I'm sorry, well maybe I'm not... that you haven't heard from me in quite some time. I had my reasons. I've been spending 10 days at a buddhist meditation retreat at Suan Mokkh in the south of thailand. It was very difficult, challenging and developing. Many of you may not know anything what's a retreat like, so i'll start from the beginning. This is an international retreat, set in beatiful environment, with some 70 people from allover the world. You have to be silent except from when problems occur, then to speak to the personell or the monks. You hold the buddhist precepts, sleep on a thin mat on concrete with a wodden pillow, go upp 4 am in morning, go to sleep 9.30 in the evening. Eat max two meals a day and only after
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