Ten Day Dark Room Retreat Experience

[@shreedevimaa7309]

What a great conversation! I'm so grateful for the relatable and profound wisdom you have shared here. I am 100x more inspired to do a darkness retreat after watching this!

[@chessedwards]

I’m so glad you found value here. Blessings.

[@barbieoseguera]

What's always hilarious to me is how these extremely deep , soul awakening & reconnecting videos hold a couple thousands views & some really message-less music videos have millions of millions of millions of millions of views . Lol - mission : flip the views on the videos ! Babydoll Matrix loves you ! 🌊

[@Thehobbit197]

It's better this stays within small numbers because if everyone starts to follow spirituality through any method or form our society would fall. These things might form the next fanatic religous likw moment. So be careful what you wish and don't wish anything involving others

[@chessedwards]

The collective ego is quite alive and survives on a diet of junk.

[@roanthewanderer2626]

that is why they call it the occult. its hidden knowledge and those that are meant to find it will :)

[@G.MONEY.WISDOM]

No one wants to face the truth because it is uncomfortable

[@OmShira]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful experience! May your soul always shine and smile 🙂

[@chessedwards]

The soul is always shining. Our job is to get out of the way and let it blossom into awareness.

[@OmShira]

That‘s true! Is there any online source for preparing a darkroom treatment at home?

[@chessedwards]

@@OmShira Not that I’m aware of.

[@OmShira]

I‘ve seen Mantak Chia offered last year obviously his yearly darkness retreats as well online. But for 2024 i couldnt find an online option. Wondering how it would work anyway?

[@cafenhibitionladakh654]

Sir I m quite impressed by the way you describe the events in the dark room retreat।।It sounds very similar or exact same as described in Tibetan book of dead, and dark retreat known as Yangti in Tibetan Buddhism। Sir if you ever come to India or sub continent, please give a chance to meet।

[@chessedwards]

Blessings and thank you. Please consider signing up for my periodic newsletter where any travel plans to India will be announced. And if you ever come to Bali, please come attend a Satsang or Breathwork Journey. www.chessedwards.com

[@jasonjohnson9063]

Thank you for following the path! Thank you, thank you!

[@chessedwards]

Thank you Jason. It is a true joy.

[@philipgatch9375]

Thank you for sharing so clearly your experience in your dark retreat. Your experiences sound similar to my two retreats just over 7 days each this year. It's so different to hear from a seasoned practitioner or devotee to the Awareness of Love. I've seen too many dark room videos that demonstrate something else. Thank you for your enthusiasm about this work. It was surprising to hear someone else talk about the challenge of orientation in the room since, in my case, I had to navigate trees in a forest among other changing mindscapes to get to the bathroom. Every day was a miracle of newness I could not have expected contrasting with the decades of meditation and retreats I've attended. At the end of the first dark retreat it was like discovering a new forever friend who'd always been there but was hiding in the shadows. I simply needed the courage to be in the dark long enough to see.

[@chessedwards]

Knowing the true self beyond the mind's stories of self is a freedom that few know. Blessings

[@Avicena-tf5uj]

You have a natural talent and gift at being able to convey the essence of consciousness as well as your personal experience. This was extremely enjoyable to listen to. Thank you

[@chessedwards]

Thank you. It's a beautiful journey and the further it goes the easier the articulation of the actual experience of awakening becomes. I appreciate your appreciation of what it takes to speak clearly about such things. Please feel free to join my mailing list to be alerted to opportunities to engage deeper in the conversation. I'll be launching a membership site soon dedicated to the awakening journey. Thank you again. Chess www.chessedwards.com/guided-meditation-invite/

[@DMillerFlorida]

Oh woooow!!!!! I'm so overly happy that you shared this with the world! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@chessedwards]

I'm so glad that you found it helpful. Blessings.

