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Pushkin.

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The gong bangs at four am.

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It's still dark outside, but

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you get up and get dressed. With

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the others, you head into the meditation

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hall. You try not

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to make eye contact. A

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volunteer gives you a cushion and directs

0:47

you to find a spot. You

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sit and begin.

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Your goal is to focus

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your mind. Your

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back hurts, your knees hurt,

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and you're pretty hungry. You've

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been here three days and

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you have seven more. Some

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people go to these retreats and

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they suffer. They might

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feel a deep sense of terror or

1:20

break with reality, and

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on the other side, they're not

1:25

themselves anymore. Yesterday

1:31

you asked about leaving. But

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leaving is a bad idea, they

1:36

say. From

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the special Investigations team at

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the Financial Times, this is

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the Retreat, the.

1:46

Retreat to the recruit, I went into what

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I would consider a psychotic break.

1:50

It was like being in a torture chamber for my mind for

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sax time.

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The retreat,

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the final rule is the

1:58

beautifying the mind.

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The Retreat is the first series from Untold,

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a new Financial Times investigative

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pot cost