What happens when you sit in total silence for 10 days, meditate for 10 hours a day, give up your phone, your voice, and every distractionand finally stop chasing enlightenment? In this deeply raw and unfiltered episode of Strange and Mysterious World, William shares his second Vipassana meditation retreat experience, and why it completely reframed his entire spiritual
journey.This wasn’t about visions, kundalini fireworks, aliens, angels, or downloads.This was about misery, attachment, ego, and the truth of awakening.
We dive into:
• Why William missed the entire point of Vipassana the first time
• The brutal physical and psychological challenges of 10 days of silence
• Why chasing spiritual experiences can actually delay awakening
• Vipassana as the ultimate anti-anxiety and anti-depression practice
• Breaking the cycle of craving, aversion, and suffering
• Fasting, meditation, and altered states of consciousness
• Psychic experiences, vivid dreams, psychometry, pendulums, and remote viewing
• Strange dream-states, past-life imagery, and intense bodily sensations
• Interstellar objects, cosmic cycles, Kali Yuga, and end-times speculation
This episode is honest, funny, controversial, grounded, and deeply personal a reflection on spirituality without fantasy, escapism, or spiritual ego.
If you’re on a spiritual path or questioning one, this conversation might be exactly what you
need to hear right now.
🎧 Listen with an open mind.

Music by Ashes of Truth