Category Archives: Radical Non-Duality

Tim Cliss at the “Nothing Conference”

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Dave Pollard

Following are some edited excerpts from Tim Cliss’s recent talk at the Nothing Conference, which brought together (on Zoom) many of the other leading speakers on radical non-duality, including Tony Parsons, Jim Newman, Andreas Müller, Kenneth Madden, Frank McCaughey, Richard … Continue reading →

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A Humble Look at Systems Thinking and How Change Happens

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Dave Pollard

photo from a women’s march, source not cited As a student of history, I’m always a bit astonished to discover how much things have changed in a seemingly short period of time. Not always for the better, of course. But … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: September 2020

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Dave Pollard

Oh won’t you come with me, where the Wood River flows? We’ll watch it meander slowly, as the sky turns from red to dark. And as that sun goes down, we’ll throw our arms around each other and tell the … Continue reading →

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We Contain Multitudes

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Dave Pollard

sun flashes, blinks, glimmers through aspen leaves rustling in late summer breeze sparrow watches me below watching her all this complexity, undirected stunning complicity of countless cells, looking after each other, creating more of their kind, doing what they do … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: August 2020

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Dave Pollard

Turn away from your animal kind, Try to leave your body just to live in your mind. Leave your cold cruel mother earth behind, Gaia. As if you were your own creation, As if you were the chosen nation. And … Continue reading →

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Is Consciousness a Mental Illness?

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Dave Pollard

Perhaps my most annoying exploration of radical non-duality yet. Thanks to Richard for the lovely graphic. As I think more about the message of radical non-duality, I’ve started musing about the nature of consciousness. We humans of course think of … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: July 2020

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Dave Pollard

cartoon by the late Dana Fradon, in The New Yorker, way back in 1976 One of the signs of social collapse is, ironically, the simultaneous emergence of autocratic demagogues and a soaring distrust of perceived ‘leaders’ of all kinds — … Continue reading →

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Evolution’s Misstep

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Dave Pollard

another ramble about radical non-duality Radical non-duality is not a theory or an idea or a state. It’s a description of an utterly different sense of reality that is (apparently) obvious to those who do not share the perception of … Continue reading →

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What I Wanted to Believe

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Dave Pollard

Artwork from the collection of Nick Smith, “possibly by John Wareham”. At first I wanted to believe that the adults around me were just acting. Surely they didn’t believe what they were saying; surely it was just a big secret … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: June 2020

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Dave Pollard

screenshot of top of a recent CBC headlines page A comment on free access to information: Over the past three months, more and more newspapers and other media sources have put paywalls, ad-blockers, compulsory ‘registrations’, article limits and other restrictions … Continue reading →

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