House of the beloved

06/12/2025

“Crazy wisdom” meditatie training
www.houseofthebeloved.eu/meditatie

> “Steeds dieper en dieper naar binnen gaan, zonder een referentiepunt van spiritualiteit, een redder, goed of kwaad - zonder enige vorm van referentie! Tot we de grond bereiken van (conceptuele) hopeloosheid. Dit genadeloze “ad fundum” proces van psychologische penetratie is de essentie van geschifte wijsheid (crazy wisdom) en een pad naar vrijheid.” - Chögyam Trungpa

(English program will be announced soon)

Lieve aspirant meditator,

De “Crazy Wisdom” meditatie training is een diepgaande immersie van vijf maanden in ideeën en meditaties die de wereld bevrijden van jouw projecties (ook wel ontwaken genoemd). Door middel van retraites, twee-wekelijkse online oefeningen en lezingen, wekelijkse gedeelde uitwisseling met een andere deelnemer, en individuele feedback-sessies, maak je kennis met ‘samen anders zijn’. Met een kleine groep toegewijde meditatoren creëren we de voorwaarden voor een ervaring van ontwaken.

Deze training is transspiritueel. Dat betekent dat alle levensoriëntaties welkom zijn en er niet wordt uitgegaan van een dogmatische waarheid of een heilige autoriteit. Dat gezegd zijnde, de ideeën en oefeningen waarmee we zullen werken, komen grotendeels uit het Tibetaans Boeddhisme (Mahamudra en Dzogchen) en het Tantrisch Shaivisme.

We kijken ernaar uit om hier samen met jou aan te beginnen.
Eindelijk nergens naartoe gaan.
 
Het ga je goed.

Data:
6-8 maart 2026
24-26 April 2026
19-21 juni 2026

06/12/2025

www.houseofthebeloved.eu/meditatie

> “Steeds dieper en dieper naar binnen gaan, zonder een referentiepunt van spiritualiteit, een redder, goed of kwaad - zonder enige vorm van referentie! Tot we de grond bereiken van (conceptuele) hopeloosheid. Dit genadeloze “ad fundum” proces van psychologische penetratie is de essentie van geschifte wijsheid (crazy wisdom) en een pad naar vrijheid.” - Chögyam Trungpa

(English program will be announced soon)

Lieve aspirant meditator,

De "Crazy Wisdom" meditatie training is een diepgaande immersie van vijf maanden in ideeën en meditaties die de wereld bevrijden van jouw projecties (ook wel ontwaken genoemd). Door middel van retraites, twee-wekelijkse online oefeningen en lezingen, wekelijkse gedeelde uitwisseling met een andere deelnemer, en individuele feedback-sessies, maak je kennis met 'samen anders zijn'. Met een kleine groep toegewijde meditatoren creëren we de voorwaarden voor een ervaring van ontwaken.

Deze training is transspiritueel. Dat betekent dat alle levensoriëntaties welkom zijn en er niet wordt uitgegaan van een dogmatische waarheid of een heilige autoriteit. Dat gezegd zijnde, de ideeën en oefeningen waarmee we zullen werken, komen grotendeels uit het Tibetaans Boeddhisme (Mahamudra en Dzogchen) en het Tantrisch Shaivisme.

We kijken ernaar uit om hier samen met jou aan te beginnen.
Eindelijk nergens naartoe gaan.

Het ga je goed.

Data:
6-8 maart 2026
24-26 April 2026
19-21 juni 2026

03/11/2025

NEW coming up: Thu, 13/11, 7pm, philosophical st******se
https://shorturl.at/9PkPO

*This week at House of the beloved:*

Tue, 4/11, 6pm potluck, 7pm authentic presence
https://shorturl.at/OBMVB

The practice of authentic presence is about freely expressing and revealing yourself while being with others. Through this practice, you learn to let go of habitual patterns and conditioned responses, allowing you to form deeper, more genuine connections rooted in who you truly are.

27/10/2025

Dear beloved,

As we open House of the Beloved for our weeklong residency, you are warmly invited to join us for any of the ceremonies. Below is our daily schedule.

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0640 waking up�
0700 silent sit�
0745 body practice (yoga, dance, martial arts)�
0815 breath work & uccara �
0845 morning ceremony & dance�

0915 BREAKFAST�

0945 karma yoga
�1000 open time (study/teaching/experimenting)
�1300 meditation�

1330 LUNCH�

1400 open time (work/ritual�1800 vespers�)

1830 SIMPLE DINNER�

1900 evening workshop �
2200 evening ceremony�
2230 silence till after breakfast
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We would love to welcome you here.
May you be well.

Our residency program is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in contemporary monastic practices that invite you to fully choose and embody your own way of being human.

23/10/2025

Dear presencers

What a beautiful evening Tuesday! Thanks a lot for being there.
Hope to see you again next week!

We talked about the other activities at House of the beloved. Below you find some urls’s with more information:

residential week - live like a monk for a week (starts this Monday 27/10)
https://shorturl.at/nuKR7

weekly authentic presence
https://shorturl.at/ByhAs

meditation immersion - calm and discipline your mind
https://shorturl.at/YoJCr

fascist reading group - raising awareness and agency
https://shorturl.at/7iPt5

anchor down: repair your attachment insecurity
https://shorturl.at/2OW1z

make a donation to support us supporting you
https://shorturl.at/hzXNh

May you be well!

Living on donations is an ancient monastic tradition. It makes us independent from the government and the free market. This allows us to seek and embody what is true without compromise, and keeps our activities and the connections we forge as the goal, not a means to an end. Thank you for your contr...

