• Zoom Link — Cohort Sessions
• Mighty Networks — Fire Circle

What Is Non-Duality?

Non-duality literally means "not two." It does not assert what reality is, but points to an inquiry into how separation is experienced, assumed, or constructed. Across traditions, non-dual practice involves questioning the habitual sense of being a separate self set apart from the world, others, or the Divine.

What is shared across traditions is not a single doctrine, but a movement: a turning toward immediacy · a questioning of reified identity · an invitation to see more clearly how experience is structured.

Traditions

• Advaita Vedānta — Liberation as recognition that the individual self (jīva) is ignorance (avidyā). What remains is Brahman.
• Ch'an / Zen — Return to original-nature. Dismantling conceptual constructions to rediscover empty, aware mind integral to the Cosmos.
• Taoism — Alignment with Tao, the generative cosmological process. Absence and Presence as the fundamental dual principle of reality.
• IFS (Internal Family Systems) — All parts have positive intent. The Self — spacious, compassionate, curious — can heal the inner system.
• Tibetan Buddhism — Rigpa, the nature of mind. Dzogchen and Mahamudra as direct recognition practices.

Invocation

Learning Mindset

Commitment — Marrying your longing for Truth requires at least as much commitment as marrying another human. Notice inwardly: How available am I, in this season of my life, to give myself to this inquiry?

Taking Responsibility — Mix your own style with the program. If the group feels too large, use buddy calls and small groups. If a meditation is too wordy, let the words fade and let presence come forward.

Not-Knowing — This training may not unfold as you imagine. Rather than picturing how it should be, fall into the texture of each gathering as it unfolds.

Opening Inquiry — Lesson #1

Four Commitments

1. Arrive at both large and small group meetings on time
2. Offer full presence — camera on, other screens closed, respectful engagement
3. Arrive at meetings prepared — readings, exercises, and writing done
4. Offer feedback a few times during the program (takes ~2 minutes)

Weekly Assignment Outline (~5 hrs/week)

• Reading (1–2 hrs) — Assigned texts, read before each gathering
• Writing (30 min) — Reflect on readings or inquiry questions
• Fire Circle (20 min) — Post and engage on Mighty Networks
• Daily Meditation — Per the at-home retreat structure
• Buddy Call (optional, 45 min) — Deep-dive pair dialogue

Graduation Checklist