Enlightenment does not mean there is nothing else to do.  Things are revealed as they are but enlightenment is not liberation.  Often the experiences appear to be so beyond ordinary life -  we are not sure what to do with either.  Knowing is great - but so is living!

We offer a Ten Day Integration Retreat;

So that the pristine revelations that have arisen in your enquiry do not become memories or lost in the busyness of ordinary life. Nor obscured by habitual self negating tendencies.

To practise engaging with the social world whilst resting in the inconceivable wisdom and compassion with regard to oneself and others typical of enlightenment experiences.

To learn essential meditation and non meditiation tools to relax, let go and allow your Authentic Self to arise in daily quiet moments.

To encourage you to go your own way with confidence.

To live for a few days in the garden of sensitivity and enjoy the company, grief and mirth of those who have tasted the ineffable source.

Here's a few tasters....     

First. Stop.

Most people are avoiding or almost running away from themselves. Time and energy is wasted on worry or avoidance or a "busyness" that never gets real. Learn how to fearlessly “ be with” what is happening and love the energy of it.

Second. "I am comfortable with myself, comfortable with others and comfortable with the world"

Do you like your voice? Do you like your speech? Do you like your body? Do you like your style? Are you willing to be seen or are you hiding? Are you willing to be present without pretense or permission or apology? Sexy, playful , dignified and vulnerable?

Third. Sex. Staying in love forever, moment by moment, animal and divine.

Intimate relationships and how to enjoy them.  Ultimately this may not matter. Day to day – it is the stuff of life, full of splendour, divisions . and difficulties, highs and lows. Healing is often neccessary. Praise must be given at the pilgrimage places of sexual creativity.

Fourth.The hero with a thousand faces.

The "spiritual journey" or rather the adventure of coming home to oneself - is encoded (together with so many essential universal lessons) in the great story traditions of the world. You are part of that Great Tradition. It tells your story.

Fifth. Stillness. Meditation and non meditation.

To be still enough to notice thought, its origins and the vastness beyond thought. To let go in surrender and openness.  Dzogchen and Advaita Vedanta. "You will know it by its bliss."

These ten pleasant days are aimed at you coming home to yourself in the most profound way. And then to be able to bring it all home - to your daily life - which can never be the same again. 

"All that is left of Rumi, is this garden laughing with fruit"

Cost: £1,100.

Date: To be announced. Spring 2010.

Venue: The Azores or Ireland, to be confirmed.

Register your interest here.