Vermont Man Returns From 75-Day Silent Retreat, Missed Pandemic, Tweets ‘Did I Miss Anything?’
Daniel Thorson decided to go on a silent retreat to re-center himself, connect with nature, and just enjoy the silence.....MORE
He headed off to the Buddhist Monastic Academy, located in a deep rural area of Vermont, and spent 75 days in meditation mode.
For nearly three months, it was all about silence and isolation. Daniel was totally cut off from the outside world. He didn’t speak to anyone except for his teacher, briefly, and wasn’t watching the news or his social media feeds.
He only wanted to be told if anything bad happened to his loved ones back at home, and in that case he would leave the retreat....
