Getting Glimpses vs Truly Simply Being

I had a question about the difference between glimpses – what you call the ‘free gift’ – versus what we do in meditation by simply being, because glimpses seem to accompany visual experiences or exotic feelings, which I don’t experience in simple meditation. Rupert says: ‘When, in prayer or meditation, you are just resting in being, that experience is not preceded by anything. Whereas the free gift is a glimpse of your true nature preceded or precipitated by a more powerful experience. In meditation, you are going there consciously. These are much more gentle ways and not so dramatic, ways in which we consciously go back to our true nature rather than waiting for nature to take us back. Just take one step further back. Being is like the space in this room. It cannot be seen, but it is never not experienced.’

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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