SAND18 US — Clear Teachings from the Tibetan Tradition

How Does an Awakened Person Perceive the World?

By David Loy

Obviously, that’s an important question for nondualists including Advaitins and Buddhists.

Exhausting the Mind

By Jean Klein

Question: When we say that we must come to the end of the mind, that we must exhaust the mind, is it a necessary process, something which must happen, or is it possible to have an insight without the mind being exhausted?

Embracing the Flame of Longing

By Mirabai Starr

You Must Die to Live

By Science and Nonduality

Awakening is not a walk in the park. It is a ride through hell.

29:00 – FREE

Linking Diversity and Unity

Is it possible to live a life of activity while holding the perception of unity and fulfillment?

Cultivating Equanimity In Uncertain Times

By Miranda Macpherson

Once you begin to taste the freedom of your true nature and are no longer bound by your ego identifications, your way of being can become significantly more graceful.

Waking from the Meme Dream

By Susan Blackmore

Wake up! Wake up! Errrr, ummmm, grrrrggr, Oh yes, I’m awake now. Wow, that was a weird dream.

The Ego Cannot Love

By Eric Baret

Love, we can’t talk about because it is what is. It isn’t an objective experience, it’s what is here at every moment, except when I pretend to love or when I want to be loved.

We are in the Death Phase Now: Do Not Run Away

By Jessica Hesser

Fear is raging, systems and structures are crumbling, much is being undone.

Why I Quit Ayahuasca Shamanism After 11 Years and 1,000 Ceremonies

By Tina “Kat” Courtney

I’m alive because of Ayahuasca. I am connected, soulful, expanded, and spilling over with self-love, mostly because of the blessing of attending around 1,000 sacred plant ceremonies.

Consciousness is Intrinsic in the Universe

By Paul Mulliner

It’s easy, during our everyday life in the world, to forget how extravagantly remarkable a human being actually is.

Science and the Existence of Ether

By David Storoy

The existence of an ether – an all-pervading medium composed of a subtler kind of matter – has been taught by mystic philosophers throughout the ages.

Spirituality and Heavy Metal? Oh Yes!

By Chris Grosso

Look deeper. Look deeper at your mala, your skateboard, your yoga mat. Look deeper at your records,…

Mindful Thoughts for Stargazers

By Shawn Radcliffe

Astronomer and Ex-Zen Monk Mark Westmoquette's Book Review

Pause for a Moment

By Jeff Foster

Don’t try and be “spiritual.” Don’t seek any particular state or feeling.

The Poor Joke

By Wei Wu Wei

Bondage is being dependent, tied up, limited. On, to, by, what?

Guidepost of Silent Illumination

By Master Hongzhi

Silent and serene, forgetting words, bright clarity appears before you.

Love Language: The Inter-Spiritual Heart of the Mystics

By Mirabai Starr

For decades I was conditioned to believe that to engage a mature spiritual life I needed to “pick one tradition and go deep,”

Why Scurry About Looking for the Truth?

By Lao-Tsu

It vibrates in every thing and every not-thing, right off the tip of your nose.

What is Truth?

By Éric Baret

Seeking is an expression of truth, it’s not a way. Abhinavagupta, in the Tantraloka, is very clear; all the yoga practices are an expression of truth. Yoga does not bring us to truth, truth expresses itself through yoga.

46:00 – $0.99

SAND18 - Beyond the Illusion of the Perfect Teacher

With Sally Kempton

Why Believe in Rebirth?

By Dr. Jeffery D. Long

In a now famous conversation between Carl Sagan and the Dalai Lama, Sagan, a scientist and renowned…

On the Mystery of Being

By Science and Nonduality

Contemporary Insights on the Convergence of Science and Spirituality

Mental Inner Game: Mind—Opening Frames for Peace and Creativity

By Alexandra Sheren

“You can not open your heart, it is already open. It is the mind that is closed, and which must open to the heart.”

Non-dual Kashmir Shaivism – The Science of Ultimate Reality (Part I)

By Maria Syldona

Kashmir Shaivism encompasses a vast territory of wisdom and knowledge about the universe and a human…

Non-dual Kashmir Shaivism – The Science of Ultimate Reality (Part III)

By Maria Syldona

As the process of manifestation (involution of Ultimate Reality into becoming the physical Universe) begins, the tattvas (principles, states of consciousness) that logically appear first are those of what is called the Pure Creation and pure knowledge.

When Is Sex a Spiritual Practice?

By Deborah Anapol

Recognizing that our bodies and our sexuality are sacred is a good way to begin undoing the split between sex and spirit...

The Divine Mother Durga

By Laura Amazzone and M.A.

Durga is a Goddess of Strength and Justice who brings compassion, peace, calm and order to the chaos, destruction and conflict in any situation.

51:00 – FREE

Growing Up Men

With Richard Rohr

From the dualistic thinking of the first half of life into the contemplative mind of the integrated self

Science Pointing to Nonduality

By Mark Gober

Most of my life was spent as a materialist. I regarded physical matter as the basis of reality. From matter emerged biological organisms such as humans, which developed brains, and out of the brain emerged consciousness.

The Gentle Art of Blessing

By Pierre Pradervand

Gentleness is a state of consciousness.

Non-dual Kashmir Shaivism – The Science of Ultimate Reality (Part II)

By Maria Syldona

An extraordinary and profound personal experience illustrates the tenet that the Model of Manifestation describes both the Universe – and a human being.

18:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Spontaneous Creativity: Manifesting Your Positive Qualities

With Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Creativity can be seen as a state of natural flow...

Tandava the Cosmic Dance

By Daniel Odier

Tandava means totality. It means the path is absolutely non-dual, because we integrate everything and we don't refuse any aspect of the human being

3:00 – FREE

The Unknowable Reality of Things

With Rupert Spira

An immersive visual meditative journey with Rupert Spira

Let the Moon Be Free – Conversations on Kashmiri Tantra

By Eric Baret

Shaped and sustained by the nondual tradition of Kashmir Shivaism, Eric Baret’s words take us back to the simple observation of our felt sense of emotion and, ultimately, to pure listening.