A SILENT RETREAT

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I wasn’t able to have a good sleep this past few nights and I dont know if its because of the diet pills that I’m taking since I arrived from PI or I’m just stressed. But how can I be stressed when I just had a very interesting 2 weeks break?

So many reasons came, they’re coming like monsters in the dark, haunting and sending creeps to me…whoa!!! What’s happening to me? So, while I was having my break earlier I thought of going to a monastery. Last December I spent Christmas with a friend in Da Lat. It’s the Baguio City of Vietnam and I could say that the place is really beautiful! The weather is lovely during daytime and it is freezing cold at night, if I’m not mistaken the temperature was 8 degrees Celsius during our stay. My friend and I booked a whole day city tour for Christmas as a gift for ourselves since were celebrating away from our family. We did a lot of sight-seeings and our eyes were so full of beautiful sceneries. Before we ate lunch we stopped to a 13 years old monastery. I was amazed with the place! It’s not just beautiful and relaxing, it’s ENCHANTING, that’s the right adjective to use! Out of my curiousity I asked the tour guide some questions regarding the monastery and I learnt from him that people can come there for a retreat and do some meditation if they want to. They do not have any religion preferences, everybody’s welcome. People do not need to pay for their stay but of course they must show some gratitude to the monks that helped them throughout their meditation by giving donations or offering some good deeds that will be benificial for the monastery.

Now that I’m troubled with the way my life is going, I’m thinking of going there and try to sort out the things that I needed to do in my life. I need peace of mind and the antidote to solve all the ailments I’m feeling inside. I want to free my heart from diseases, from the bonds of confusion and to recognize the possibility of bringing the best out of me.

I’ve read inspiring stories of people who went to a silent retreat like this and it helped me a lot to think whether I should go or not. Hopefully, I’ll be able to find the answers to all of my questions and may all the monsters that are haunting will go away after my own retreat

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