3 Year Challenge Levels
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Level 1: Novitiate
- Meditate every single day for 3 years. Minimum 3 minutes a day. Don’t miss. If you miss get back on the wagon immediately.
- Read one book a year on meditation. view some suggestions here
- Write a moral ethics for yourself of 10 things you would like to keep track of and re-evaluate at least once a year. view some examples here
- Develop some practice or hobby to bring joyfulness into your life as joyfulness is a foundation of a good practice.
Level 2: Stream Enterer
Same as #1 plus…
- One day a week meditate for at least one hour. That day of the week, remain quiet and unplugged until late morning. i.e. no computer, phone, I-Phone, etc.
- Do at least one meditation retreat a year.
- Monthly "X day" *
Level 3: Fast Tracker
- Meditate every single day for 1 hour a day. Either two 30 min. sits or one 1 hour sit.
- Keep track of your mind in a journal, The Book practice or some other practice of writing down your ethics and keeping track of it on a daily basis. view some suggestions here
- Do something to serve a meditator or a yogi. Could be volunteering one weekend at Diamond Mountain or paying anonymously for some stranger’s yoga class or getting someone else interested in a practice. Some quiet act of charity to support others in their practice.
- Develop some practice or hobby to bring joyfulness into your life, as joyfulness is a foundation of a good practice.
- Do at least one meditation retreat a year.
- Monthly "X day" *
- Commit to a T.V. free home
Level 4: Slow and Steady
- 1st year Level 1
- 2nd year Level 2
- 3rd year Level 3
* Monthly X Day
An "X Day" is a day where you unplug from stimulus. Unplug your phone, unplug your computer and unplug your tv. You also take a vow of silence on this day. Use the day to do soulful things, to reconnect. Be out in nature, paint a picture, read something uplifting.
The key to having "X Day" is to plan it well in advance and to not let anything infringe on that day. Go through your calendar and mark an "X" on one day a month. This day is sacred, treat it as such.
The key to having "X Day" is to plan it well in advance and to not let anything infringe on that day. Go through your calendar and mark an "X" on one day a month. This day is sacred, treat it as such.
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