10 day vipasanna meditation starts tomorrow...10 quick thoughts about it

1. Am I going to go completely mad? The truth is - for all the preparation I have been doing - I have NO idea what this is really going to be like! And to be honest - I'm a bit nervous.

2. When I meditate my wisdom tooth related pain hurts more - the pain is in my neck at the moment, close to the tooth. I'm literally going to be one big pain in the neck for 10 days! Ha

3. I'm looking forward to meditating with other people. In the past when I've done it, there is an incredible energy in the room and something really beautiful about it. Imagine how much energy there will be after 10 days.

4. What happens about washing? It's not in the 'programme'. Is this going to be one big sweat fest?

5. I don't like feeling very hungry. I get irritable and fidgety. 10 days of not being able to choose food. Man - that's going to be hard. It's like prison!

6. I wonder what it will be like if I literally start having less thoughts. A quiet mind. What's that like!! Definite pro. 

7. Anyone feel like trading places now? Ha ha...this is, to most, the least appetising part of my trip. But what motivates me is to invest a whack of time on the relationship I have with my mind. Think about how much time we give to partners, friends, colleagues, family. How much time do we spend investing in our relationship with our minds? The mother ship? The thing that determines a lot about how we are, what we do? Got to be a good thing!

8. No talking. No writing. No reading. No exercising. Ouch. How am I - the queen of hobbies - going to cope?

9. Will miss all of the communication with everyone and information I feed myself with. Bye bye phone. The other mother ship of my life (sounds like a 'con' but that's got to be a 'pro'! When your phone is your other 'mother ship' that's quite worrying!

10. Okay (gulp) - I'm ready, bring it on!