Unveiling our True Nature - A Daylong Retreat
In-Person at the Victoria Friends Meeting House in Victoria, BC
with John Prendergast
Saturday, June 27th, 2026
Unveiling our True Nature - A Daylong Retreat to Embodied Spirituality
Unveiling our true nature means recognizing awareness itself as what remains while thoughts, feelings, and sensations change. This awareness is always present but usually overlooked. Attention stays focused on experience rather than awareness itself. Unveiling does not create something new. It reveals what is already here. Veils obscure this recognition on mental, emotional, and somatic levels.
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Join us for a daylong with John. In this meeting we will unveil our true nature through recognizing and effectively welcome resistances to opening to our deepest ground. There will be silent and guided meditations, a talk, a group or dyadic inquiry, and experiential conversations.
While this daylong retreat is divided into two parts, participants are encouraged to attend both parts for a more complete understanding and experience.
Part 1: 10:30 am - 12:30pm
Description: Part 1 of this daylong retreat will include a guided meditation for sensing into the Ground, a talk, experiential conversations, and a silent meditation.
Part 2: 2pm - 5 p.m.
Description: Part 2 of this retreat will include guided and silent meditations, a partnered meditative inquiry into the nature of our deepest ground, experiential conversations, and a shorter talk.
“Your Deepest Ground is a book of wise and subtle guidance through the intricate process of embodying our greatest spiritual insights and transformations.”
—Adyashanti, author of Falling into Grace
A Daylong gathering with John
When: Saturday, June 27th
Time: 10:30 am - 5 pm
Where: Victoria Friends (Quaker) Meeting House - 1831 Fern St, Victoria, BC
Cost: $75 USD
Registration: There is limited seating at the Quaker House, so we will not be selling tickets at the door. Please register below.
Cancellation Policy: Sales are final.
Questions: Please contact Marlene, Associate Director at PGI, at jonathan@purposeguides.org
John J. Prendergast was born and raised in Silicon Valley before there was any silicon. Instead, Santa Clara valley was full of orchards - plum and cherry - and wild mustard in the spring. He attended UC Santa Cruz when it was still small and experimental. There his spiritual search began in earnest. He attended a series of long meditation retreats in his twenties, before beginning his graduate studies in psychology.
He met his first teacher, the European Advaita master Jean Klein, in 1983 and studied with him until his death in 1998. He began studying with this second teacher, Adyashanti, in 2001.
He was a professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco for twenty-three years where he taught and supervised masters level counseling students. He has had a private psychotherapy practice since 1985.
Non-Duality Victoria - Non-Duality Victoria offers meditation gatherings at the Friends (Quaker) Meeting House on Fern St in Victoria and Meditation Retreats in Ucluelet, BC.