Is this worthwhile? I wonder

go spend 10 to 20 days on the bar stool instead.

 

way better.

try.

12 minutes ago, orchis said:

try.

Ok

No need for a retreat.

 

Next time you think about posting on the form meditate for 20 minutes. Repeat this each time you think about posting for a week and you have saved a lot of money on the cost of a retreat.

31 minutes ago, bob smith said:

go spend 10 to 20 days on the bar stool instead.

 

way better.

They are quite similar actually , both just sitting there staring blankly at nothing much .

   I suppose one its just sitting there and the other is just sitting there and moving your right arm up and down every now and then 

Just now, biervoormij said:

No need for a retreat.

 

Next time you think about posting on the form meditate for 20 minutes. Repeat this each time you think about posting for a week and you have saved a lot of money on the cost of a retreat.

Donation only retreat

 

Just now, bignok said:

Donation only retreat

 

You didn't meditate prior to that reply.

 

1 minute ago, biervoormij said:

You didn't meditate prior to that reply.

 

I need to learn to say ummm a lot

7 minutes ago, bignok said:

Donation only retreat

 

What do you do on a retreat ?

1 hour ago, bignok said:

Is this worthwhile? I wonder

Where?

9 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

What do you do on a retreat ?

Meditation

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Meditation

So, just sitting there doing nothing .

You can do that anywhere 

With a bit of luck, the OP will go try it out, if we are extra lucky, he will get a buy one, get one free.....................

9 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

So, just sitting there doing nothing .

You can do that anywhere 

Can you meditate well?

34 minutes ago, bignok said:

I need to learn to say ummm a lot

Um yeah nah, you know?

11 minutes ago, bignok said:

Can you meditate well?

I can do it when I am watching television 

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I can do it when I am watching television 

What is the best meditation?

11 minutes ago, bignok said:

What is the best meditation?

When looking out a window 

32 minutes ago, transam said:

With a bit of luck, the OP will go try it out, if we are extra lucky, he will get a buy one, get one free.....................

 

Meditation 

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

When looking out a window 

So you know nothing about meditation.

Are you serious or are you phishing for attention?

Where do you plan to meditate.  I can probably inform you of what to expect depending on where you are planning to do the retreat within South East Asia.  If you're actually serious.

So again - where do you plan to do your retreat?

I did one years ago on kho phangan. I'm a bit of a skeptic and was pushed into going by my ex. Very grateful for the experience.

Should go again but it's a bit like going out to jog on a winter's night. I know once doing it I'll enjoy it again and will feel great afterwards. Still hard to get out the door.

2 minutes ago, connda said:

Are you serious or are you phishing for attention?

Where do you plan to meditate.  I can probably inform you of what to expect depending on where you are planning to do the retreat within South East Asia.  If you're actually serious.

So again - where do you plan to do your retreat?

There are a few around Chiang Mai, MHS. Also Saraburi. I looked at youtube. They all said good. I just wonder in 12 months are there any benefits or it just wears off.

might be good to meet girls

 

try yoga retreats too. 

ratio 1 man to 20 girls (in tights)

 

 

5 minutes ago, bignok said:

I just wonder in 12 months are there any benefits or it just wears off.

maybe some benefits after a few months, but you have to keep doing it.

once you stop, it wears off.

i gave up after a few days. no patience for it.

 

5 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

might be good to meet girls

 

try yoga retreats too. 

ratio 1 man to 20 girls (in tights)

 

 

I would expect that girls go there to get away from guys trying to tap into them and guys that just want to tap into girls should go to bars and nightclubs

51 minutes ago, bignok said:

What is the best meditation?

A lot of meditation teachers don't know what they're doing.

They will push you to "block out all your thoughts", which leads to your mind becoming more agitated than when you started meditating. 

 

 

2 hours ago, bignok said:

Is this worthwhile? I wonder

New Wes Anderson movie, new to Netflix in last few days, 'The wonderful story of Henry Sugar' makes a point that you may do meditation with a certain aim in mind but if you do it long enough you may not want the things you thought you wanted. Profound. Or not. 

6 minutes ago, bignok said:

There are a few around Chiang Mai, MHS. Also Saraburi. I looked at youtube. They all said good. I just wonder in 12 months are there any benefits or it just wears off.

If you're looking for a quick fix, you'll leave within the first couple of days.  10 to 21 days of meditation can be a struggle.  It will probably not be all sunshine, roses, and puppy-dogs nuzzles. 
If you stick with it, you may gain some beneficial insight into the nature of how your mind and awareness perceives mental and physical objects.  It may be profound, or it may be relaxing, or it may be one of the hardest things you've ever done.
If you do 10 days of meditation and then never mediate again, you're wasting your time.  I've done quite a few extended meditation retreats and inevitably they'll be a handful of people heading out the door after one or two days if not after a few hours.
In my own humble opinion, you'd be better off finding a "real meditation monk" to teach you basic breath meditation, anapanasati.  There are a bunch of different meditation techniques.  Breath meditation is one of the easiest to initially practice and tends to be the core practice of most Therevada Buddhist meditation practices.  However, within the Therevada tradition there are also scanning techniques.
For farangs, I'd check out Ajahn Brahm's BSWA.org website and practice his guided meditations once a day for 10 days.  You can find his guided meditation his site: https://bswa.org/teachings/?teaching_topic=602&teacher=564&media_type=video&keywords=.  There is nothing recent as the monks are now secluded during the annual Rain Retreats. 
If you can do 1 guided meditation a day for 10 or 20 days, then consider the 10-20 day retreat.

Another source is Ajahn Thanissaro Bhikkhu at https://www.dhammatalks.org/mp3_guidedMed_index.html
Ajahn Thanissaro uses a scanning technique and has guided meditation on how to practice as well as a wealth of Dhamma Talks.  Again, practice meditation by yourself using these guided meditations.  If you can do it once a day for 10 to 20 days, then consider the longer retreat. 

Best of luck.  If you are serious and have questions, you can contact me.