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Welcome to the focus group.  This is a support group for spiritual awakening and human embodiment..

The focus group is for anyone who wishes to make a commitment to their internal lives within a supportive and safe group environment over a minimum period of one month. We meet together online twice each week to focus on self-inquiry, meditation, sharing and surrender.

Meeting together regularly in this way brings a deep sense of trust, connection, and intimacy. This ongoing support helps us to rest in presence, embrace our humanness, and fully open to all parts of ourselves.

Meetings include guided or silent meditations, talks with Paul, small sharing groups, and opportunity to explore any topics you may wish. The most common are listed below.  Your willigness to bring forward your heartfelt experiences and shares are an essential part of the group process.

The first meeting each month is open so that anyone can join. After that it becomes a closed group for those who have signed up and comitted for the whole month.

The essence and purpose of the focus group is to create a safe and supportive group environment so that we can feel safe enough to embrace ourselves fully on the levels of heart, mind and gut.


Themes in meetings:
* Inner peace
* Self Inquiry
* Meditation
* Presence
* The Self
* Pain
* Authenticity
* Healing
* Compassion
* The egoic mind
* The Inner child
* Humanness
* Codependency
* High sensitivity
* Surrender and prayer
* Conscious relationships
* Awakening
* Life after awakening


Your Commitment;
To join the group you must attend at least one meeting per week and make a donation before the group begins.


Meeting times and days:

Saturday mornings at 9.30 am UK time (10.30 am CET)
Wednesday evenings at 6.30 pm UK time (7.30 pm CET)



Sign up:

The focus group is held on an ongoing monthly basis. When you sign up, you join from the beginning of the next month. The sign-up form is at the bottom of this document. Meetings take place on zoom. The log in details will be sent to you after you've signed up and sent your donation.




Q: How much should I donate?
A: This depends on your personal circumstances and how much you value the meetings. Most people donate between £50- £150 GBP per month. Please donate what you feel is a fair exchange for what is being offered (8 meetings per month).




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 Sri Mooji who introduced him to the self-inquiry teachings popularised by Ramana Maharshi. This was where he realised the Self.

Since 2010 Paul has been holding meetings and retreats with groups of people online and in person. Paul’s approach is natural, compassionate, warm, and clear. Always combining the deep embodiment of Presence with a direct and authentic approach to spirituality.



Testimonials

'I cannot begin to say how much I cherish being part of this group. I feel so safe, held and in the company of a deeply authentic spiritual teacher and friend. Its been one of the greatest blessings of my life. The practice is simple and an invitation to realise the profound truth of who we are. The essence of our nature - love and wisdom. Conscious presence. I feel part of an authentic community that speaks deeply to me' RB


'Over the past years, the Meetings in Stillness with Paul have been of great support for me. I am very grateful for the work that is being done in these meetings and for all the people I've encountered through them. The power and beauty of authentic meetings and sharings, and the creation of a space where we can feel safe to be as we are, always feel very nourishing and healing for me, and continues to be of great inspiration in my life.' JN


'Thank you, Paul. The first time I sat with you I cried like a baby, very deeply, for 20 minutes afterward; I couldn't quite believe that I didn't need to pretend anymore! Thank you so much for showing authenticity and vulnerability in all its beauty.' R.R


'My only wish when holding meetings is to be empty enough, still enough, and present enough to be able to truly meet you. And in truly meeting you may we together discover the silent Presence within which is the source of all refuge, knowledge, and wisdom. Then there is no teacher, no student, and no teaching. Nothing remains other than that which is naturally arising in this moment, and the unchanging Presence that effortlessly witnesses it all.' Paul Hurcomb


Listen to Paul's meditations here: https://soundcloud.com/meetingsinstillness

Look at Pauls writings here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/meetingsinstillness/

Watch Paul's videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUSRmvJ7KGmaQkSSXzm922g

Meetings in Stillness webpage: https://www.meetingsinstillness.com/

Terms and conditions please read here https://www.meetingsinstillness.com/terms-and-conditions

If you have any further questions please write to meetingsinstillness@gmail.com


NB; If you have previously been in the focus group there is no need to complete the sign-up form again. Just send a donation & email meetingsinstillness@gmail.com to let us know.