We are delighted to catch up with dedicated teacher, and MA member, from across the Tasman, meet Peter Calvert from Wisdomschool.nz
I initially began teaching in 1988 and combined meditation with energywork. Then in 1998 began facilitating spiritual training groups by first training participants in meditation. Since then many groups have combined meditation and spiritual practice and speaking in trance. I have worked in several cities in NZ and am currently in Alexandra NZ. Almost all students have been mature females.
The primary training task is to facilitate inner connection to the student’s own source of wisdom so they become self-guiding.
What’s the story behind your first meditation experience?
In the late 1980s I became interested in psychology and encountered a flyer at Waikato University advertising Buddhist Vipassana meditation in 10 day silent retreats. So Vipassana Kaukapakapa meditation centre attracted me for 10 retreats over 20 years until I had discovered enough of my prior life history to feel replete.
What or who inspires you?
My inspiration derives from my own collective consciousness. It has described a detailed model set useful for understanding the dynamics within both the non-physical field of first cause and embodiment. I have published this in several books over about 15 years.
Cushion time: How long did you meditate for today?
20 minutes so far today. A comfortable chair is common. Otherwise a kneeling stool.
Meditation Apps, yes or no?
No. Silence, isolation.
You’re the voice: Do you sing in the shower?
No 😉
The getting of wisdom: What’s the best, or most important thing, you’ve learned as a meditation teacher?
Persist in spite of all invitations to the contrary. Thereby discover loving-nature and non-physical identity.
What makes your heart sing and what you have come to value most?
When students manifest deep insight into their own integrity and its state of being anchored in their own identity.
The best thing today: What’s the most inspiring or loveliest thing you’ve seen or experienced today?
Frost clouds from melting snow.