level 2, dive-in. 9 days meditation retreat
Prerequisite:
This retreat is open for people who have already completed the level 1, introduction, 3 days retreat and at least 3 days solo meditation retreat in darkness.
This retreat is open for experienced meditators with enough credential and who have done at least one 3 days dark retreat.
The content:
Once you have been in a 3 days dark retreat and you feel about going back for a longer time, something ignites within.
Whatever the motivation that was there before the first retreat, it's now different. You have acquired a first "know how" to be by yourself, to be in the dark as energy and subtle bodies.
In your mind, the motivation might be the same, but your being has changed.
You know more what to expect in a way, but also you don’t know what could happen, the only thing you know for sure is that you will dive deeper.
The pull to dive-in is there.
So much freedom comes to commit and at the same time not knowing anything and relying only on wanting to go all the way.
The mind draw pictures on what has been easy the first time and what resistances you have encountered. You will be working on the obstacles that you already faced.
The idea is to feel ready and confident to sit long silent solo retreats in complete darkness or full light.
You will cultivate the necessary stability to identify the mental patterns and move beyond your story.
We will fuel the motivations that push us to sit alone and the involvement it requires.
As in level 1, the retreat contains step by step guided practices with lectures on the essence of meditation, and models from various traditions:
* What is Mind? Psychological aspects. Seeing mind patterns. Integrating shadows. Individuality to humanness.
* What is Me? The simplicity of truth. Direct seeing. Recognition and confirmation.
* Desires and aversions. Bliss and pain. Stillness and movement.
* Opening the Dhamma eye.
* Third eye practices
* Heart practices
* Experiencing and discerning energy-mind connections.
* Experiencing and recognizing the heart-mind relationship.
* Sourcing and embodying the natural state.
Prices and dates:
Early bird, book 2 weeks before the retreat start: US$ 330
Full price: US$ 390
2020: No retreats scheduled for now due to the pandemic situation.
The schedule:
Day 1: Registration
| 8am-9am
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Class
| 9am-12pm
| Introduction and practice.
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Lunch break
| 12am-3pm
| At your place.
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Class
| 3pm-6pm
| Presentation and practice.
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Tea break
| 6pm-7pm
| On-site. Tea and fruits.
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Class
| 7pm-10pm
| Lecture, Q&A and practice.
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Day 2-8: Class
| 9am-12pm
| Presentation and practice.
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Lunch break
| 12am-3pm
| At your place.
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Class
| 3pm-6pm
| Presentation and practice.
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Tea break
| 6pm-7pm
| On-site. Tea and fruits.
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Class
| 7pm-10pm
| Lecture, Q&A and practice.
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Day 9: Class
| 9am-12pm
| Presentation and practice.
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Lunch break
| 12am-3pm
| At your place.
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Ending
| 3pm-6pm
| Group sharing.
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Tea break
| 6pm-7pm
| On-site. Tea and fruits.
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Ending
| 7pm-10pm
| Evening fire; sharing and celebration to life.
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