vipassana article
04 Oct 2012
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"At its root, meditation is a compass, and a path that gives you internal guidance about how to live. It leads you towards those states of mind in which wholesome states arise more frequently and unwholesome states arise less often."
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"by reducing the noise, these deep realistic states arise. These states are not at all strategic, in that they aren’t geared toward trying to accomplish a certain pre-defined aim. Instead, this deep realism is such that it becomes a foundation, and applies to all situations in a way that is profoundly important: it affords the freedom to truly engage."
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Dr. Fleischman, who has been a psychiatrist for over 30 years, has also been selected as a Vipassana assistant teacher, requiring decades of practice.
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