Oscar:

I just started reading your post, and will get back to you as soon as I am finished (hopefully before supper).

Corinne: Thanks a lot. I must say that since I slowly started to accept the path of dhamma, after going through extreme phases of skepticism, my life has changed quite drastically, and I believe this is just the beginning. I believe that Vipassana might be the turning point my life has needed so bad...

huntress: Of course I judge a book by it's cover, that's all there is to it, right? What? There are pages with text on them within the book? Ohhh... So this is why I finish all my books so quickly, and always miss the beginning, the twist and the ending. (I thought I finished the last Harry Potter b...

http://hilarion.com/wwtl.jpg csamo001: Would you buy a car from this guy? Would you let him babysit your children? Would you trust his advice about diet? To me he looks like a bad singer from the mid 90's, recording his own songs with really cheap sounding keyboard backgrounds, trying to promote hi...

huntress:

I take some coconut oil everytime I drink some juice.

johndela1: I have replaced olive oil with coconut oil in my diet completely. This is due to the facts that 1. I didn't like the taste of olive oil, 2. I love the taste of coconut oil and 3. I've read some very encouraging studies on coconut oil. But it all comes down to the taste, I guess. Mmmm... c...

candela: I don't know how to fight acne specifically, but these are som adjustments to the Wai diet that I have found helpful myself (I'm not a huge fan of fighting specific symptoms, but trying to keep the whole system healthy). Personally, I drink a lot of water and only eat foods that you do not ...

I ordered the following books on Vipassana the other day. In case anyone has read them, please share your thoughts on them.

FLEISCHMAN, PAUL R., MD: KARMA & CHAOS
GLICKMAN, MARSHALL: BEYOND THE BREATH
HETHERINGTON, IAN: REALIZING CHANGE
GOENKA, S. N.: MEDITATION NOW

huntress: Yeah, I do not want to have to rely on those substances - that is why I would like to eliminate the gum somehow. I am just basically trying to find a chewy food here, with a lasting quality to it... johndela1: So then I'm not the only one :) Wintran: Yeah, nuts might be a good idea! One pr...

I made another thread somewhere about Brämhults juice, or "newly pressed juice" as they call it themselves. I relied exclusively on this juice for a while, but then I called them up, concerned about the method of pressing the oranges. It turned out that they somehow put needles into the oranges to g...

Hello friends, I would like to ask all of you out there who, like me, exclusively consume juices and egg yolks, what you do to keep your jaw muscles in shape? Obviously, there is not a whole lot of chewing going on when you consume these foods, and these muscles are very important to your facial fea...

Corinne: Do you know about any other books that might be good reading before a retreat? I found this one on Amazon, which is supposed to be a collection of writings by Goenka. Since it has no reviews whatsoever, I'm a bit suspicious... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1928706231/ref=pd_bxgy_img_b/10...

Corinne: I'm currently on my third read through of "The art of living", and it makes more and more sense. In fact, the whole philosophy of Vipassana is very appealing to me. Some quotes that I've found particularly interesting so far: "Meditators develop the faculty of concentration not in order to ...

Wintran: Sorry, I didn't see that you're from Sweden :) I paid 1498 SEK for the machine (if I remember correctly), from Power (the home electronics store). I believe there are a number of other chains that are supposed to carry it, but they seemed to be out of stock at the time of my purchase. In ca...

Wintran:

It's quite expensive compared to an ordinary citrus press - I paid approximately $200 for it.