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What is a nondual retreat?
So..........what is a nondual retreat? Does that mean there are no double rooms? Can I afford a single? Or is it about getting away from my two-some? Or my two-ness? Or can I bring him/her/it/them along, too?
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Joan's Only Cartoon...
Work in regress.
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Musings on the popularity of the nondual approach...
No need to relinquish chocolate
No need to relinquish skiing
No need to relinquish workaholism
No need to relinquish loafing
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Does practice make perfect?
It is an age-old practice of deciduous trees to drop their leaves in the fall. One by one the leaf stalks seal themselves away from the twig and falling happens. A little fluttering sound accompanies their practice if the rush of autumn rainstorms does not drown it out. Sometimes bearing witness to this falling event occurs. So practicing watching leaves practicing falling in the fall is just happening.
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Pathless Path?
Many traditions have a "pathless path"--some even capitalize the p’s. The phrase turns up in Catholicism, Buddhism, Zen and otherwise, in Hinduism and in other capitalized –isms.
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What is the difference between a vacation and a retreat?
A vacation is when you take a retreat from your boss.
A retreat is when you take a vacation from yourself.
If you are your own boss, then the Ultimate Reality is close at hand.
However, if you are still working for your Self, there's no end to it.
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Being For Dummies by N.E. Body
Reviewing a non-book on the subject of non-duality for the over-informed has presented certain challenges. Firstly, I have been unable to contact an author for the customary pre-publication interview.  Some candidates have responded, « It’s not me. » Others have responded, « It’s not mine » and still others, « I didn’t do it. »
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Nondual approch to Swine flu
Is it possible to get through a day without hearing some new announcement about swine flu? Bombarded by media campaigns from all perspectives, the mind has an opportunity to land in any one of many points of view, for or against, fear or nonchalance, or just plain bored. If we are not our bodies, then what difference does it make? If we are not our sensations, feelings, beliefs or concepts, what kind of response is appropriate, or even necessary?
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