Obsidian Samadhi – Diamond Approach Summer Retreat
I’m at the annual summer retreat for the Ridhwan School (Diamond Approach). About 700 students are gathered at Asilomar near Monterey California.
Hameed Ali, who writes under the pen name A.H. Almaas began the first session with a meditation he calls Obsidian Samadhi = clear awareness, calm alertness.
The subject of [...]

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I just returned from a 10–day retreat with A.H. Almaas. The retreat was held at Asilomar near Monterey, California.
The focus of the retreat was Quintessence which Almaas refers to as the Essence of the Essence. In his book, Brilliancy: The Essence of Intelligence, he refers to brilliancy as the essence of the essence.
I asked Almaas [...]

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