The Fall Retreat
Powerful Consciousness Workshops
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To enroll yourself in these workshops is to take action that speaks louder than words about your personal commitment to awakening.
Cheng Hsin Consciousness work is INTENSE and DEMANDS your attention, energy, and commitment. The only other requirement is to be there. If you’re up for a mind-blowing adventure, consider yourself invited to these powerful events.
We question not for an answer, but to experience the truth.
The Cheng Hsin Fall Retreat takes place each year in October and consists of four consecutive workshops deeply exploring the most advanced Cheng Hsin Consciousness work on the planet.
We start with a six day Transcending Self Workshop (TSW), created by Peter Ralston and facilitated with Brendan Lea. Following this we move on to the recently created advanced consciousness workshop, the Transcending Life and Death Workshop (TLD). Following the TLD is a brand new workshop—the most advanced workshop ever created—called The Absolute Consciousness Workshop (ACW), after which we end with more contemplation in the Insight and Enlightenment Workshop (IEW).
Though each of these workshops can be done alone, they are designed for consecutive study. We recommend that you participate in the entire four weeks. Taken together, the new Fall Retreat is the most off the charts powerful and transformative investigation of consciousness that has ever been created. Use the links nearby to get more details about the workshops in the Retreat, to download brochures, and to register.
*We highly recommend that you attend the Experiencing the Nature of Being workshop and perhaps other consciousness workshops before tackling these more advanced workshops. This foundation helps you get the most out of the Fall Retreat.
Transcending Self Workshop
(Week One)
This advanced workshop goes deeply into the existential origins of the elements necessary to produce what you experience as the world in which you live—your experience of you, others, and life as you live it. In this workshop you will stretch far beyond anything humans have confronted or collectively understood heretofore.
Transcending Life and Death Workshop
(Week Two)
This is the big one! We have excellent workshops on what dominates your life, how experience is created, even changing your experience of life. But thus far, we haven’t done a workshop on the central and most primal issue of life and death.
Even without enlightenment, by getting free of our deep and overwhelming assumptions about life and the meaning of life, and confronting the overlooked and resisted realities of death, we can proceed to confront and create a new relationship, understanding, and experience of life and death.
Note: The Experiencing the Nature of Being Workshop is highly recommended before doing this workshop, and we also recommend doing the Transcending Self Workshop at some point prior to tackling this one, and that you follow your TLD immediately with the Insight and Enlightenment Workshop.
Absolute Consciousness Workshop
(Week Three)
This is the most advanced workshop I have ever created, I am committed to the attempt to lead people into an absolute consciousness, free from self and even beyond the limitations of humanity.
As always with a new workshop, I plan to personally do this workshop for the first time during the Fall Retreat 2025. I hope you can attend. It will truly blow your mind and expose you to assertions you are very likely to be stunned by.
Again, it is highly recommended that you do the Experiencing the Nature of Being Workshop before attempting this one!
Insight and Enlightenment Workshop
(Week Four)
Contemplation Intensive meets Ontological Workshop. In this workshop, roughly half the time will be devoted to pure contemplation, primarily in the form of dyads with a partner (Contemplation and Communication Exercises). The other half will be exercises, guided meditations, talks, and dialogues given by Peter about subjects aligned with this contemplative effort. Such a two-fold approach both opens and grounds our work. Some of what will be addressed: Let go of unnecessary attachments Open up beyond mind Wonder: What is a body? Get to the source of your perceptions. Look into your very “soul.” Discover the illusions of self and life. Undertake the koan of Now Transcend the separation conundrum. Approach the Absolute nature of existence directly.
*Note – The Insight and Enlightenment Workshop is available to everybody with no prior experience required.
The Retreat Space
This retreat will be held on a private 14 acre property. Breaks should be refreshing and relaxing. The schedule leaves some room for swimming and introspection as you reflect on the work and soak in the experiences of the day.
What’s Included:
The cost of the martial sections includes instruction, room and board, a huge space with good mats. For those with the courage to participate in the consciousness work, the cost includes room and board plus a guided tour of your own consciousness by one of the most riveting and focused teachers you will ever encounter.
The Center
Our center includes a 40×80 foot hall with kitchen, showers, sinks, and toilets. Participants will be housed in the building, or in large tent-cabins, and provided with a huge cot, foam, sleeping bag, pillow and lights. There is also a large swimming pool and hot tub.
Signing Up:
To secure the most inexpensive fee available, a non-refundable deposit is due far in advance. For exact dates and amounts go to registration, and for dates see the Schedule of Events.
Fall Retreat On Zoom
For the first time we have been working to create a way for people to participate in the workshops online. So far it seems it can work. If you want to participate in these workshops online you will need a computer and the newest Zoom application. If you have never used Zoom it would be good to try it out and get to know how it works beforehand.
The times for the workshops will generally start at 8am and end around 9 or 10pm, Central Standard Time in the USA. So depending on where you live you will have to adjust your sleeping schedule and perhaps be up much of the night and sleep during the day. Best to start that shift a few days before the workshop.
Making this alteration to your sleep schedule and having to sit in front of a computer for about 8 hours a day (with many breaks) is the down side. The upside is you don’t have to travel and during the pandemic can remain at home. If you are willing to make these adjustments then join us in the Fall Retreat.
More details will be sent if you sign up and click the Zoom option.
*ZOOM Fall Retreat Registration
