Thanks for sharing.
I completely can understand how much you can miss people in this silence.
And yet I was myself SO surprised to realise that I needed it. I needed the silence around me. It felt like such a blessing for me to enter these 10 days of nothingness but my own head. It was hard though, for sure. But not at any moment did I feel I was doing the wrong thing.
Everyone has very different experiences of these retreats. The days are all the same and yet each individual has a very unique reception of them. I find it fascinating.
Sending metta :)
That is true, it's very different for everyone. At the first retreat I attended I also enjoyed the silence and I felt very peaceful. That's why I thought I'd probably feel the same now. But I guess it just wasn't the right time for me now.
Do you still meditate after the retreat? Since then I meditate regularly and much longer than before.
Sending metta to you too :)
I do, on and off, but I am planning on going for another one after summer. :)
Wow that's great! I hope it works out for you well :)