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Dear Friends on the Path. Spring is in the air. Longer days and milder nights. Soon there will be a riot of color and the promise of new life, new beginnings.
Join Florence, Zareen and Wayne for a spring Equinox Zikr. Join us in song, movement, rhythm and prayer. Bring your percussion instruments to play along.

Join us for an evening of song and movement, with familiar songs, and large hearts. As we continue waiting until […]

April 24th Zoom Gathering With Grace Marie We will be meeting with Grace Marie and many more of our friends […]

Zareen and Wayne will be offering a multi-faith Zikr evening this coming Saturday. We will meet for an hour to […]

You are invited to a Zoom Song and Dance with Zareen and Wayne on Saturday, April 16th at 10: AM […]

Week 1 Remembrance

Week Two Working Man with Vishrant

Conclusion: Questions with Vishrant

What is non-duality?

Non-duality is covered in a lot of different traditions. It comes from Advaita Vedanta primarily, because what we call non-duality is derived from Advaita. which means “Not two.” But other traditions study it as well. Buddhism, Sufis and Dervishes talk about non-duality.

In a nutshell, poetically, you could say there is just oneness, there is no other, there is no second. This however brings up the idea of a me, an individuality, with a center of some kind. That’s two. It is but an illusion obscuring the fact that there’s just oneness there’s unicity only.

I tend to talk a lot about ceasing to do because it is helpful to minimize our our volitional action. Basically this "me" that is constantly trying to do just reinforces the feeling of a "me" trying to do something and get somewhere.

This ceasing to do can start in very very simplistic ways. We typically do so much more than is even necessary. I mean, if you just check your own posture for example. If you're sitting or standing perfectly upright it requires very little muscle to stay upright, but if you're leaning we have to do a lot to fight gravity or we'll collapse.

How do you come up with a question? Does it matter what we ask?

I would say it's best not to ask about hypotheticals. You want to try to make any question asked relevant to yourself not other people. If you ask a question like "How could you go with this philosophy", it doesn't really apply.

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