How Do I Stay in Being When I’m Agitated in Meditation?

"During meditation, there’s often agitation and restlessness rather than peace. Understanding the teachings intellectually but still experiencing disturbance during practice. How can this be clarified? Rupert says: ‘You are always being. It’s just that your being gets mixed up with the content of your experience. It’s not even necessary for the agitation of your mind or the restlessness of your body to cease. You’ve gone through the layers of your experience, but you’re lost in your thoughts. It’s the last layer of experience for you. Just go one step down. You don’t even need to get rid of your agitated thoughts. Just let them go, don’t give them any attention. As soon as you notice you’re lost in thoughts or feelings again, you just go back down. The more you go back and forth, the more you’ll feel at home in your being. Don’t tell yourself a story that some circumstances are too difficult. It’s not true.’"

From event 30 August - 06 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 30 August–6 September 2025

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