La Perception

The five senses, and the sense of the invisible

La Perception works on your five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. And it works on a sixth sense: the sense of the invisible (fig. 1).

Each sense can be set. You learn to open it when you decide to, to direct it, and to close it again. The sense of the invisible too: it is above all this one that must be well controlled.

You learn to bring perception in cold, when you decide to, on what you have chosen. To direct it towards neutral things that do not concern you. To tell what is perceived from what the mind makes up. And to check.

Checking is the heart of the Centre’s method: each exercise has a result that can be observed. It is the observation that teaches, not conviction.

Who can come

La Perception is for those who have done the Mental Treatment and La Maîtrise. The order matters: training perception without holding the mind means opening the river before having learned to hold it. The Centre offers this to no one.

The condition is the same as for La Maîtrise: regular practice of the daily Δ Delta Score record since the end of the previous retreat. The quality of the scores does not count, including and above all on difficult days. The decision is made at home.

Everything begins with a consultation with M. Mischa Harmeijer.

Afterwards

There is no retreat above it. What follows is your practice, at home, over time, supported when you wish by consultations with M. Mischa Harmeijer and by the Centre’s Gatherings. Trained perception is not an end point: it is a tool, and a tool is worth what one does with it.

Setting

La Perception is neither care, nor therapy, nor a personal development course.

It promises no gift, no extraordinary faculty, no result: the training produces its effects through practice and keeping it up, at a pace that varies from one person to another — and some exercises fail for a long time before they succeed, that is their nature. It replaces no medical or psychological follow-up — if you are currently being followed, the written agreement of the practitioner who supports you is required, as for all the Centre’s approaches. What is guaranteed is what depends on us: six days of structured work, a daily individual consultation, and a programme to continue.

You can interrupt your stay at any time. This decision is entirely yours and does not need to be justified. The setting is demanding, it is never a constraint: nothing keeps you at the Centre. The conditions that apply in case of interruption are set out in the terms and conditions.

The first step

A consultation with M. Mischa Harmeijer.

Admission to La Perception never happens by simple registration. It always begins with a consultation with M. Mischa Harmeijer.

During this consultation, M. Mischa Harmeijer listens, observes, and looks at where your practice stands since La Maîtrise. He assesses whether La Perception is the right answer for you, at this precise moment of your path. If it is not, he tells you clearly — and points you towards what will be more suitable for you.

What comes before admission

The condition is the same as for La Maîtrise: regular practice of the daily Δ Delta Score record since the end of the previous retreat, kept up consistently. The quality of the scores is not taken into account — including and above all on difficult days.

Final admission is granted at the end of the consultation. If it is confirmed, a date is set, and the precise course of your six days — individual — is explained to you.

As each day includes an individual consultation with M. Mischa Harmeijer, the number of retreats conducted each month is strictly limited.

Medical support

A general practitioner at your side.

Centre EPÉU works with Dr Séverine Jalet, general practitioner, homeopath and acupuncturist. This collaboration allows consistent support for subjects whose situation requires medical follow-up complementary to our approach.

When a consultation is necessary

Some approaches offered by the Centre may require a prior medical check-up. If your situation calls for it, an appointment with Dr Jalet will be asked of you before the work begins.

If you are currently in therapy or under the supervision of a psychiatrist, the written agreement of the practitioner who follows you is required.

Looking for a general practitioner?

If you do not have a regular doctor, or if you are looking for a practitioner open to complementary approaches, Dr Jalet receives patients at her practice for general medicine, homeopathy and acupuncture.