“Now, take rest, take rest”
If you ever went to a Vipassana meditation course by S.N. Goenka, you know this phrase “Now, take rest, take rest”. During a Vipassana meditation course you meditate for 10 days, 10 hours a day. At the end of each day there’s a lecture by Goenka about the technique and the benefits and after the last meditation of the day Goenka ends with: “Now, take rest, take rest”.
Facing daily life again after Vipassana is mesmerizing. I feel, see, hear things differently. It feels like floating in a well of rest. The magic pause button has been hit and does a tremendous good job. But, over time this amazing feeling fades away, as does Goenka’s advise: “Now, take rest, take rest”.
I’m aware that I have a pause button. I’m aware that I’m allowed to use it anytime that’s convenient for me. But, I tend to suffocate it under a pile of to-do’s and guilt feelings. It can hardly breathe, let alone that it’s able to yell at me: “Pam, press me, press me now for your own sake. You really need me right now….”.
With suffocating my pause button, I also take away my own breath. My time to breathe calmly. The time I need to get my creativity floating. I know this, because on several occasions, when I finally found it back and pressed it, the magic happened. I could see things differently, I regained my creativity and I was just a better version of me, to myself and my surroundings.
What happens if you press yours?
“Now, take rest, take rest”
Enjoy the summer holidays!
© Pamela Cools – Wake up your wisdom
If you’re interested in Vipassana meditation please check the website for a location near you: https://www.dhamma.org/nl/locations/directory#155
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