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OriginTranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (TWIM) is based on and IS the Path through the Brahma Viharas starting with Metta and ending with the attainment of Nibbana. It follows the path as laid out in the earliest teachings, for example, the Majjhima Nikaya No. 111 "The Anupada Sutta." This sutta lays out the exact path through the levels of knowledge to the Path (Phala) knowledge of Sotapanna and beyond. More...
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Bhante Vimalaramsi -Founder of TWIM
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InstructionsThe Meditation starts with the practice of Lovingkindness or Metta and employs the practice of the "6rs" (Right Effort) to eliminate the hindrances. Progress is extremely fast when Right Effort is used correctly. The suttas say that you can attain Nibbana in as little as seven days and it's true! Just ask our students. More...
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Comments from a meditator
"...Something amazing just happened in my sit! I was in this deep space and, you know that blackout you were talking about - It was like, I thought 'hold on, I just went blank for a second'. I realised, after it had happened, it seemed to be very brief. After the blackout came this lovely feeling of peace and then joy and bliss. I floated in this state for some time and it was wonderful. My mind was clear and happy and joyful. My body felt very light and almost tingly but I also couldn't feel it properly. I stayed in this state until it faded somewhat. At one point i felt overcome with emotion and a few tears rolled down my face. Wow. Awesomeness! "
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"...I had some really great moments in both my meditation sittings since I last wrote. I did a late evening sit after I read through the dhamma talk and noticed it was easier to release thoughts and even the "meditation" pain knowing that they are impermanent. I felt a lot of energy in my heart, throat and head. I felt an actual release in my physical pain, like feeling a cracking in the spot that was bothering me. Then the next moment I came back to the Metta feeling. I felt peaceful, blissful and calm. In my sit this morning, the whole thing was pretty amazing. It felt delicious. Feeling like the feeling that I had is all that matters, and the rest will fall into place. Is that love, bliss state our natural state? Once the mind is quiet and clear, empty, is that the feeling that lives there? Again the impersonal/impermanent nature of thoughts made it easy to draw inward." e.e. HI
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"...But that day, after that sit, I felt an amazing amount of joy and bliss. Since then I have felt different. I even have a physical glow about me, that I and others have noticed. I have a confidence. I am more light hearted and able to laugh at life. I've noticed things about my work colleagues, that I hadn't notice before. Like, how one lady has a lot of anger and another lady is very reactive and is causing herself suffering. I've also heard myself give some fantastic advice this week! The best one was I heard myself say: 'the only thing you can control is your own actions. Leave others to decide theirs.' I can more easily see other people's reactions. I have been more intuitive. I have been able to easily accept help from others. And best of all, I decided this week that I want to be a bodhisattva. PZ Australia
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"...This morning when I was radiating to the six directions I felt my brain/mind whoosh forward, quite fast for a time. Then I was . . Nowhere. The tension in my brain was gone. I wasn't sure what to do now and I remember thinking can't even generate a thought in this state' but I could. I stayed in this for a little while, observing it. I couldn't feel the radiation anymore and I thought the end bell was due to go, but it was actually the bell before the end bell, and I got surprised about that. So something happened with the concept of time and after a little while I came out of it..."
"...This morning when I was radiating to the six directions I felt my brain/mind whoosh forward, quite fast for a time. Then I was . . Nowhere. The tension in my brain was gone. I wasn't sure what to do now and I remember thinking can't even generate a thought in this state' but I could. I stayed in this for a little while, observing it. I couldn't feel the radiation anymore and I thought the end bell was due to go, but it was actually the bell before the end bell, and I got surprised about that. So something happened with the concept of time and after a little while I came out of it..."
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