Handling Retreat Agitation and Mental Noise

Last time I attended a retreat, it felt like I was bathing in being, but now it’s the opposite – maximum mental volume competing with Meister Eckhart. These meditations feel like utter failure. Can you speak about the retreat process? Rupert says: ‘It could be that some old tendencies in you are being provoked by this atmosphere and the meditations. Don’t worry about it. Don’t think of these as retreats. We call them “gatherings in being” now. We don’t really retreat here. There’s equally a celebratory feeling about what we do here. So, it’s both a retreat and a celebration. You’re in the river with all of us, we’re all going in the same direction. Don’t give yourself a hard time.’

From event 07 - 14 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 7–14 September 2025 – ‘Meister Eckhart and the Love of God’

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