Note: What follows invites radical openness — a willingness to experience life in a new way.
This is an invitation to join us on a journey of Self-Discovery.
At the heart of every life is a longing — for happiness, peace, and freedom. We have all searched for them in the world around us, in objects, accomplishments, and relationships, yet happiness, peace and freedom still elude many of us. What if the fulfillment we seek has never been outside at all, but has always been as close as the nose on our face — waiting to be recognized?
This journey is not about adding more knowledge or chasing new experiences. It is about turning toward what has always been present — the stillness beneath our thoughts, the awareness that is the very source of our beingness. Like the nose on our face, it is so intimately present it's often missed.
As we become aware of the fulfillment that lies at the center of our lives, the world we thought we knew starts to look different. What once appeared separate is seen as a unified whole. The illusion of division gives way to the non-dual reality of our being. Here we find that happiness, peace, and freedom are not things to be attained, but the natural attributes of awareness — expressions of the Conscious Awareness in which all life unfolds.
Here we offer statements and glossaries that open us to an understanding of the language of non-duality — words that point to the universal living reality we all share. This language offers insight into the age-old questions of who and what we are, and how we may discover the lasting happiness, peace, and freedom we seek.
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
— Rumi
“Your nature and the integral nature of the universe are one and the same: indescribable, but eternally present. Simply open yourself to this.”
— Lao Tzu
Rumi and Lao Tzu poetically remind us of our true identity. They tell us that we are beings born to consciously experience the ecstatic unfolding of the non-dual, indescribable, ever-present universe. They invite us to stop acting so small —and simply open ourselves to our True Self.
Many others express the same quiet call, asking us to lean into the mystery of life and take the epic journey of Self-Discovery.
Humanity’s relationship with the natural world has grown increasingly unnatural. We design innovations with the promise of a better life—smarter tools, faster connections, greater convenience. Yet, despite all we’ve accomplished, our inner lives often tell a different story. Anxiety, stress, anger, fear, and addiction seem more prevalent than ever.
We still wage inhumane wars between nations and subtle wars within our families and communities. We seldom find ourselves physically and emotionally healthy. And we are rarely satisfied.
It’s time we face a simple yet profound truth: no material possessions, no dualistic political or religious ideology can offer us lasting peace and satisfaction.
Our real needs will not be found outside ourselves.
To know true peace and satisfaction, we must recognize our true identity—and live our lives accordingly.
We are not separate beings living in a world of many separate beings—we are radiant expressions of a non-dual Conscious Awareness. And this Conscious Awareness, by its nature, is whole, content, joyful, creative, and eternal.
If we wish to rediscover our True Self, we must recognize that we flow from and yet always live within this energetic field of Conscious Awareness.
And as Rumi reminds us: we are not small --we are the universe in ecstatic motion.
Every “thing” that exists expresses an innate natural Intelligence. Through careful observation, this intelligence reveals itself in the natural world. Every leaf, every bird, every butterfly, every drop of water, every particle of light—all things express Intelligence.
And humans are no exception.
We each possess an intelligent Soul. Recognizing our Soul and allowing its universal Intelligence to guide our daily life is our one true need.
When we are aware, we create an opening—an emptiness. This emptiness allows our Soul to rise above the narrow tendencies of the small egoic self.
This empty awareness dissolves narrow-mindedness and opens us to compassion for all beings. Compassion extends naturally and effortlessly, flowing outward into the world.
This effortless sharing is radiant and contagious. It is the quiet cure for the dis-ease that afflicts our world.
When we re-appropriate the energy once spent sustaining the illusion of separation—and consciously invest it in nourishing our Soul—the world of suffering and dissatisfaction begins to resolve into compassionate understanding.
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
— Rumi
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.”
Beyond judgment and blame, beyond the mind’s effort to fix or name, there is a Timeless, non-dimensional field of open, non-judgmental Awareness that words cannot describe.
Timeless and ever-present, this field can only be experienced in the ever-present moment of Now. When we abandon our judgmental, time-bound, memory-shaped responses to life, the gateway to inexpressible joy opens.
The first step is simple: we must admit that this inexpressible non-dual field exists. Without this first step, we miss our Soul’s hopeful invitation. We need only allow our awareness to rest in the recognition that this omni-present field exists.
Second, we must recognize that it is only our small thoughts and our habitually small actions that obscure the ever-present joy that is an attribute of this field of awareness.
Third, we must learn to non-judgmentally watch ourselves. And when we find ourselves struggling with life we can remember to stop and ask ourselves if we are aware. Our Soul responds to awareness.
We may forget our true Self, but our Soul never forgets.
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
— Matthew 7:7
There is only one way out of a world where emptiness, conflict and fear dominate our experience: we must change direction—stop looking outward, and begin looking inward. Relief will not be found in the outward world of things.
Because the Soul is alive within each of us, the moment we evoke our awareness—make ourselves empty of our small thoughts—we create opportunities for the Intelligence of the Soul to surface and guide us on our journey of Self-discovery.
There are tools that can support this inward return: gifts passed down by those who have remembered their true Identity.
We must undertake this journey with confidence. Use the tools with certainty. Doubt is the voice of the small self—the cause of our forgetting. We must fearlessly let go of our misperceptions.
Hold fast to the Knowing that we are—now and always have been—the very joy and fulfillment we seek.
We are, indeed, “the universe in ecstatic motion.”
Simply open yourself to this.
Embrace Self-discovery.