetime this way, and am archeological proof that meditation isn\u2019t \u201cEastern thought.\u201d

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Dr. Paul Fleischman
\n Massachusetts, USA
\n 2020
\n 40 minutes\n

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Copyright, 2020 Paul R. Fleischman

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