[@thejourneyhome3192]

i just thought the same thing

[@Olhamo]

the ten day Vipassana retreat was one of the most intense experiences of my life, and I loved it. It felt like the most natural and relaxed way to be among a lot of people, in "noble silence", and it enabled me to imagine the do-ability of a longish water fast (29 days). Now, 13 years later, the idea of a ten day darkroom retreat feels like it is drawing me. After the past few years also, the notion of letting go into a couple days of profound sleep sounds like a very good crossing...

[@chessedwards]

Indeed, when we know how to listen deeply, we feel the right call at the right time.

[@nextari]

This is great, here you are witnessing literally what the buddha and so many other messengers have taught. Would love to hear what desires and fears remain.

[@chessedwards]

The main thing isn't that the different desires and fears just stop. But there is no longer a compulsion to feed them. They have been exposed for the conditioning and programming that they are. Constructs of mind. And as such, they can still arise, but they aren't given much value. They are just habitual thoughts which are observed by the neutral and loving awareness that we are. Over time, as they are starved of attention, they begin the shrivel, to quiet and to greatly reduce the amount of time or effort that they put forth to be engaged. Within the quiet that remains there is the freedom to follow what feels nourishing to the soul and to gracefully turn away from that which diminishes the spirit.

[@thejourneyhome3192]

ohhhhhhh i ❤️and 🙏 god i came across this video as i was just searching how to crack open that heart again, yet i never asked the question a loud, and there is something magical about speaking a question into the universe you always get a reply, i needed this reminder 🙏 you for this sharing

[@chessedwards]

Blessings.

[@vinaysrivastava4317]

Incredible ! Why no one told me this before ?? Its simple and achievable !

[@chessedwards]

Thank you. A new video is coming soon two years after the retreat. Stay tuned.

[@KeithFlint350]

I trust this man just because I fully trust his smile! So lovely to see it :) highly infectious! :) :)

[@chessedwards]

Thank you.

[@KeithFlint350]

@@chessedwards and I believe I've found this video just on the right time. Perfect time to do such thing. Unplug, reset, create own world. Love form Poland, Chess :)

[@TheDgromova]

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing! 🙏

[@chessedwards]

My pleasure. If you're interested in an even deeper conversation regarding awakening our true nature, you may wish to visit me at www.chessedwards.com. Blessings.

[@gecomert]

Thank you so much for sharing. I feel like i will find all i need if i can make it happen somehow. Resting, isolation, getting rid of all that illusion, finding who i am really, at least seeking who i am in peace, i really need to calm my mind. I gotta find what is all these struggle and stres for. I desperately need to stop worrying. Anxiety about everything, the future, my family, my relationship, my carreer etc , eating me alive and even my physical body has been affected negatively lately. Doctors prescribe anti-depressants only, and i never use. I dont believe suppressing the problem or changing the chemistry of my brain is the solution. I dont know why, but as if every cell in my body begs for this, i have no idea what i m gonna go through and yet i feel like i desperately need this. Like its calling me. I just have to figure out how to set up the right kind of dark room cuz i cant go anywhere these days. Without any disturbance from outside, any noise, and gotta solve the issue of toilet of course. Its funny how a simple thing as this, could be such a big problem at the same time. I m sure i will sort it out eventually but still thinking how :/ Love from turkey and thank you so much for sharing your intimate feelings

[@chessedwards]

Dear friend. Who are your guides? Whose teachings do you study and meditate upon? What is the nature of your meditation practice? A dark room experience is a supplement to a meditation and self realization practice. It is not a solution to a busy mind.

[@shaunmoorhouse]

Astounding stuff! Thank you so much for being incredibly thourough and passionate whilst explaining your astounding experience!

[@chessedwards]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@phildj1816]

Incredible talk . Wanted to know how was your time perception . Did u lose the concept of time.

[@chessedwards]

I could hear the jungle noises outside of the dark room. So, if I could hear crickets, then I knew it was night and if I heard birds, I knew it was daytime. And then the 2 meals a day helped me to keep a general track of time.

[@Nora-et6et]

Amazing experience, I’m curious if you would ever do a month long retreat?

[@chessedwards]

For me, that does not feel resonant. But a dark room retreat paired with an additional silent retreat sounds quiet nourishing.

