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		"A retreat in complete darkness effectively takes the remote control out of one's hands, leaving one witness to the blank screen of one's own mind." (Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, 2003)



		"In a dark retreat, the play of the bodymind is exposed more clearly, without the presence of the usual multitude of external stimuli. External darkness becomes a screen for the performance of the internal theater of images, stories, and reactions. " (Martin Lowenthal, 2003)



		"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of Light." (Matthew 6:22)



		"That other realm, though to those enmeshed in matter, occupied with things of sense... appears cold and tenuous and barren of interest and delight, is...the sole region in which either the intellect or the heart of man, ceasing, even in this present life, to pursue shadows, can find rest." (Arthur O. Lovejoy, 1936)



		"The dark can slow everything down for those who meet its imposing and pervasive atmosphere and who will settle into its rhythms. So much is revealed by letting the senses produce the flow of images, thoughts, and sounds, unimpeded by external stimulation. The world becomes a blank slate of black, silence, and stillness. I am obviously the generator of what arises, along with myriad unseen forces." (Martin Lowenthal, 2003)

DARKROOM RESOURCES

Please find below a compilation of resources that will be useful in your preparation for your own journey into the light. As more and more people are coming through our K-Dome we will be adding more testimonials here on an ongoing basis. Check out the audio section to access the MP3 files of recently recorded conversations.

Also, anybody interested in learning how to build an earthbag dome, please note that we will be teaching a 3-week dome building workshop between 18 February and 10 March 2012. For more information, click here.

To download the K-Dome poster, click here (PDF, 958 KB).
To download our K-Dome user manual, click here (PDF, 90 KB).

Reading:

Embracing Darkness as an Ecological Resource (Andrew Garrett Reece) — download pdf file (111 KB)
Darkness Technology - Darkness Techniques for Enlightenment (Mantak Chia) — download pdf file (1.2 MB)
Dark Room Enlightenment - Lesser, Greater, and Greatest Kan & Li (Mantak Chia) — download pdf file (3.4 MB)
Darkroom Diary Downloads (Jasmuheen) — download pdf file (836 KB)
Preparations for the Dark Room Retreat — download pdf file (88 KB)

Audio:

Dark Ecology — A talk by Andrew Garrett Reece (85 mins.)
download audio file (40.4 MB)
2 Day Darkroom Retreat in our Earthbag Dome — Nick shares his experience download audio file (6.6 MB)
2 Day Darkroom Retreat in our Earthbag Dome — Lori shares her experience download audio file (5.8 MB)
2 Day Darkroom Retreat in our Earthbag Dome — Brian shares his experience download audio file (7.6 MB)
3 Day Darkroom Retreat in our Earthbag Dome — Simon shares his experience download audio file (6.9 MB)
Jasmuheen on Darkroom Retreats — download audio file (3.3 MB)
Darkroom Retreat with Jasmuheen — Participants share their experiences download audio file (4 MB)
3 Week Tao Garden Darkroom Retreat — Dirk shares his experience download audio file (1.6 MB)
3 Week Tao Garden Darkroom Retreat — Nicolae shares his experience download audio file (2.7 MB)
22 Days fasting in the Dark — Bill shares his experience
download audio file (3.9 MB)
Darkroom Retreat with Jasmuheen — Kimberly shares her experience download audio file (2.7 MB)

Video:

Our Natural Sleep Cycle (Jessa Gamble, TED, 2010)
Quicktime / Flash / download this video (19.7 MB)
Living 2 Months in a Cave (excerpt of a 2006, 4-part BBC series on time)
Quicktime / Flash / download this video (13.4 MB)

TV Documentary:

The Secrets of Sleep (Discovery Science)

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