{"id":19362,"date":"2026-07-17T07:28:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/?p=19362"},"modified":"2026-07-17T07:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:31:40","slug":"why-retreat-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/en\/why-retreat-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Retreat Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19366 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/In-our-daily-lives-when-we-experience-sadness-or-a-breakdown-our-usual-instinct-is-simply-to-move-on-and-go-back-to-our-day-to-day-life.-However-if-we-do-this-we-sometimes-end-up-waiting-until.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/In-our-daily-lives-when-we-experience-sadness-or-a-breakdown-our-usual-instinct-is-simply-to-move-on-and-go-back-to-our-day-to-day-life.-However-if-we-do-this-we-sometimes-end-up-waiting-until.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/In-our-daily-lives-when-we-experience-sadness-or-a-breakdown-our-usual-instinct-is-simply-to-move-on-and-go-back-to-our-day-to-day-life.-However-if-we-do-this-we-sometimes-end-up-waiting-until-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/In-our-daily-lives-when-we-experience-sadness-or-a-breakdown-our-usual-instinct-is-simply-to-move-on-and-go-back-to-our-day-to-day-life.-However-if-we-do-this-we-sometimes-end-up-waiting-until-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/In-our-daily-lives-when-we-experience-sadness-or-a-breakdown-our-usual-instinct-is-simply-to-move-on-and-go-back-to-our-day-to-day-life.-However-if-we-do-this-we-sometimes-end-up-waiting-until-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/In-our-daily-lives-when-we-experience-sadness-or-a-breakdown-our-usual-instinct-is-simply-to-move-on-and-go-back-to-our-day-to-day-life.-However-if-we-do-this-we-sometimes-end-up-waiting-until-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/In-our-daily-lives-when-we-experience-sadness-or-a-breakdown-our-usual-instinct-is-simply-to-move-on-and-go-back-to-our-day-to-day-life.-However-if-we-do-this-we-sometimes-end-up-waiting-until-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our daily lives, when we experience sadness or a breakdown, our usual instinct is simply to move on and go back to our day-to-day life. However, if we do this, we sometimes end up waiting until we are deeply struggling before addressing the issue. A retreat provides the intense, long time we need to look deeply into our lives and digest these experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, &#8220;together action&#8221; in a retreat\u2014like following the moktak and the jukpi, focusing on formal meals, and chanting and bowing at the same speed as everyone else\u2014is not only calming, but it powerfully teaches us to put our &#8220;I, my, me&#8221; aside. 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