Day 8. April 19. Tuesday.

The first day of the “Deeper Exploration into Consciousness” retreat, and what a day it was! We first looked beyond the notion of consciousness as a reality producer; then we looked beyond the notion of consciousness as awareness. We certainly went deep!

It was really a beautiful day, and I think people got a lot out of it, and there were a few big insights. It gives me a good feeling just to be around the people attending this event.

We were shooting for having 16 people there, and we ended up with 28. But I must say I am exhausted and looking forward to sleeping tonight, because last night I had left my phone on by mistake and got a call at 12:05 AM from an “unknown caller,” waking me up from a really sound sleep, and then I was so wide-awake I couldn’t get back to sleep until 4:00 AM. So at first I felt really on the ropes, but the training itself was so stimulating that I automatically revved up when doing it.

During the long afternoon break, many of us walked up to the lighthouse together. Great conversations with great people!