First I apologise for my Czech.
I read an article about darkness therapy on the internet a few years ago and the idea caught my interest. It said that it exists in Germany. But on purpose I didn’t look whether it is here in the Czech Republic, and by chance I saw a link to your website on a friend’s website.
I read the info there and already I wanted to try how it is. And then I booked a date at Christmas for 1 day. And because I knew quite long in advance that I would be there only 1 day, in some way I planned what I would do there.
When I arrived a doggy gave me a nice welcome and then we went to the sanctuary.
To the sanctuary for a dark retreat
It was around lunchtime. Before the light was switched off I asked about dinner and Tomas told me he would bring some fruit. And not long after he brought it. But in that time the light was already off and I don’t know why I decided I would try to eat nothing until morning and only drink water. Really, from the tap there comes such soft and tasty water like I never drank in my life until then. So I had a drink and fell asleep. In my opinion I slept around 1-1.5 hours. And when I woke up I started doing what I had in my plan. Different exercises and meditation. Then I fell asleep again, not for long. Then after waking up thoughts came to me about what information will be useful for me and what I should read afterwards. Then for some time I just sat and noticed myself. And it was an interesting feeling in the dark and silence. Now I realise that such a feeling is hard to get in everyday life. Always you have some sounds or some light. I didn’t know what time it is and when the stay will end. So I alternated several more times sleep, exercise and noticing myself. I had my tasks done and already I started trying to work out roughly what time it is, but in vain. And at that moment Tomas knocked on the door that it is already time to go out.
Afterwards I found the information that came to my mind during the dark retreat and I understood in which direction I should develop further. Not much time has passed yet, but already there are some results that make me happy.
So all the information you need is in your head, but because in everyday life a person usually doesn’t give himself attention in this way and doesn’t make so much time for himself, he gets buried in routine and doesn’t fully live his own life.
And this important information waits until a person gets to it after he deals with bills, work, relationships at work and in the family etc. So basically never ☺.
The dark retreat was an interesting experience
To finish I will write that it is a very interesting and good experience, or you can say an adventure. And mainly it really is like a therapy that helps in life. Whoever is hesitating about it, I can only recommend making one of the right decisions in your life and going for it. And about the length of the stay, that is individual.
Thank you Tomas and Lenka and everyone who took part in this project and in building the sanctuaries.
Andrej
