Vipassana

An all-embracing awareness arises from within and takes over when one sits silently and does nothing; no effort, no choice, no doing – just being.  Vipassana Meditation is a precious time to simply sit and  shift the attention from the world to one’s inner nature – awareness. Vipassana is not  ‘doing,’ it is allowing. Quieting the mind allows one’s silent nature to surface. The result is resting into an awakened silence.

As a device to observe the mind, the attention is shifted to the flow of one’s breath. If a distraction occurs, it is observed, not pushed away – only to return to the underlying stillness. There is no need to ‘do’ anything. the watching is not an activity- Vipassana is merely connecting to this ever-present quality of awareness. The work is the intention and the stillness. The rest happens on its own.

The Vipassana Meditation group is part of the April Transformation Cycle but is open to everyone. It takes place right before the Silent Retreat.