Benefits of Dark Retreat: Sleep Most people don’t go into dark retreat to catch up on sleep, but relieving sleep deficits is a healthy byproduct of spending time in darkness. I always spend the first few days catching up on lost sleep and allowing myself to luxuriate...
Why do a dark retreat? At first glance, dark retreat may seem to be an esoteric practice, beyond the reach of the common person. My charter is to make it accessible, to demystify dark practice, and to reveal its extraordinarily potential for growth. Starting with easy...
Dark retreat is rapidly emerging onto the self-improvement and spiritual scene. NBA icons Dwight Howard and Rudy Gobert, along with a host of other elite athletes, are posting social media clips about their experiences in dark retreat, and inspiring a rush to see...
This article was originally published in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (Fall 2023). tricycle.org. There’s nothing to do and nowhere to go. he spiritual path is in desperate need of rebranding. It is plagued by two massive problems. The first is the use of the word...
The study of how we see helps us to see.—Richard L. Gregory One does not see with the eyes; one sees with the brain. —Oliver Sacks The Illusion of Duality and the Practice of Lucid Dreaming The teachings on emptiness and illusory form are intended to cumulatively...
The Power of Tantric Practices Tantric methods of transformation are among the most powerful means of spiritual practice ever devised. Tantra has the ability to radically transform a practitioner, and even bring about enlightenment in one lifetime. But anything that...
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