Roger was born in Holland in 1967. He started teaching with Linda in 2011 at the Simple Meditation Centre in Crafers West, South Australia.
I didn't know what it was, but there was always something missing - an empty feeling. I started to look deeper, and find places where I felt more connected. For me that was nature. I couldn't explain it but when I was in nature, there was a feeling of wanting to be more strongly connected to it. I had no idea that my ego was separating me from life.
Around the time my son was born in 1998, I attended a meditation course called Practical Philosophy. Within a few weeks I felt expansions. This was a confirmation for me that there is more to discover. The practice is based on being mindful. I worked with it in my daily life, but a lot of the time I forgot it, and I was lost in my thoughts and my desires.
My teacher Adriaan became seriously ill with only months to live. He was still teaching and very open about his dying. His death showed me my own mortality.
Once settled in Adelaide I met my teacher Linda Clair. Her approach was just exactly what I was looking for. There were no rituals, and it was really honestly sitting, deeply connected in your body. This was also the first time that I heard the term enlightenment. During the meditation evenings, when I was sitting in front of her I saw very clearly how open she was and how naturally she responded to everything. There were no expectations of herself or of me. That is the freedom I was looking for. After a while I saw my own potential in her and became very determined to go deeply into meditation.
Being around her energy opened me up more. After an intense session I could often feel the energy running through my body. The direct physical pain was gone and I experienced a deeper aliveness in my body than I had ever felt before. I became more able to just sit with this current and it made my body very sensitive.
My search ended during a 7-day retreat in June 2010. Half way through the sitting it felt like a huge thunderstorm came in and overtook me completely. There was nobody reacting to it, just a feeling to let it run its course. The energy was overpowering. It was very intense and at the same time there was a deep feeling of being "home", - the person was “gone” and there was a total surrender to it. The energy became reality and brought the mind into its place. After the session I wrote the following words;
'Energy is running through my body clearing out my past. Energy makes this body alive. Energy is the motor of this body. Energy is always and everywhere. Energy takes care of the breathing. Energy is life.'
After the sitting I had a shower and felt deeply connected to life. The standalone system was transformed into a grid-connection.
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