Toby

You can only stay in something that you are not.

I guess Stanislav Grof with his holotrophic breathing might "do" what you are looking for. I personally have no experience with it though.

I don't know. There are so many good books out there. If I had to choose one I'd probably keep it simple and pick a good translation of the Heart Sutra.

Cannot imagine something better than what is this moment. I tried, though. Couldn't come up with something.

@Shin the question was about retreats and not meditation as such. At least that is how I understood it.

If you ever sat with a teacher or a group that is based on truth you cannot deny that it is more powerful than doing it on your own.

You are confusing depersonalization / dissociation with deidentification. Deidentification can feel threatening and confusing if you look at it from an ego-perspective but ultimately a byproduct is immense peacefulness. Depersonalization / dissociation however feels disconnected. It is a coping strategy for feelings like overwhelment.

Pretty sure they go beyond space and time.

Did you guys know that Hitler was a vegetarian? Just imagine if he would have been even vegan! #joke

Did you really "do" this without any teacher in physical form?

What is the question?

The main thing is to be at peace with yourself and life because children tend to pick up / mirror everything that is unresolved in you. You cannot really plan or take a certain attitude. If it's not real, it won't help at all. That's the main thing that I learned working with kids (age 3-10) for like 1 year - I don't have kids myself though. On a more surface level, there are things that might be better than others. But an underlying attitude of acceptance is most important.

@electroBeam he talks about different subjects in the video. He's not talking about relating to people all the time but it is a theme that comes up again and again.

The most important thing is that is resonates with you. Then just go for it. But an "Advaita" retreat is very different from a zen-retreat as it is more based on inquiry. Another one of also a disciple of Papaji is this in Netherlands May 19 - June 2: http://www.isaacshapiro.org/index.php/schedule3. You can do just one week or both two weeks.

@Ludwig never get's old.

Similar topic with some advise:

I accidently came accross 9 full sessions of Eckhart on youtube which even seem to be legally uploaded: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnYsakj7L156Vt1vSQLUBsw/videos

Why exactly do you need to change it? Is it you that wants e.g. more friends or a relationship? Or is it just other people telling you that you should be different?

The teacher I talked about in this thread is in Romania/Bucharest the next 10 days. Anyone living there interested can contact me via pm.

Well, I just lost interest in it. But I explored it. Regarding Angels it was mainly Doreen Virtue and some "Healers" that were highly inspired by Daskalos (a greek healer and mystic). My conclusion looking back is that it can sidetrack you even if can have it's wisdom. But "higher realms" doesn't mean enlightenment. I think Shinzen Young talks about this as the "Power realms": https://youtu.be/i288Lnb7NOk?t=3m25s

From my own experience: a lot of approaches that deal with angels or mediumship or channeling are not related to truth or enlightenment.