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It is suspected that Leonardo and Newton were homesexual. Tesla and Sidis were celebate or asexual. Tesla wrote something in the direction that after sex he couldn't think as clear as he was used to and that a success/invention was much more fulfilling. Sidis said that women never interested him.

May I ask where in the back it is located?

I have lurked around in the ttb forum for quite some time and it lead to creating my own account for this. So hello everyone.

Of course a special retreat is not necessary. Integrating things into the daily live helps alot especially if a critical mass is reached. Your practice sounds interesting much luck and success with it. Opening the extraordinary meridians should be very helpfull from what I hear. Some of the other practices can also be real jewels if developed to a deep level. Until I aproach a long term retreat it will probably take some years but there is no rush.

Hi Fire Dragon. May I ask what kind of retreat it will be?

Anyone here with experience from a long term retreat? Impressions? Recommendation for a specific one?

Thanks, some good tips. Yes, it will definitely be easier to do some retreats in the west. The Diamond Mountain looks interesting. Especially as they allow shorter and longer retreats.

Thanks for the post. Concerning tradition I'm rather open as long as they are not to secretive regarding western disciples.

Yes. Some interesting points concerning the three year retreat: http://www.directcon.net/thubten/three_year_retreat.htm The longest retreat was ten days. India. No foreign language beside english. I didn't mention my current practice to get an idea what people on ttb would recommend without limiting it by my background.

My approach for this was to look what kind of deeper reatreats are there where a western has a chance to attend and decide then what kind of school/practice resonates of them the most. Shorter retreats would be definitly necessary first.

Yes, at the moment I'm just looking around what could be interesting. From my last stay in the east I know already a little bit about such things but problems and how to solve them comes later.

Hi Red Pheonix. I'm looking for retreats with a rather long time period. From months up to years of duration. So it's the more exotic ones.