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Very interested in this. Is there a good place to stay updated on your progress?

I would be interested in hearing more about why Ingram is considered a terrible resource, if you care to share.

i love the design of this site.

Not to be pedantic, but a vipassana retreat is a 10-day (though not always strictly 10) retreat. Vipassana is not itself a retreat but a method for seeing the nature of reality.

Nice! Though, seems odd to me that each entry copies the original article but reformats the text poorly. Would it not be better to simply link to the article itself? As is, much of the code examples aren't formatted. Maybe I'm not understanding the purpose of this.

I agree. The name confused me until I spent more time with the docs than should have been necessary.

Not clear to me why the README.md has no images of the design itself or its rationale but rather just some dudes bro'ing out on a patio. My intention is not to sound negative... there are good ideas happening here but the README.md is a poor first impression.

Do you have a Twitter account? I can't see your email address on HN

Sure thing. I'll shoot you an email in a few

Meditation works for me. I am relatively new to it (few months) but have found what I was looking for simply by understanding that I am not my thoughts, that without them I still exist. I began to understand that thoughts are a lot like weather, or like throwing a rock in a pond. For me, I was able to move from that realization to being able to not get swept up in thoughts. This gives me the clarity that I am assuming is similar to what the author found during his hangover. The point for me is understanding that the mind and its processes are a tool. The ability to choose when to use it is freedom.

Some people may also find this through religion or (my opinion) more directly through spiritual practice outside of the framework of a given religion.

Others may use psychedelics. Medical marijuana has been helpful for me in some instances, but I tend to rely too much on it and as a personal choice now try to limit my use. I can understand how alcohol could lead a person to this but there are many healthier alternatives. I could see a person drinking themselves to death before they find it.

So many less painful ways of reaching this mental state with greater clarity. But if it works for him, then cool I guess.

looks like you wooshed a little bit