PETER MEADOW
DECEMBER 10 - 13, 2009
Enlightenment Intensive: A Journey to Your Self
A 3 day residential retreat at the Kripalu Center for Yoga &
Health
To register please call the
Kripalu
Center at 866.200.5203
Free Information Sessions, at West Hartford Yoga
Friday, September 18th, 7:00 – 8:00
Saturday,
October 17th, 12:30 - 1:15
Shankara’s Enlightenment Intensive: October 22 – 25, 2009
(Contact Shankara for information)
2010 Enlightenment Intensive: April 8 - 11Wanting nothing,
With all your heart,
Stop the stream.
-- Buddha The purpose of the Enlightenment Intensive is to provide you
with the greatest possible opportunity to experience the truth for yourself. It is a three day
residential retreat, carefully structured
to remove all distractions from the environment and to support
you in concentrating your energy
and attention on enlightenment.
The technique used is a blend of contemplation and
communication. Participants work in pairs,
regularly changing partners throughout the retreat. Working
with the question, “Who am I?”
you are asked to be open to a direct experience of yourself -
who you really are - and to share with your partner the
results of this contemplation as it unfolds. As you move
deeply through this process, the barriers to enlightenment
gradually fall aside and you are left facing the truth.
Jesus said, “If you bring forth what is inside you, what you
bring forth
will save you. If you do not bring forth what is inside you,
what you do
not bring forth will destroy you.”
-- The Gospel of Thomas
In practicing the enlightenment technique, you engage in the
process of bringing forth what is inside you. No one can make
the truth occur for us, but each of us can surrender to it and
we can share ourselves, just as we are, with each other. The
result of this sharing is intimacy, openness, and love. In
this fertile ground the barriers to enlightenment gradually
fall aside and we are left facing the truth.
What is it that we know when we know the truth? Is it The
Truth, or is it just something true which may be different for
everyone? Normal experience is indirect, filtered through our
minds, bodies and emotions. In enlightenment, the layers of
interpretation peel away and reality is present. Our
attachments to having things be our way disappear. Memories of
the past and concerns for the future dissolve and we are left
with the fullness of the moment.
Yoga is the uprooting of the attachments in the mind.
-- Patanjali
Enlightenment does not occur in some distant, mythic land. It
is available to you in every moment. The gift of the
Enlightenment Intensive is to bring this possibility closer to
you. The power and beauty of this work reside entirely in the
sincere hearts of the participants: It is your love of truth,
of each other, which opens the doors. In this spirit, I invite
you to join us.
We take long trips.
We puzzle over the meaning of a painting or a book,
when what we’re wanting to see and understand
in this world, we are that.
-- Rumi
Dr. Peter Meadow has taught and practiced yoga, meditation and
Enlightenment Intensives for over 36 years. He spent several
years living in a California ashram studying within the
lineage of Swami Kripalu. It is here that Peter developed his
deep dedication to holistic therapy and lifestyle. He also
holds an M.A. in philosophy. Peter graduated from Palmer
College of Chiropractic in 1984 and has run a thriving
chiropractic practice in Farmington, CT. since then.
For more information about housing and registration,
visit the
Kripalu website.
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