Satori
Satori is radical inquiry. It is going under the skin and in the heart and in the belly to see and feel what is in the way of being myself. Who am I?What is my true nature? How do I lose myself or feel that there isn't all of me here, now? What is this restlessness that pushes me to do and do and do? What is this longing for being more real, truer, complete? What am I doing here?

Self-inquiry means to open and unsettle the mechanism that destroys the present by repeating the past. Self-inquiry means being so present in the here/now that I can have a direct experience of myself and reality, fresh and alive, free of the filters of conditioning.

The aim of this retreat is having this direct experience of being , an experience of awakening, an experience of no-mind. Satori is not therapy and doesn't have the goal of finding temporary solutions to daily problems, even though it will give you a different and new perspective about those problems. Satori aims to dissolve the identification with the ego, which is the only cause of problems.

A seven day retreat working with the existential questions: Who am I? What is Life? What is Another? What is Love? And others.

For more information go to www.satori-retreat.com

Testimonials
'Every time I have done ³Satori² , it was like an entrance door to remind myself, what it is that really gives my life meaning and depth, which I easily tend to forget in my busy daily working schedules. Being guided by the different koans is like pulling all the curtains aside, which are blocking the way for me to really look inside. As a Medical Doctor , mostly busy with problems of other people, in the beginning it is always a bit of a struggle for me to turn my focus inwards and face whatever is there. Just as in real life, moving through all the blissful ups and the depressing downs, at one point the balance of not being identified with the ups nor with the downs unfolds like an inexpressible relaxation.'
Berthold Wehner , MD. , Cologne , Germany

'I was a Police officer for over twenty years and during this time I have seen aspects of life that would both shock and amaze most people. I would have said that I had seen and experienced pretty much all there is to know with affairs of human nature. The Satori Retreat gave me the direct experience of profound self-inquiry that somehow made sense of my previous life's purpose and what I now call my 'new awakened life's purpose'. I feel I can continue to serve humanity from a place of higher consciousness. The rewards from the Satori Retreat show up daily in my life and I am continuously grateful for the connection to myself and my fellow human beings. I thoroughly recommend this retreat to anyone who feels that there must be more to life.'
Tony Brown, Byron Bay, Australia

'I remember coming out of Satori just feeling at home with myself . The process itself had without a doubt given me a direct experience with myself, and had brought me to a space in which I felt comfortable watching whatever was happening through me. I experienced many moments of understanding, and touched a quality of love, awareness and silence within that I had only experienced as glimpses before. It is aprocess of breaking through illusions, and yet despite my experiences, I still held on to the idea that I had something to do / somewhere to go to reach my awakening ... I guess I was not ready to accept the ease of being at home ... in other words, in satori, you are, nothing else is happening but your absolute awareness of what is going on every second of every moment of the day. The truth is that this is all there is: the awareness of life happening through being. The obviousness of it is clear to me now, and looking back on the quality of the process of Satori, and in fact my entire life, I wonder how I could have missed it!!'
Kaveesha, Quebec, Canada