The Meaning of ‘Falling Asleep Whilst Remaining Awake’

A woman struggles with Rupert’s phrase from the earlier meditation, ‘to fall deeply asleep while remaining wide awake.’ To her, falling asleep means the obliteration of awareness. Rupert replies that when you fall asleep, you’re in bed, relaxed, not making an effort to sleep but letting your experiences go. Your perceptions fade, the world disappears, bodily sensations vanish, and you enter the dream state. Eventually, thoughts and images also depart, leading you into deep sleep, while your being remains all alone. That, he says, is meditation; you abide as that which remains.

From event 10 - 17 March, 2024 Seven-Day Retreat at Mercy Center – 10 to 17 March 2024

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