Home Meditation Retreat At A Glance

• ​What: Home Meditation Retreat
• ​Where: Over Zoom
• ​When: Friday, October 27 to Sunday, October 29 (please see schedule below)

For more details and to sign up, go to the Luma registration page.

​About Me

​I’m a meditation teacher and a practical philosopher. You can learn more about me by visiting my website.

The Nondual Teaching In Brief

​What the perennial nondual ​teaching says is as beautiful as it is true: “There is only One Reality, that Reality is Abiding Peace, and you are IT.”

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​And yet, what does it mean to truly, experientially understand this? And what would it be like to to live it clearly and completely?

​I Amness As A Stepping Stone

​A question may soon arise: since I’m apparently a separate person, how can I be Abiding Peace?

​Some teachings, like those of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981), invite us to start with “I Am”: that is, with the sense of conscious presence, the intuitive, innocent, non-reflexive understanding of being aware. In Prior to Consciousness, for instance, Nisargadatta states,

​”That knowledge of ‘I am’ is the greatest foe and the greatest friend. Although it might be your greatest enemy, if you propitiate it properly, it will turn around and lead you to the highest state.”

​”I Am” is seemingly our greatest foe because this conscious presence can grab onto a “this” or a “that” (like: “I am unworthy” or “I am unlovable“) and thus give rise to suffering. Yet, in actuality, it’s our greatest friend because our “discovery” and then our familiarization with “I Am,” with our open aware being, can, in due course, take us all the way home to Abiding Peace.

​During this home retreat, therefore, we’ll deeply contemplate I Amness: “What is ‘I am’ before everything–before the ‘ten thousand things’–arose? And what is this nameless Reality that’s prior, even, to ‘I Am,’ the Reality that we ultimately, always are?”

​Details

​From Friday, Oct. 27 to Sunday, Oct. 29, we’ll explore the heart of the perennial nondual teaching together.

​Each day, you’ll have the opportunity

• ​To sit for 2 hourlong silent meditations so as to see the mind from the outside,
• ​To attend an hourlong satsang (that is, a question and answer session devoted to clarifying the nondual teaching),
• ​And to take part in an hourlong guided meditation that will take you back to I Amness.

​Schedule

​Dana

​Dana, loosely translated as “donation” or “generosity,” is given with a view to helping to support others–here, my family and me.

​The following provides some guidance on how much is appropriate to give:

• ​Suggested Dana: $80 USD
• ​Limited Means Dana: $40 USD
• ​Patron Dana: $120 USD

​Your donation, which will secure your spot in the retreat, can be offered through any of these 3 platforms:

​​1.) Venmo

​2.) PayPal

​3.) Cash App: $deserttaggart (Bitcoin please: If you’re new to using sending Bitcoin, see instructions here.)

​How To Register In 2 Steps

​1.) Sign up for the 3-day retreat via Luma One-Click Register.

​2.) And offer dana via Venmo, PayPal, or the Cash App.

​3.) Once you’ve registered and offered dana, you’ll receive a message that will confirm your participation; this email will also include the appropriate Zoom links. A second email will go out a day or two before the retreat begins.