This is an invitation to join Paul for a 5 day self inquiry meditation retreat at a peaceful retreat centre in the countryside in Värmland Sweden. The purpose of this retreat is to stop and look inwards to discover and rest in your own true nature. This retreat offers the potential to come to complete clarity of who you are beyond the conditioned persona. It is a direct invitation to discover the timeless, limitless and ever present essence at the core of your Being.
The daily program includes satsangs (meetings in truth), guided meditations, silent sittings and sharing circles. There will also be daily movement practices (yoga, dance), walks in nature, and time to swim in the nearby lake. The retreat is fully residential and fully catered with three vegetarian meals every day plus fruits, snacks and teas. There are 40 places available.
Your place is confirmed when both payments and booking form is completed.
Themes of the retreat;
* Inner peace
* Self Inquiry
* Meditation
* Presence
* The Self
* The egoic mind
* The Inner child
* Embracing our humanness
* Surrender and prayer
* Conscious relationships
* Spiritual awakening
* Life after awakening
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About Paul
Paul spent 12 years as a practicing Buddhist until 2002 when in the midst of deep suffering he had a profound awakening from mind identity into presence. This experience led him to leave his job as a school teacher and spend long periods of time in South India. This was where he met his teacher Mooji who introduced him to the self-inquiry teachings popularised by the sage Ramana Maharshi. It was during this time he realised the Self.
Since 2010 Paul has been traveling and holding meetings and retreats with groups mostly in Spain, Uk and Sweden. Paul’s approach is natural, compassionate and down to earth. Always combining the deep embodiment of presence with a direct, clear and authentic approach to spirituality.
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Location
Älvsjöhyttan 166, 682 94 Lesjöfors
Directions can be found here;
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12IHkXm3cbYEVRnP54XiqADcYvQ0H6wZJ5ol1kIjVfN4/edit?usp=sharingWe will send you details of a whatsapp travel group for people coming to the retreat to organise car shares etc.
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Arrival and Departure
You are welcome to arrive on the 15th of August in the afternoon anytime between 2 and 5 pm to settle in.
We will have an evening meal at 6pm followed by a group meeting at 7pm.
The retreat ends with lunch at 12 pm on the 20th of August.
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Accommodation
This is a residential retreat with a variety of different accommodation in nearby houses. It is also possible to bring your own tent and camp on the retreat grounds. If you have any specific questions about accommodation please contact the retreat organiser directly
niklas.forsen@hotmail.com .
Food
There will be 3 vegetarian meals every day plus fruit and teas available throughout the day. If you have any special dietary needs please let us know in the booking form.
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Other information
To keep the cost of the retreat as low as possile you will be invited to do a small amount of karma yoga. This will be assisting with some simple food preparation or cleaning etc.
Please bring your own bedding (sheets and quilt cover) and a yoga mat if you wish to participate in the morning yoga class. There are chairs avilable but if you wish to sit on the floor during the retreat please bring your own cushions.
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Typical day on a retreat
This is an example of a typical day on a retreat with Paul. Everything is optional so you may come to as much or as little as you like. The times in between the meetings are in silence.
7 Yoga/meditation**
8 Breakfast
9 Morning meetings
12.00 Lunch/rest
14.00 Activities*
16.00 Afternoon meeting
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Evening meeting
*Rest/Swim/Walk/Dance/Free time/Sharing/etc
**Evelyne Vuilleumier will guide the Yoga sessions in the morning.
She is also offering individual sessions in Spiritual Psychotherapy - if needed - to support the deepening process, at extra cost.
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Cost
The cost of this retreat is split into two parts;
1. A payment of £260 GB pounds for the retreat.
https://buy.stripe.com/cN24hj7bGdvP99ubIJ2. A payment of 1500 SEK for food and accomodation (This is reduced to 1000SEK for campers) Swish +46705451659 or IBAN: SE94 5000 0000 0521 1100 4480 BIC: ESSESESS
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How to book
To reserve your place on this retreat please complete the booking form and make payment. The booking form is at the end of the document after the pictures in section 2. We will confirm your place when we have received both the booking form and your payment.
Terms and conditions of the retreat are here
https://www.meetingsinstillness.com/terms-and-conditions.
Cancellation policy for this retreat
More than one month before the start date - full refund minus any bank fees
Less than one month before the retreat- no refunds
Places are non-transferable
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Further questions
For any practical questions about accommodation, food, transport etc contact
niklas.forsen@hotmail.comFor any questions about the actual retreat content contact Paul at
meetingsinstillness@gmail.com.
From previous participants:
‘Your ordinariness is exactly what attracted me to you. I was looking at you during a meeting and all my ideas about gurus, masters..were dropping off. And me thinking...He is just a normal guy with the biggest heart I have ever seen. Thanks, Paul you have been the first one I could listen to because of your ordinariness xx.’ - Gloria
‘Thank you so much Paul Hurcomb love you! Five years with you and your wiseness have changed my life to the much better. Everyday-life flows after Orgiva, don't identify with anything else but me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!’ - Miriam
'This was my first meeting with Paul and I am very glad that you gave me this opportunity to tell you about my experience. It was indeed unique, and I can honestly say that I have never met someone like Paul before. I was deeply touched by the simplicity, warmth, authenticity, and beauty that permeated the whole retreat. Your performance during the retreat seemed like magic, and perhaps that is what it is all about, the simple magic of love.' - Erland
‘The meditations, your teaching, and the cumulative build up over the days have yet again had a profound effect…And it’s not just the personal experience, but seeing how you work with each individual person – and with all of us as a group – that is so powerful. Your gentle, kind mix of knowledge, humor, and love is really a devastating combination – breaks down all resistance and allows one to see and feel where it wasn’t possible before.’ – Anne
We look forward to meeting you at the summer retreat.
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Warm regards,
Paul, Niklas, and Evelyne.
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