Shock therapy is a popular method of treatment. But let’s take a look at how things really stand with a dark retreat.
The effects of shock therapy
Shock is really the reverse order of an experience. What actually happens is that we first live through something, completely unconsciously, and only afterwards do we gradually realise what has actually happened.
In shock, a person is “sort of out of it” and doesn’t fully live through the whole situation. If, for example, someone is afraid of spiders and wants to try shock therapy, they will probably have a big hairy spider put on their palm. Now there are 3 possible outcomes:
1) the person has a heart attack – hooray, we nearly finished off the patient, who in all likelihood will never go near a spider again
2) the person freezes – the paralysis is triggered by the reptilian brain, when the fear is so strong that it causes the physiological freeze response; sometimes the freezing lets go, and so does the fear
3) the person experiences the closeness and touch of the spider and finds out that it won’t hurt them, yet they still get a shiver down their spine and a twitch in their hand – with repetition, the fear could disappear completely
Darkness therapy is gradual
When you step into the darkness, there is no shock reaction. The darkness is all around you, but it doesn’t attack you in any way, nor does it test you.
It is only after a few minutes, or hours, that you actually realise you can’t see.
So this is a gradual but thorough therapy, in which stored emotions and situations are slowly washed up to the surface, and you have enough time to fully live through each emotion and give it your attention.
Darkness therapy isn’t just for slowcoaches
If you’re into adrenaline sports and worry that darkness therapy isn’t for you, it may well be quite the opposite. A change of life for a few days works wonders, even if you don’t jump out of a plane at four kilometres.
We believe that a thorough journey at the practitioner’s own pace is the fastest way to your divinity, to your higher self.
