Toby

He has a health condition which gets worse by teaching and travelling long distances. Could be one reason. But maybe he will come again. The schedule for the following year is often set in late summer and the sales start somewhere in autumn. If he comes again you have to be quick.

Was there near Utrecht in 2015 and 2016.

I would have a look into "Five Tibetans". Pretty easy program, doesn't take a lot of time (5-15 minutes) and is very effective imo.

Be Love and get crucified. - Jesus.

£300.

It's not that It's better not to face that fear but to face it more slowly. I don't know how it works in Holland but I assume you either have to wait (which is not that big of a deal imo) or pay it fully yourself. I would look for therapists that are specialised in "Somatic Experiencing" as this is in my experience (of over 12 years) one of the best approaches for that. In addition if they also offer NARM and are interested in any kind of spirituality that would be good. You will probably need way less sessions compared to more traditional approaches to see the benefits. You can also read these books on it and they are really good to get an understanding: - Somatic Experiencing in depth overview: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1556439431/ - Somatic Experiencing "workbook": https://www.amazon.com/dp/159179658X/ - NARM (more advanced; it's better to have a good grip of SE first): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1583944893/ Therapists doing Somatic Experiencing: http://www.traumahealing.nl/therapeuten/ If you are living in Amsterdam I recommend him (I don't know him personally but I've seen him at Isaac Shapiro's meetings and also on an Adyashanti retreat if I'm not mistaken): http://www.traumahealing.nl/therapeuten/noord-holland/koen-verzellenberg-2-2/

Yes I've read it. Edit: or at least I bought it and read some of it. Decent book. If you like Ramesh, Nisargadatta and Ramana it would be a good read.

What you talk about here is stage green imo.

@Timotheus Several things he told himself. In addition to that I heard Adyashanti talk about it on a retreat when the subject of "did not search and got awakened" came up and he told a few details and told that Eckhart did search. I don't 100% remember what he said, but recordings of this retreat could be purchased on his website.

I guess you have a different definition of "subtle experiences". You think of them more as "mindful experiences". And from that standpoint I agree with you. I was talking more about things like chasing spiritual highs like bliss which is actually not mindfulness.

What is the difference if someone who longs for a Ferrari and someone who longs for exceptional subtle or mystical experiences? There is none. Both are ego.

You have to be cautious not to shift your personal ego to a group-ego. Group-egos are not beyond-ego, even if they seem like it.

@Timotheus

The problem is: you cannot teach or invite awakening to people when you are not awake yourself. Well, you can, but it's not going to be very effective and might create a huge mess even with the best of intentions.

I don't know about Socionics but wasn't that like MBTI? This is another "system". A better one than MBTI imo.

A good Map of different structures of the Ego and also what's beyond it is the the Enneagram.

From the ones alive and from the ones that speak english: Adyashanti and Isaac Shapiro. Other than that I like less famous ones who mostly speak german. "Dead" ones would be mainly Nisargadatta Maharaj and Ramana Maharshi.

It's like splitting hairs. Imo it's pretty much the same. But of course it depends on what "map" you use and how you define the words.

Ramana Maharshi on Siddhis;

Just as part of an exploration and how to be in relationship with so called paranormal phenomena I thought it would be a good idea to post videos and other resources on this subject: - Shinzen Young https://youtu.be/i288Lnb7NOk?t=3m25s - Adyashanti / Francis Bennett https://youtu.be/hw47wwOUjuY?t=29m05s - OWK Edgar Hofer (german) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJVCda05S5I - Jörg Wedereit (german; lives without food or water most of the time and also works as a spiritual teacher) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ohUBTALxIg Comments and other resources welcome.

@Outer good video. Another good one here:

I don't know, maybe it's indeed INTP but to me he appears more a J than a P.

For me I like Advaita and Zen also the best. Zen also has a lot of Taoistic influence obviously. But there are gems in every tradition. Tantra as taught by Osho has it's moments, but there are also Christian Mystic (e.g. Bernadette Roberts) and Sufi (e.g. Irina Tweedie) approaches that I like.

Ok. I write how I write and when I say "often" I am not referring just to myself but also other people. I've seen enough people that brought traumatic events or episodes up in "Satsangs" or other group settings. Or I spoke with other clients. And I also worked with people even though not as a therapist.