23/10/2025

Dear beloved,

(English below)
NL: We denken na over welke taal we zullen gebruiken voor onze volgende meditatie-immersion (https://shorturl.at/Cika8) en horen graag jouw voorkeur. Als je interesse hebt om deel te nemen aan een Nederlandstalige immersion, laat het ons dan hieronder weten. We plannen om te starten begin 2026, en bepalen de exacte data samen met de mensen die willen deelnemen.

EN: We’re currently deciding which language to use for our next meditation immersion (https://shorturl.at/Cika8) and would love your input. If you’re interested in joining an English-language immersion, please let us know below. We plan to start at the beginning of 2026, and we’ll determine the exact dates together with those who wish to participate.

06/10/2025

There’s never been a single thing; Then were’s defiling dust to cling? If you can reach the heart of this, why talk of transcendental bliss? - Hui Nêng

This week at House of the beloved:

7/10: *authentic presence*
https://shorturl.at/RBDOJ

8/10: *online meditation* try-out
https://shorturl.at/Jo4E0

11/10: taster day *immersion meditation*
https://shorturl.at/YTmJx

May you be well.

01/10/2025

Dear beloved,

I’d love to start an anti-fascist reading and discussion group with you, to stay clear and aware of the political transformations shaping our time. Authors who will accompany us are Adorno, Deleuze & Guattari, Fromm, Marcuse, and others who you may propose. Please pm me if you'd like to join.

Included a first blog post trying to clarify confusions about “woke”.
https://shorturl.at/ukVaP

"Equating all liberation (woke) movements with “wokism” is a straw man fallacy used by right-wing politicians to promote discriminatory (and at times fascist) agendas. They begin with legitimate criticism of wokism but then generalise incorrectly to everything related to woke/liberation movements, claiming that dismantling all “woke” policies will increase freedom of speech and end an oppressive leftist regime that supposedly disempowers the privileged majority. But equity does not come from the equal treatment of unequals. Equal absence of restrictions (“free from”) does not guarantee equal opportunity (“free for”). A wheelchair enables a person without legs to move, hearing aids enable the elderly to hear, and braille enables blind people to read and live more autonomously. Unequal treatment of unequals is often what creates equal opportunity."

May you be well.

“Wokism” should not be confused with genuine liberation movements (woke/awake) that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in order to expand freedom of speech and expression for all (including for minority groups), raise awareness of systemic barriers to equal opportunity, and contribute to a...

30/09/2025

“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.” - Gregory Bateson

This week at House of the beloved:

Tue 30/9 7pm *authentic presence*
https://shorturl.at/NWSJG

Wed 1/10 7pm *ta***ic breathing*
https://shorturl.at/8uDx7

Thy 2/10 7pm *singing circle/kirtan*
https://tinyurl.com/w9mahftm

Coming up:

Wed 8/10 7pm *online meditation*
https://shorturl.at/4Jxho

Sat 11/10 7pm *taster day immersion*
https://shorturl.at/UctYE

Fri 17/10: start *crazy wisdom meditation immersion*
https://shorturl.at/Cika8

May you be well

24/09/2025

Dear beloved,

We live in a changing world. The old order is crumbling, and the new order has not yet arrived. In the chaos that follows, it is important to have clarity about what is unfolding. The short clips below show how to recognize fascism. It may surprise you that we are surrounded by it.

English by Jason Stanley: https://shorturl.at/LUShj
Dutch by De Correspondent: https://shorturl.at/jEeeV

At house of the beloved we have a clear position, expressed by our mission: *being different together*. This openness to diversity is now under active siege by fascist movements. While you may feel powerless to directly influence global conflicts, you can take on the conflict that lives within you (your inner critic, judgements, and projections) through practices like meditation, authentic presence, and shadow work. In doing so, you lessen the risk of becoming an ignorant accomplice to fascism.

This is an invitation to stay radically true to yourself, because “the only way to deal with an unfree world, is to become so absolutely free, that your very existence is an act of rebellion” (Camus).

May you be well.

Ja, het fascisme is terug. Vind je dat overdreven? Dat is precies hoe het werkt. Fascisme maakt extremisme normaal, waardoor waarschuwingen alarmistisch klin...

23/09/2025

During meditation, it is the erotic desire for truth that seduces me to trespass the once-revered inner boundaries. I venture forward with my sword of veracity: nothing is sacred unless it is real in the immediacy of the moment. With each step, I reveal myself to myself -a st******se of illusions- until the naked truth is laid bare. Belief by belief, I uncover and recognise myself, feeling the sweet joy of coming home combined with the awe of penetrating into the inner sanctuary of my soul. (full blogpost: https://tinyurl.com/5f43xk2y )

This week at House of the beloved:

tue, 7pm: authentic presence
https://tinyurl.com/mr8ytf7f

wed, 7pm: introduction to meditation
https://tinyurl.com/3t6au5ft

thu, 6pm: unbound: womxn running wild together
https://tinyurl.com/5n6btj2e

fri-sun: crazy wisdom meditation immersion Level 2 (closed group)
https://tinyurl.com/5ffjctdv

May you be well.

13/09/2025

Dear beloved,

Do you long for a short break from your ordinary life? Do you wonder how it would be like to live as a monk for a while?

You’re invited to join our residential week (27/10-2/11)
https://shorturl.at/VfjUJ

_A residency is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in contemporary monastic practices that invite you to fully choose and embody your own way of being human. The usual pressures of time, money, beauty, happiness, health and normalcy are laid aside, so the craziness of your calling to authentic presence can break through._

Welcome.