The Sound of SILENCE

I’VE BEEN MEDITATING FOR A LONG TIME, but as I arrived for my first 10-day vipassana retreat, I was terrified. What have I gotten myself into? I wondered as I drove down the dirt path to the California Vipassana Meditation Centre. What if we get dragged into another world war and no one can reach me?

My nerves were running high. I was about to spend a whopping 10 hours and 45 minutes a day in seated meditation