Completely Mental

We are sorely disappointed by the lack of response regarding membership to our new cult. Not even one credit card detail left for us! Have you no faith? What's wrong with you people? Not interested in finding out the answer to the BIG questions? Afraid of a bit of ultimate truth? Scared that your brains might not understand the universe in its entirity? Well, you're probably right. The old brain isn't exactly what we thought it would be. It's a strange place inside the head... very strange indeed...

Our Vippassana (pronounced 'Vipashna')course is over: Most would think that 10 days away from the hustle and bustle in a remote sub-continental location, surrounded by chirping birds and wild peacocks would be bliss. Think again! It was not as easy as either of us thought it would be. Mentally, emotionally and physically, it was a challenging experience. Andrea liked to call it "Meditation Bootcamp." The 10 days went something like this:

4am wake up, 2 hours of meditation, breakfast and rest.
3 hours of meditation, lunch and rest.
4 hours of meditation, a light snack and rest.
1 hour of meditation, followed by a teaching on meditation, then a quick meditation before bed (just in case you hadn't had enough by now!) at 9pm before going back to do it all again the next day.

For those a bit slow in the maths department, that equates to 12 hours of meditation out of a 17 hour daily program. Just us and our minds. And all around us, complete silence!!! No talking, no eye-contact, no nothing. Pretty scary stuff!

Dennis highly recommends the experience, whilst Andrea was less than impressed with the early starts, and strict regime! We did however both agree that the food was good. In all, it was a very interesting experience that led us both to question our thoughts and feelings and the reality of them both. That's if they even exist...

We are currently in the beach state of Goa, West India. We are in a little town called Arambol which is relaxed and chilled. Just what we needed after our 'experience'. So when we have had enough of beach bumming, swimming, surfing, motorbike riding and eating we might decide to move on. Chill out dudes.....

Slow internet connections are not allowing us to download photos so we apologise for the inconvenience. We'll do it when possible.

Happy Birthday to Jimmi and Leila. Hope you both have wonderful days.