It is finding the Light of the Soul and inner responses as well as the time of spiritual experiences. For me darkness retreat is the original path to enlightenment because after a while the inner light becomes visible even physically. The word enlightenment in fact gets a completely different meaning. Darkness is an elementary power that helps us to develop personally and spiritually. When we dedi
cate ourselves to darkness for a longer time, we will experience the being and powers, that are greater than we are, an experience that goes deeper and deeper. Darkness retreats are practised in all traditional cultures, especially in Japan, India and Tibet. In Bön, the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet, the darkness retreat is called the royal road of meditation. Using the night as a tool to reduce stimuli and for final conditioning is a part of self-discovery in all cultures and religions. You may have many different kinds of spiritual experiences during a darkness retreat. A darkness retreat may also lead to a contemplation, an observation of mental processes, an experience of the primal sound and primal light, encounters with spiritual beings, decedents, figures of light, forces of nature etc., an experience of emptiness, death experiences, an experience of reincarnation, a sense of a second body (bioplasma body). There is no real method to practise a darkness retreat. The path through darkness is completely individual; there is no prescribed plan through the night you have to follow. You will realize that the darkness itself is the technique. The darkness is your teacher and leads you to the place where you will find your healing. The being itself is the journey.
