"crazy wisdom"
meditation immersion
It is important to distinguish two approaches to spiritual practice.
The first one is to try to live up to what we would like to be. To pretend to be divine or a realised person, to forget the bad and pretend to be good, and to classify everything we don’t know or understand about our spiritual quest as “beyond concepts” and “ineffable”. This is called spiritual materialism.
The second approach is to try to live what we are. “It means to see our confusion, or misery and pain, but not making those discoveries into an answer.” “Instead, we explore further and further without looking for an answer.” “Going further in and in without the reference point of spirituality, of a saviour, or of good and bad - without any reference point whatsoever!” Until we reach the basic level of (conceptual, red.) hopelessness. This one-shot, ongoingly ruthless process of psychological penetration is the essence of crazy wisdom and a path to liberation.
Paraphrased/quoted from Chögyam Trungpa’s “Crazy wisdom”.
Dear beloved,
Soon we will start a 6 month immersion trajectory with a small group of dedicated meditators. It will cover the first map (from ordinary awareness to an experience of awakening) and the second map (stabilising awakened awareness) using techniques from Mahamudra and Dzogchen.
Below you find more information.
May you be well.
disclaimer
Please be aware that this is not a workshop. It is an invitation for a different way of being human.
overview of curriculum
This immersion includes:
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Support to establish and maintain a daily practice
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Cultivating a motivation, attitude, and lifestyle conducive to your practice
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Preparatory practices to address your attachment patterns and unconscious conditionings.
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Four yoga’s of mahamudra:
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yoga of one pointedness
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yoga of non-elaboration
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yoga of one taste
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yoga of non-meditation
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Concentration (samatha) and insight (vipassana) meditation
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Contemporary insights from cognitive neuroscience
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Humor. Don't take yourself too seriously.
format
The format will be co-created, and will include multiple in-person weekend-retreats, online check-ins and lectures, homeworks (practice and readings), and weekly, paired sharing.
Preliminary practices:
January 27th from 8 pm till 9:30 pm we will have an online call to explain about the immersion, give you an opportunity to ask questions, and initiate your preparations for the first retreat.
You can start today. Surf to this website and find our podcast and instructions about meditation posture and a simple concentration practice.
In person retreats:
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14-16 February
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13-16 April, gracefully flowing into the resurrection retreat until April 20th
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27-29 June
Online teachings and practices:
Always Sunday from 7pm-9pm
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23 February
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9 & 23 March
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6 April
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4 & 18 May
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8 June
Individual call:
You have the opportunity for receive individualised feedback, 3 calls of max. 30 minutes during the immersion.
requirements
Requirements for applicants:
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Commitment to daily sitting practice of minimum 30 min, preferably in the morning and the evening.
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Commitment to whole trajectory, including intermediate check-ins and sharings.
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You can secure your spot by contributing between €300 and €500—according to your capacity—to account IBAN BE55 7340 5023 9844 (in the name of Stijn Smeets, with the reference: “contribution rent _[your name]_”). Your payment will be fully allocated to renting our space. There will be four additional installments (from the end of February through the end of May), making five payments in total. Alternatively, you may choose to pay the full amount upfront.
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For the weekends you only contribute for food.
If you’re interested, please send an email and join our whatsapp group
We look forward to starting this journey with you.
