Thank you for sharing. One day I would like to explore Vipassana retreat too. I believe it can be very challenging and also, as you say, liberating. The less noise in the outside, I believe the more noise will show up in our inside... I totally agree on the term waiting. I have heard this once from Eckhart Tolle. And it made click right a way. Space for "waiting" is an invitation to be present 🪷