{"id":149,"date":"2019-11-15T05:12:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T05:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/?p=149"},"modified":"2019-11-15T05:12:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T05:12:26","slug":"2019-11-14-540i0oycyrheep4lza2y1kq4g8bata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"Temptations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Today I am in Delhi on my way to Kushinagar for my first Goenka-style 10-day silent vipassana retreat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I noticed that there seems to be a resistance to the path I am intending to take.&nbsp; In Delhi, I was consumed by hedonistic pursuits of the flesh and senses.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">It is clear that I am not being as mindful as I know I could and should be.&nbsp; For one, there is no reason to go to a mall instead of read the Satipatthana Sutta.&nbsp; But still I do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I am listening to Joseph Goldstein\u2019s podcast discourse on the sutta and that at least helps bring my mind towards the practice.&nbsp; I find many parts of his talks affirming of my chosen path.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I am hoping my time in Kushinagar will shift my focus to where I believe it should be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Mara, damn you are strong.&nbsp; But I see you.&nbsp; I see you clearly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Thomas sent me some photos.  <\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:1200px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"\n                position: relative;\n                \n                  padding-bottom:133.33334350585938%;\n                \n                overflow: hidden;\n              \"\n              ><br \/>\n              <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5ad8619685ede19c4ee1ce54\/1573794665849-HJTQ29ODGTYC1YJMAZPM\/b614b9aa-95b6-45d8-be5d-9a967dfb10bf.jpeg\" alt=\"b614b9aa-95b6-45d8-be5d-9a967dfb10bf.jpeg\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5ad8619685ede19c4ee1ce54\/1573794665849-HJTQ29ODGTYC1YJMAZPM\/b614b9aa-95b6-45d8-be5d-9a967dfb10bf.jpeg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5ad8619685ede19c4ee1ce54\/1573794665849-HJTQ29ODGTYC1YJMAZPM\/b614b9aa-95b6-45d8-be5d-9a967dfb10bf.jpeg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x1600\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"b614b9aa-95b6-45d8-be5d-9a967dfb10bf.jpeg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5dce3357b859782c2e59d90a\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-none\n          individual-animation-none\n          individual-text-animation-none\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:1600px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"\n                position: relative;\n                \n                  padding-bottom:75%;\n                \n                overflow: hidden;\n              \"\n              ><br \/>\n              <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5ad8619685ede19c4ee1ce54\/1573794696434-OU6O5BWHLMB9R7PPF07Q\/af5c3687-ac0a-4e35-aab2-8b9d28ea4224.jpeg\" alt=\"af5c3687-ac0a-4e35-aab2-8b9d28ea4224.jpeg\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5ad8619685ede19c4ee1ce54\/1573794696434-OU6O5BWHLMB9R7PPF07Q\/af5c3687-ac0a-4e35-aab2-8b9d28ea4224.jpeg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5ad8619685ede19c4ee1ce54\/1573794696434-OU6O5BWHLMB9R7PPF07Q\/af5c3687-ac0a-4e35-aab2-8b9d28ea4224.jpeg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1600x1200\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"af5c3687-ac0a-4e35-aab2-8b9d28ea4224.jpeg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5dce337d59f2dd43d7582fe3\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I am in Delhi on my way to Kushinagar for my first Goenka-style 10-day silent vipassana retreat. I noticed that there seems to be a resistance to the path I am intending to take.&nbsp; In Delhi, I was consumed by hedonistic pursuits of the flesh and senses.&nbsp; &nbsp; It is clear that I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}