Adhivāsanā: Day Seven — Dissolution

“For the rest of the afternoon, I was able to immerse isolated parts of myself, sometimes all but my ears, into the pool again. Yet I never experienced it on the same…

Adhivāsanā: Day Four — Lust

“That night, I was visited by a host of most vicious temptations and distractions from the Path.”

Adhivāsanā: Day Zero — Uncertainty

I woke up much too late with too little time to accomplish everything I ‘needed’ to finish before…

Adhivāsanā: Day One — Anxiety

“I sat on the edge of my bed and visions of doom danced through my…

Adhivāsanā: Day Two — Grief

I remember little from the second day. I awoke still thinking about escaping, but as the bell called us into…

Adhivāsanā: Day Six — Determination

Was this it? Was this salvation? Was some terrible emergency back home liberating me from my struggles?

Adhivāsanā: Day Eight — Understanding

I felt a wave of hellfire resonate throughout my entire being, like every ounce of blood in my body had been replaced with molten lead.

Adhivāsanā: Day Five — Avarice

For the first time, hearing the first bell of the day was a relief. 4AM was no longer a challenge, but an…

Adhivāsanā: Day Ten — Elation

“I forced myself to sit when I didn’t have to, and no longer dreaded the prospect.”