post meditation course berlin

as always, the 24 hours post-meditation course are very action-packed and exciting.

sky and i just sat a sati-patthana sutta course at the german goenka vipassana center. its an advanced course that goes over one of the main scriptures from the buddha. i really loved the center and the course; as always, i got alot out of it and also feel daunted by how much further there is to go.

we've gently landed in berlin, driving north through a huge snowstorm with some fellow meditators. the perfect ride to Kastanienallee 77, urban commune recommended by new friends from torri superiori in italy. its a former squat, community of artists and activists in three buildings that interconnect. the folks that squatted it back in '92 did a creative squatting action of dressing up at doctors and planting a heart in the center of the building. some how they managed to keep it from the cops and the landlords, and now basically own the buildings. each room has been very creatively renovated and they've kept alot of the original walls and doors for a very funky new/old feeling.

more to come........