Hello Reader,

I've been home for a week now and my body is slowly and reluctantly dragging itself back into the UK time zone.

I've not really been sure how or what to share about my trip away to India to spend time with Salvadore Poe, my current favourite 'teacher'. I find words more and more limiting these days and have realised that I favour feelings far more.

It occurred to me while I was away that I often don't have memories of past events, but instead I have feelings of past events. The smell of a particularly poorly tuned moped can immediately transport me back into the bustling chaos of a South East Asian city where I travelled in my 20's. Or the smell of a wood fire can transport me to rural Laos.

Since returning from India I've been asked my many people to talk about my time there, and I've found myself a little tongue-tied.

I can describe the myriad of colours, smells, sounds and sensations; for India really is a sensory delight!

But I guess what people really want to know is "have you changed?" Or " did you become enlightened?" They don't really want to know about the everyday calm madness, the stray dogs or my experiences of eating curry for breakfast, lunch and dinner with my fingers...

So, if you too are curious about whether I'm a different person or have become enlightened, then the short answer is 'no'.

The longer answer is that there is no mystical 'enlightenment' somewhere in the future, nor is there anything in this human body-mind that needs to be different from how it is. And, I hasten to add, that applies to you too!

Whatever we think enlightenment is, is already right here, now.

It is not some magical destination where, once finally there, we'll never experience anything other than eternal peace. No, it is ordinary. It is here, imbuing this very moment. Whether this very moment is filled with anxiety or excitement; love or loss. It is the ever present, eternal 'witness' that knows everything contained here.

Every thought, every sensation in the body, every sound, every sight, every smell, every taste...

All known to You; that which is not a 'thing' and cannot be described because every word would make it a 'thing'!

I tried to point you there in my book, The Truth Beyond Thought; Experiments To Rediscover Peace & Freedom but it's hard to explain, and can only be experienced.

And my time with Salvadore was spent experiencing That.

Seeing that this human body-mind (the experiencing entity for 'That' - the formless intelligence of life - you might call it Universe, or Intelligence, or Life, or Consciousness, or Aware, or God) is simply a collection of beliefs, society, conditioning... and behaves according to that, was very clear there.

People growing up in India behave differently from people growing up in Western countries. What makes sense to us, doesn't make sense to them and visa versa. Not because we are 'right' and they are 'wrong' or we are 'wrong' and they are 'right', but simply because of what was input into them. Our behaviour is logical, depending on what is believed in the moment of it (as explained in this free audio I created from Insight Timer).

So I guess you could say that there is a greater knowing of what's true. Maybe there is a greater relaxation into playing this human character; to seeing that there's nothing 'wrong' with it and it simply behaves as it does due to the 'programme' that has been put into it.

And maybe there is a deepening knowing that there really is nothing to do and nowhere to get to (outside of what thought has to say about that)...

I'll leave you with a poem that one of the wonderful friends I made on the intensive wrote about our time together. I think really it says everything there is to say, and does so far better than I can. You'll find it here on her Substack.

And some doodles that I did while listening to Sal...

Upcoming events

Monthly Topsham, Devon Meetup

We meet on the last Monday of every month to explore living from the 'heart' rather than the 'head', what's true and other such topics.

Monday 23rd February 12pm for a 12.30pm start until 2pm. Nancy Potter House, Exe-ercise Meeting Room.

Mindful/Intuitive Art Retreat

Again I'm joining Lucy Sheffield to create a long weekend of connecting to nature and following intuition to paint and create in a field in Devon. There are a couple of spaces left. If you'd like one you can find out more here.

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The Intuition Experiment Community

This is my new supportive monthly membership that you can join and leave at any time, to explore living more from intuition (or 'true self') than from conditioned, habitual thoughts. It's where I'm most active in supporting individuals to live a free-er life outside of my 1:1 work. If you are at a cross-roads in life and find yourself wanting to live life differently, then join this lovely small community to transition to a new paradigm. One where more ease and flow is available, more of the time. Full details here.

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I have space for a couple of people in my 1:1 work. If you'd like more personalised support to live a life of freedom then book a free exploratory call to see if we might be a good fit to work together. The call itself may be enough to move you forward...

Until next time, happy exploring.

Much love,

Vicki

Vicki Montague

​Founder Free From Fairy | Free From Limits​

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