SAND18 US — The Mystery of Life

The Pilgrimage of “Who Am I?”

A short conversation with Brazilian author Paolo Coelho

Book Review: The Fellowship of the River, by Joseph Tafur

By Science and Nonduality

As far as I know, this is a first: a book about ayahuasca and plant medicine and shamanism...

Sadness Without an Object

By Eric Baret

Sadness is one of the deepest emotions and it must be kept without an object.

Nondualism: A Brief History of a Timeless Concept

By Michael Taft

Many traditions and mystics talk about nondualism. But what is nondualism, and how have people—from different religions in different parts of the word—described this concept over time?

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You're that!

With Alan Watts

In this universe there is one great energy and we have no name for it

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By David Storoy

According to Ervin Laszlo, the coherence of the atom and the galaxies is the same coherence that keeps living cells together, cooperating to form life.

The Profound Activity of Questioning

By Eric Baret

Asking a question is being the most active you can be. It means being humble. Humility is the most active attitude.

Tantra and the West

By Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina

Tantra in the Western imagination stands for exotic and orgasmic rituals coming from India and Tibet that blend sex and meditation.

We Can Still Be Crazy

By Pema Chödrön

We may think meditation will improve us, but it’s really about accepting ourselves as we are right now.

Is Your Shaman Sketchy? Sham Shamans

By Kristen Eykel

Shamanism is, by its very nature, a little on the dark side.

Nonduality and Mindfulness — Two Great Traditions that Go Great Together

By Michael Taft

In the context of American spiritual practice nondual traditions and mindfulness traditions appear to be in sharp contrast.

Maha Ati

By H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions, and to all people, experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages, so that one never withdraws or centralizes into...

The Foundation of World Peace

By Rupert Spira

I have to confess that I was a little taken aback at breakfast this morning when Ellen and I sat down, and Zaya and Maurizio came to sit down with us.

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.

Sex, Zen, and Poetry:
The Life of Ikkyu Sojun

By Chris Kincaid

Ikkyu Sojun decided to be true to himself and that meant regular trips to brothels

Truth Will Set You Free: Time Does Not Exist

By Hans Meijer

When we ask ourselves why we think time exists, most of us would say: because we see everything changing, always.

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.

Intimate Relationship as a Spiritual Crucible

By John Welwood

Living with someone we love, with all the joys and challenges, is one of the best ways…

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?

On the Mystery of Being

By Science and Nonduality

Contemporary Insights on the Convergence of Science and Spirituality

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Return to Pure Listening: a video with Eric Baret

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.

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Mountain Monks

The Yamabushi in northern Japan practice a once forbidden ancient religion. While their tradition is at risk of disappearing, it offers a way for those seeking a different path in Japan‘s society.

The Practice of Gestation

By Beverly Lanzetta

The contemplative spirituality of via feminina begins with the practice of gestation.

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Yoga is a Celebration of Life

With Éric Baret

Eric Baret points out that there are no sculptures of yogic asanas in Indian temples before the modern era. He describes today’s yoga as a commercial project...

What is Tantra?

By Éric Baret

For me it is irrelevant, but let’s say for the Kashmirian tradition, as far as my teacher expressed…

The Spirituality of Science

By Lynn K. Russell

Quantum particles, the foundation of the universe, are like naughty children playing catch me if you can with scientists in a game with no rules.

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.

Quantum Physics as a Spiritual Path

By Paul Levy

The universe is dreaming us up and we are all dreaming our lives into being.

In Everything...

By Joan Tollifson

The leaves of the cottonwood tree across the street...

Far Right or Far Left, It’s Exactly the Same

By Eric Baret

I have this concern about what is happening in the world. If we take nonduality really seriously, it seems like we are not concerned about the exterior.

The Tantric Gift of Math’s Mystery

By Jeanric Meller

Is math an invention of the human brain? Or does math exist in some abstract world, with humans merely discovering its truths? The debate has been raging since the time of the ancient Greeks.

The Path of Reality

By Nathalie Delay

The path of reality is not a path, for it is an exploration of life in all that it is...

The Dalai Lama and the Atlas of Emotions

By Georgi Johnson

Emotions are tricky entities. They confuse the mind and disturb perception, isolating an individual in a private sense of reality. So what to do with them?

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Beyond the River of This World

With Parvathy Baul

Performing at the opening night of the 2019 SAND gathering in Italy, Parvathy Baul sings and dances

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.

The Poor Joke

By Wei Wu Wei

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

The Gentle Art of Blessing

By Pierre Pradervand

Gentleness is a state of consciousness.

The Goddess of Never Not Broken

By Julie JC Peters

You know that feeling when you have just gone through a breakup, or lost your job, and everything is terrible and terrifying and you don’t know what to do...