We interviewed Norman, a helper on the last German speaking course and asked him how it went:

“It was an extraordinary experience. Until now I had helped on Oneness Experience courses held in my country but here it was completely different. I came here without any particular expectations and everything went really well. I’m happy!”

Were you impressed by something in particular of this course?
“It was very interesting to see how the participants changed as the course went on. At the beginning they were curious and nervous; then day after day they became more involved in the process and started to work at a deeper level in a contemplative state”.

The atmosphere at the Campus was in fact very peaceful during the course, filled with long silences.

“I think for us Germans it is particularly easy to be silent when asked to do so by the teachers”

When did you first learn about the Oneness Experience/Deeksha?
“I learnt about the Oneness Experience/Deeksha in 2006 when a friend told me about it. I went with him to a few evenings where I directly experienced the Oneness Experience/Deeksha and after having read the book “Awakening into Oneness” by Arjuna Ardagh I decided to go to India to do the course but I had financial problems. I started to pray asking for my dream to come true. After a week something incredible happened: my insurance sent me a cheque for damage compensation which I had asked for a long time before, I had already given up any hope of receiving anything; at this point I was ready to go."

Has your life changed after the Oneness Experience/Deeksha?
“The change occurred gradually: you don’t just wake up one morning ‘awakened’! I noticed that in everyday life, day after day, I was able to handle what happened in a better way and I was able to live everything, even the smallest thing, with more awareness. This awareness is like a long wave which, as it grows, increases my ability to see what is happening within me. I am calmer and I feel like an observer of the situations that used to overwhelm me making me feel anxious. In the past, in my relationships I always tended to blame the others for what was happening to me. Now everything is within me; I’ve brought the steering wheel inside myself. I am aware that the external world is a reflection of my internal world.”

Before saying good-bye is there something you wish to add?
“Yes. I would like to say that before knowing about the Oneness Experience/Deeksha I had practiced Reiki and meditation for many years, trying to involve my friends in these activities so that they could obtain some of the well-being I was experiencing but I never managed to do so and in the end I felt lonely because I could not share my experience with them. With the Oneness Experience/Deeksha everything has changed! Many of my friends who have been to a Oneness Experience/Deeksha evening still continue to go regularly and the great thing is that some of them went to the evening of their own accord; I did not even have to invite them. Now, together with other six or seven Oneness Facilitators we have created a large group that meets every week in my town. We are one big family and we are truly experiencing what Oneness means in our everyday life: a feeling that brings well-being to everyone!