
Welcome To Was There Ever A Me?
On Online Half-Day Gathering Of Dialogue
A Description Of The Beingness Of All Things
That Is Always And Ever-present Wholeness
Introduction
All that appears is, in essence, an undefinable, and therefore apparently limitless, beingness that is neither completely something nor completely nothing, and cannot be known to be a derivative of the physical brain or body. This “no thing” is everything, showing up as an infinite variety of forms. Its everythingness is completeness, love without cause. It just is. Its appearance is beauty. Its lived flavour is wisdom.
The appearance of thought and sensation are the “children” of beingness, not separate but are beingness appearing. These are not optional appearances to get rid of or ignore; they are the built-in way beingness appears as human life.
What This Is
This beingness (sometimes referred to as ‘parental beingness’) — the simple fact of life happening; not a part or a state but the neither something nor nothing no-thing isness of everything. Beingness is always whole and complete as it is and can therefore be considered to be the parental context of all that appears as various experiences.
Appearing as mind (sometimes referred to as ‘apparent adolescent mind’) — the recognising storyteller: naming, planning, healing, protecting, believing. Adolescent in that its capacities, though remarkable, are fundamentally limited to thought and pattern recognition which cannot provide the source of wholeness and in this regard cannot be considered the parent.
Appearing as body (sometimes referred to as ‘apparent child body’) — how life is felt: sensations and emotions, and the whole sensed world (sounds, sights, other bodies, apparent objects). Child in that all such forms are on a fundamental level a causeless innocent expression of beingness and can be welcomed and not rejected as such.
These names are playful, not diagnostic or developmental. These aren’t parts or stages.
Nothing To Do Or Become
No steps. This isn’t a practice, technique, or path, just a description of what is.
Nothing missing. Everyday care still happens, food, rest, medicine, boundaries, conversations. Helpful or not, none of it makes you ‘more complete’, because completeness isn’t missing, it is the nature of all that appears.
Nothing excluded. Joy, boredom, panic, numbness, love, confusion, all included.
No bypassing. Mind and body, and their needs for rest, food, safety, connection, and care are always part of the family, not mistakes to rise above.
Wholeness And Completeness Of What Always Is
Wholeness here isn’t a feeling, insight, or peak moment. It doesn’t come and go. It not a mental state. Seeking experiences may show up; not seeking may show up. Either way, wholeness isn’t affected. There’s no requirement to stop or start anything to be what is already, as there is no separate you to do anything.
The ‘Separate Self’ Illusion
Many of us speak and feel as if there were someone inside who owns thoughts and feelings; in this story that ‘someone’ is an illusion. It starts when the mind tries to turn beingness into a thing it can recognise and from there imagines an owner, ‘me’ of this experience. The body then carries that tale as a felt pattern, tightening, bracing, seeking, habits of protection, so a personal self seems to be the same as the body–mind. Yet, in experience, beingness is never found as a something that can be objectively recognised. Nevertheless it is self-illuminating or “knowing” of itself.
Seen through that lens of the mind that objectifies things creating am imaginary self, there can be an instant sense that something is missing, as if wholeness just fell away. The natural sense that everything appearing is simply the ongoing flow of wholeness apparently gets obscured (it never really does), like fog on a window, and action easily turns into seeking more or different experiences, achievement, relationships, spiritual highs, calm, control, to fill the apparent gap.
This is an illusion on top of an illusion. As belief in the separate-self story falls away, as it becomes clear the mind by its imperative of reason does not and cannot know anything about the beingness that is through its mechanism of recognition, the sense of lack has nothing to stand on and like a mirage that never was disappears. What is actually found are thoughts, images and sensations; a separate owner is not found as an experience, only the story and the feel of one. This isn’t a practice or a state to maintain, sometimes the illusion is persuasive, sometimes it fades, sometimes it returns, but the completeness of what is remains unchanged causelessly.
Gathering Timetable
Each session is based on the theme expressed in the questions below and begins with a brief introduction by Freyja, followed by dialogue and questions and answers. No practices. No prescriptions.
Session 1: Was There Ever A Me?
2.00 to 3.00 pm
The ordinary beingness of everything is always present, hiding in plain sight, only apparently obscured by the illusion of being a separate self. There is nothing to do and no one to do it. Simply describing this, and the illusion of separation, is enough in many cases to loosen the grip of the illusion of separateness. As wholeness is revealed, this provides the loving safe context for the children of mind and body to function.
Break
3.00 to 3.30 pm
Session 2: How Does The Mind Function Without A Me?
3.30 to 4.30 pm
Mind carries the rational capacity to open to the possibility that it cannot know essential beingness through reason and recognition and cannot say therefore it is a personal beingness and not the impersonal field of all things. Free of the load of the veiling belief in separation that asserts the mind as the master of the family, in the peace and wholeness of the true parent that is beingness, thought and behaviour can appear as natural, enthusiastic expressions of nourishment, protection, healing and aliveness.
Break
4.30 to 5.00 pm
Session 3: How Does Living Happen Without A Me?
5.00 to 6.00 pm
The somatic felt sense we call the body is always in inseparable relationship with its surroundings: sounds, light, weather, other bodies and places. The body is the unique vantage point through which the day appears (to no one), simply as a flow of happenings. It carries its own simple intelligence, a pattern of needs that nourish, as somatic expressions of the love, wisdom and beauty from which it appears and of which it is made that can be freely expressed once the limiting self consciousness separateness of it sibling the mind dissolves.
A Non-Dualistic Bridge For Mental-Well-Being Work
Simple and accessible: quick to grasp and easy to share; no long training programmes. This is a simple metaphor most understand quickly. It stays aligned with non-duality while avoiding steps, beliefs, or techniques.
Client-friendly language: “being, mind, body” (or the playful ‘parent–adolescent–child’) is relatable without adding identity.
Fits alongside existing work: sits lightly with CBT, psychodynamic, somatic, Human Givens, trauma-focused work, and more—without replacing anything.
No bypassing: keeps ordinary needs (rest, food, safety, connection) in view.
Sensitive to neurodivergence: honours ADHD, autism, and other differences without pathologising.
Bridges psychology and spirituality: offers plain language for existential themes without imposing beliefs or practices.
Non-dogmatic and self-dissolving: a description, not a system; nothing to maintain.
Supports practitioner well-being: orienting to completeness can make the work feel less personally heavy.
Ethically supportive: encourages autonomy, avoids dependency, and respects scope of practice and clinical judgement.
A gentle doorway: for some, hearing that everything already belongs eases the felt sense of separateness; for others, nothing changes—and the language still reduces confusion and softens self-attack.
No promises, no pressure: not a technique, not a path—just a clear way to speak.
This isn’t clinical advice or a treatment. Please rely on your own judgement, ethics, and supervision, and use ordinary supports whenever they’re needed.
Gathering Pricing — Accessible, Fair, and Supportive
At Naturally Being, I believe that clarity and integration should be available to all, regardless of financial background. This workshop is offered through tiered pricing:
€150 – Standard rate
€125 – Enter code NB025
€75 – Enter code NB050
✨ Select the full price at checkout and apply the discount code that reflects your current financial situation.
If these rates are still not accessible, please reach out. Open, respectful conversations about access are always welcome.
Please note this work is of a educational, spiritual and philosophical nature and not a form of therapy or psychological treatment and not a substitute for psychological or medical treatment. If you are in any doubt please see a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist in your region.