A.H. Almaas’ summer retreat on Quintessence explored the subtleties of “the world of appearance,” the non-dual perspective and co-emergent reality (being/non-being).
A lot of attention was given to non-doing – relaxing the attention to simple awareness and presence.
Here is the title list of the 16 sessions:

Inner Sanctum
Treasure Trove
Living Wonder
Bowing Royalty
Private Quarters
The Timeless Now
Spacious Mansion
Ocean Without Shores
Crystal Mirror
Kernel of the [...]

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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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