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Vipassana; Refined like gold

A few years ago, my world felt as if it had been shattered beyond repair. It wasn’t dramatic or loud; just a quiet, hollow moment. I lost someone dear to me. A person I had shaped myself around, someone whose presence had anchored me in ways I hadn’t even realized until they were gone. The grief wasn’t just sorrow, it was a kind of disorientation, like I’d lost my bearing. It was thick and unrelenting, yet so quiet. I felt like I had lost a part of myself, as though a piece of my soul had been misplaced, stolen away by time and circumstance. It wasn’t just the absence of them. It was the absence of me; the “me” I knew in connection to them. It felt like standing in a house where every window and door had been left open, and all the warmth had escaped. And I was left cold and alone, just me, myself and I. I would stand in the shower and cry, not just with sadness but with frustration at how trapped I felt in this endless loop of sorrow.

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Etched in Ink, Realized in Experience

A few years ago, my world felt as if it had been shattered beyond repair. It wasn’t dramatic or loud; just a quiet, hollow moment. I lost someone dear to me. A person I had shaped myself around, someone whose presence had anchored me in ways I hadn’t even realized until they were gone. The grief wasn’t just sorrow, it was a kind of disorientation, like I’d lost my bearing. It was thick and unrelenting, yet so quiet. I felt like I had lost a part of myself, as though a piece of my soul had been misplaced, stolen away by time and circumstance. It wasn’t just the absence of them. It was the absence of me; the “me” I knew in connection to them. It felt like standing in a house where every window and door had been left open, and all the warmth had escaped. And I was left cold and alone, just me, myself and I. I would stand in the shower and cry, not just with sadness but with frustration at how trapped I felt in this endless loop of sorrow.

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My Vipassana experience: are you willing to let go of how you think it should happen?

I started practicing yoga and meditation in 2020. Slowly by slowly my inner situation started improving. I became happy and at peace for absolutely no reason. I started to become meditative, grateful, and at ease within myself. I was lost and confused, but I appreciated that state, because somehow I was at peace with the confusion and found it necessary for my growth.

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Huendi Ushago and the Importance of Embracing your History

By Muthoni Maina, Guest on Episode #35 and Author, Leaves of May Of Homelands Or the other question in the same vein is, ‘Ushago kwenu ni wapi?’ When you answer that you don’t know or don’t have one, this is met with an assumption that you are too proud to go to shags, which couldn’t…

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