Non-duality & the Metacrisis

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Jonathan Gustin & James BarAZ

ON Tuesday, May 28th

11am-12:30pm PDT (2pm-3:30pm EDT)

Exploring the relationship between non-Duality and the Metacrisis

If our meditation practice rarely brings us into contact with today’s metacrisis, then could it be that our practice subtly reinforces the story of separation? Today’s metacrisis is inextricable from the ‘now’, or the ‘isness’ of this moment. And Love leaves nothing out.

Today’s metacrisis is not just another object arising in consciousness, it is an object that unequivocally demands of us a skillful response. 
  

Where: LIVE on Zoom
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To omit relating to the metacrisis would be like continuing a meditation retreat on the Titanic. 

This is a call to our fellow meditators to collectively address the metacrisis of our times within our non-dual practice. 

When we bypass the metacrisis, we risk accidentally decontextualizing non-duality – thereby rendering it partial and incomplete. Enlightenment is not distinct from the context in which the aspiration for enlightenment arises. Neglecting to include the metacrisis amounts to imposing a metaphysical duality upon non-duality.

Our ability to engage in non-dual contemplation is predicated on a functioning earth-life system. Overlooking the context in which the enlightenment impulse arises is a diminishment of non-duality – an unintentional impoverishment of the very thing that non-duality teachers attempt to teach – and ultimately self-defeating to our aims. Non-duality leaves nothing out, including the planet and the era in which contemplation occurs.

Our Invitation to conversation

Jonathan and James will offer a 30 minute talk entitled, “Nonduality & the Metacrisis”, followed by a group exploration.

We hope you will join us to delve into the intersection between non-duality and the metacrisis.

Date: Tuesday, May 28
TIME: 11AM-12:30 PDT (2-3:30pm EDT)

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Warmly,

Jonathan Gustin & James Baraz

James Baraz has been a meditation teacher since 1978. He is the creator and teacher of the Awakening Joy course (since 2003). He leads retreats, workshops and classes in the U.S. and abroad.

James is a Co-founding Teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Co-author of Awakening Joy. He is a Guiding Teacher for One Earth Sangha, a website devoted to expressing a Buddhist response to Climate Change.

“Ever since I discovered the power of mindfulness practices and principles in my own life, my vision has been to share them with others, not only for their own personal benefit, but as a way to bring more consciousness to humanity and our planet. As a friend says, ‘We’re in a race between fear and consciousness.' I believe that consciousness is stronger than fear and it is a joyful responsibility to awaken consciousness as much as we can in the world at this time.”

Jonathan Gustin, M.A, MFT, Jonathan is the founder of Purpose Guides Institute. He helps people to find and embody their life’s purpose, and offers training for those who want to become Purpose Guides themselves. He is also a meditation teacher, facilitating meditation gatherings remotely as well as in-person in his hometown of Victoria, BC, Canada.  

Jonathan has been a psychotherapist and spiritual mentor for over 25 years.  He is a retired adjunct professor at JFK University and co-author of Purpose Rising with Ken Wilber, Erwin Laszlo, and Bill Plotkin. He has had the pleasure of co-teaching programs with such luminaries as Human Potential pioneer George Leonard, eco-activist Joanna Macy, eco-psychologist Bill Plotkin, and Non-Duality pioneer Adyashanti. Jonathan looks forward to igniting a global conversation on Non-Duality & The Metacrisis (with a forthcoming paper in Fall 2024).  Jonathan’s Institute welcomes a new cohort each September for Purpose Discovery and Purpose Guiding.

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