A Little Tired Isn’t Bad for Meditation

A woman says that it’s easy for her to access the state of being, awareness, when she is not very tired. But she was trained to do it not through self-enquiry but by activating her nervous system. Here on the retreat, she is sleepy when she comes to the meditations. Rupert encourages her that as long as she isn’t falling asleep in the meditations, a little bit tired is not a bad state to be in. The residue of sleep still lingers, the body hasn’t fully gotten going, the full-blown waking-state mind hasn’t come online yet, the bloom of being is still present in your experience. It hasn’t yet been completely eclipsed by the waking state.

From event 20 April - 20 May, 2024 Seven-Day Meditation Retreat at Mandali – 20 to 27 April 2024

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