[@mrwobble911]

Hi nice to hear the details from you How and what were you eating all this time

[@chessedwards]

See the link in the description for logistics details.

[@AntonioRamirez-ql5fe]

Do yu mind sharing cost for that 10 days retreat, I know it could change after 4 years but want to have an idea about how much. Thank you

[@chessedwards]

Hello Antonio, I really have no idea what it cost. I don't tend to remember those things. Best to reach out directly to The Hermitage on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.

[@glennworkman4765]

Hello, you mentioned Vipassana, how would you compare it to the Darkness? Thank you. Blessings

[@chessedwards]

For me the Dark Room Experience was more impactful. But perhaps only because I had enough understanding of non-duality to make the most of the experience. Vipassana certainly had more instruction and guidance. In the Dark Room Retreat it is just you and there is no instruction or guidance. For me, the 10 day Vipassana retreat didn't feel to have as lasting an impact as the Dark Room Retreat. But then again, I was at two very different times of life when I did each.

[@simenkirkerd7650]

On what day did the light coming on? In my last retreat, the light started coming on on day 10, getting stronger each day after.

[@chessedwards]

For me the hallucinations of light and form began on day 4.

[@simenkirkerd7650]

@@chessedwards can you describe them? And how long was your retreat? I usually have visions from day 4, the light entering on day 10 was very different

[@chessedwards]

Simen Kirkerød the answers to your questions are in the video

[@IAm-aQueen]

I did it for 7 days two years ago and no light came neitherany visions .. currently I'm planning to do it for 21 days alone at my home.. do you have any advice to get the most benefits from it?

[@simenkirkerd7650]

@@IAm-aQueen Yes, I would highly advice to not do 21 days by yourself, unless you have someone to support you. Being this long, without support, put a lot of stress upon you, and will compromise your retreat.

[@jamesfielden4935]

Hi Chess, Thanks for your video, it was wonderful to hear you articulate your experience, I am in the process of organising a similar retreat for this summer and I was wondering how the days panned out beyond day 4 as there was a strong focus about the significance of realisation on the fourth day but were the remaining days necessary or do you think that you could have received similar benefits from doing less days? The reason I ask is I am trying to work out how many days would be appropriate for myself to undergo such an experience. Many thanks.

[@chessedwards]

James Fielden, For me the 10 days was significant. Each day there was a deeper surrender and devotion. I had to face the “self” that was bothered by the extended time and surrender to the divine truth of being.

[@jamesfielden4935]

@@chessedwards Thanks so much for clarifying and for sharing such truth. Love and light always.

[@chessedwards]

Please do make sure you’re subscribed. This channel is about to get A LOT more active.

[@chessedwards]

@just another human I am speaking about the things that kept changing, therefore not real. For example, the wall would be 2 feet away and then when I glanced back it would be 6 feet away. Clearly I wasn't seeing the luminous glow of the wall. It kept moving. And the beams that weren't there would appear, disappear and move. I do recognize that there is an energetic glow from objects that can be discerned in the dark. Thanks for the reference.

[@mofwoofoo1]

i want to do a retreat here in our community in ecuador like this (chambalabamba.org). I would like to know how long he was able to maintain this new loss of false identity? I have been aware of this for years as a concept, and believe in it. It is what Nisergadatta Maharaj taught in Mumbai before he died in 1982 or so.

[@chessedwards]

As this is my devotion and my daily practice, the false sense of identity continues to fall away and the divine truth of BEing deepens, strengthens, expands and is more wholly revealed.

[@lovinglife5658]

Thank you for sharing :). I believe this was one of the videos I watched in 2020 when I had only experienced a few five and seven day dark retreats and was in preparation for a 93 day kayakalpa dark retreat in India. Haha due to past karma or what, I’ve very much connected strongly with darkness and since then I’ve had another 89 day kayakalpa last year, a 49 day kayakalpa earlier this year and some smaller several week longs etc over these years. Though I consider myself very much a novice and definitely not a teacher, after last year’s 89 day I thought to share a few videos about my experiences, insights, best practices, cautions etc. Haha I intended a few videos but it turned into many. Here is that playlist if anyone is interested. Much Love ❤😊 kzbin.info/aero/PLytLvPVhgJlX_tXzKEW3oo1rrz7beBGYt&si=0rZT6sLIMXyODlUf

[@chessedwards]

Blessings. Thank you for your shares.

[@keedeecodiac9231]

I felt the love he projected from it's abundance!

[@chessedwards]

🙏🏼

[@stefanoarunzutunz6630]

Wow, yes , felt like his emotion could travel the digital stuff and come out where i am and feel it.. defenitly to do! Already thinking it since 3 years , but i just have to go and period...something continously feels inside like , go go go go go now...

[@jbota]

Hello, I wanted to know if after you take part in the retreat if you are able to continue seeing after the retreat is finalized ?

[@chessedwards]

Continue seeing what? Anything? Or the hallucinations?

[@jbota]

The hallucinations

[@chessedwards]

j. bota No. They stopped as soon as I gave my mind something else to play with. Namely all the form of life.

[@joschkaburger847]

"like an addiction"

[@chessedwards]

The mind is addicted to its own creations.

[@ig5651]

You say you saw beams. did you see stuff even if you close your eyes?

[@chessedwards]

Sometimes. It was clear that what I was seeing was created by the mind that wasn't comfortable with nothingness. It needed to create some sort of form and substance, even if it wasn't real. The mind has no allegiance to truth. It doesn't care if what it is making up creates barriers to your pursuit of truth.

[@ig5651]

@@chessedwards nicely put. Thank you. Indeed, it happens to me even after couple of minutes in darkness...sometimes happens immediately if it is dark enough, I would be tripping pretty hard.

[@PenisCupcake]

@@ig5651 you should probably watch where you're going then.

[@pavelvedernikov8502]

This sounds a bit like an LSD trip. Is it real change that changes the behavior, the motivations, the outlook on the world - or is jt just a long-lasting high?

[@chessedwards]

Real and lasting change. But only if it is followed by a devotional practice of True Self Realization study and practice.

[@IAm-aQueen]

@@chessedwards how do you practice that on daily basis?

[@chessedwards]

@@IAm-aQueen Hello. Meditations of Self Inquiry. Who am I, really? Ultimately the answer to your question is that learning this skill or path of meditation requires being educated with a teacher or guide. It is an art of expanding consciousness and all art forms require study and education. Blessings.

[@simenkirkerd7650]

Who is this Source you were speaking to?

[@chessedwards]

Not a who. Just Source. Consciousness. 🙏🏼

[@simenkirkerd7650]

Do you mean talking to yourself?

[@kirathekingkiller69]

@@simenkirkerd7650 No I think he means the source like where humanity comes from.

[@simenkirkerd7650]

@@kirathekingkiller69 Like another planet? Or the vagina? I have done 8 retreats myself, the last one a 20-day retreat a few weeks ago. There was noone else there, but there are ofcourse some dialogue with oneself and exchange with the subconscious. Speaking in new-age-undefined-meta-language does not really say much about what is actually going on, except it impresses new-age people.

[@1995yuda]

@@simenkirkerd7650 There is no "other" or "source" buddy, these are just concepts for our limited mind. We cant understand "it" without these tricks. Youre it dont you see. Seperation is an iilusion, "God" is within and without there is no space or time where/when "he" is not. Wherever you go there you are understand? The subconscious is just rooted so deep so as to be a reliable place without seperation. Hint: Imagination has its role, too.

[@jeremyhudson5742]

Where do u go to the bathroom?

[@TheFrickshow]

he never answered cos its all bullshit to sell stuff on its website!

[@chessedwards]

In this particular setup there is a composting toilet. It smelled a bit at times. But there are no flush toilets anywhere on this property.

[@god5535]

Don't mean to be rude, but looks like you are chasing one high after another....

[@chessedwards]

Nope. Not in the least.