Most people who come to me want a quieter mind. That's the thing they name first — the noise, the overthinking, the inability to switch off.
But underneath is usually something else: a nagging suspicion that there's more to life than what they're currently living. More depth. More of actually being here for it.
I was teaching a course this weekend, and a lady spoke up — and I'm so glad she did, because what she said helped everybody in the room.
She said, "I'm obviously doing it wrong. Everyone else is getting visions and colours and feelings, and all I have is quiet."
All she had was quiet.
The very thing she came for — and she almost missed it, because she was comparing her experience to everyone else's and reaching for something she thought she was supposed to have.
This is what a busy mind does.
It tells you that what you have isn't enough, that the answer must be more complicated, more dramatic, more something.
And it's why I think learning in a room with a teacher really helps — because a teacher can catch that moment and say: look at what you actually have. That quiet? That's it. That's the foundation everything else is built on.
Ascension is simple, simpler than people expect. It gives you something so natural that the mind gradually quietens — and what's left is a steadiness, a presence, a depth to life that was always there beneath the noise.
You don't have to build it. You just have to stop missing it.
Go well!
Arjuna
P.S.
I have a busy summer with retreats so the next in person course to learn Ascension is 9-11 October (7pm start Friday).
Let me know if you’d like details, or to book on.
Be great to have you with us.
Here’s the link if you’d prefer: