8x Guided Meditations in awakened presence: recognise the Essential Self and live from it with stability and grounding.

Again and again, I have witnessed something simple and profound: When the inner conditions are right, the Essential Self – the joyous authentic you- naturally reveals itself. Not as a dramatic experience, but as clarity. As grounded presence. As a quiet shift out of identification with personality into something more fundamental and real.

Moments like this may resemble what in the Enlightenment Intensive tradition is called a direct experience — a clear recognition of what we are beyond roles, history, and self-image. A de-identification. A return.

Through the work of Charles Berner and the Enlightenment Intensive process, I learned that awakening is not something to force or chase. It is something we can prepare for.

We can cultivate the conditions that allow this recognition to arise — and just as importantly, we can learn how to stabilise it so it integrates into daily life.

This 8-day guided meditation training is designed exactly for that. Each session gently builds the capacity to:

• Recognise the Essential Self when it becomes present
• Invite the inner conditions that allow it to arise
• Stabilise the shift from personality to presence
• Integrate clarity into work, relationships, movement and choice

It is about returning to the real You— more awake, more grounded, more aligned.

The course is suitable for past Enlightenment Intensive participants as well as for anyone curious about what it means to live from freedom and authenticity

If this speaks to you, it would be a joy to welcome you.

With love, Peter 🌿

COURSE BENEFITS

• Recognise when your Essential Self is present and how to stay connected to it.
• Settle the nervous system and soften stress chemistry through simple coherence tools.
• Meet emotional intensity with spaciousness, clarity, and self-trust.
• Create a rhythm that helps you to digest insights inbuilds a more positive and steady feeling of well-being
• Create a repeatable daily rhythm that stabilises insights over time.
• Feel held by a community of heart-centred practitioners who listen, share, and support your unfolding.

TOOLS AND APPROACHES

• Guided meditations as a main technique, drawing from zen, mindfulness and practice of presence aproaches.
• Key pointers (such as koans, questions etc.) as supportive tools to invite and recognise awakened states of well-being.
• Practical tools for stabilising shifts and integration.
• Simple steps (body relaxation, heart opening, open awareness) to move into and sustain presence.
• Community sharing space: Optional open circle after each meditation session to share, reflect or just spend time with like-minded people. This part is not recorded.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Day 1 — Recognition Theme: what awakening feels like in lived experience.

Day 2 — Right Conditions Theme: Fertilising the conditions required to shift into an awakened state.

Day 3 — The Art Of Receiving Theme: Appreciating how a shift occurs when you are not trying.

Day 4 — Blood On The Path Theme: The importance of contrast on the Path and how to meet challenges as guides.

Day 5 — Listening To Your World Theme: Approaching the world as a mirror reflecting your Truth and the inner voice that guides your choices.

Day 6 — Look Where I Am Pointing Theme: Working with Zen koans that hold you steady on the Path.

Day 7 — The Steady State Theme: Integrating shifts so they become more natural and steady.

Day 8 — Walking the Path Theme: Living from an awakened orientation and how it can impact your routine.

Your Guide

Peter Harper

Peter is an experienced spiritual guide with more than 40 years experience of personal development and spiritual guidance. He divides his time hosting Meditation and Self Awareness Retreats and Workshops in Europe and creating Guided Meditation and Conscious Music recordings.

Peter is the founder of The Drunken Monk project connecting spirituality with daily life, using tools such as guided meditation recordings, Enlightenment Intensive process, Self Awareness retreats and workshops.

“Above the clouds of the mind, there is a clear blue sky. I will meet you there…” Peter

REGISTRATION:

Please click on BOOK NOW. You will be redirected to EventBrite page where you can complete your booking.  Once you complete your booking, you will be sent a confirmation email that will include a link for attending the sessions. 1 ticket = 1 attendee (unless you specify in your booking that you would like to arrange multiple access).

A SPECIAL 2 for 1 TICKET DEAL 💫 SHARED JOY = DOUBLE JOY 💫

As many past participants appreciated the chance to bring a new friend to our previous course, we’re extending this opportunity for the upcoming course as well! You can bring a new friend who’s never participated on our courses before, and you’ll only pay for one ticket. After all, shared joy is double the joy! We can’t wait to see you both. 💕

PRACTICALITIES:

To fully enjoy this event, we recommend to secure for each session:

• a comfortable quiet space: “create your nest”, prepare cushions and blankets so you feel comfortable, maybe dim the lights and light some candles, favorite diffusers, gentle calming music. Wear comfortable clothes.

Please access your link to the zoom room 5 mins before so we are ready to start on time.

SCHEDULE:

Course dates: 20-29/4 2026  |  8x Daily morning sessions (join live or from recordings)  |  First week: from Monday till Friday / Second week: from Monday to Wednesday

Sessions time: from 7.00am CET / 06.00am UK time (same for both weeks)

Each guided meditation session lasts 45 minutes. After that the recording is stopped to respect peoples privacy and we offer an informal sharing circle where you may ask a question, share an experience or enjoy listening others.

* All sessions will be live (on Zoom). Each session will be recorded and sent to you after the live stream. You will be able to access all recordings anytime during the course + 2 weeks after the course finishes, so even if you cannot always make it live, you will not miss a thing!

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