I once found myself in a situation in which I shared my living space with three other persons. As we each had very different experiences and overall goals in life, and vastly different approaches to how we lived our lives as individuals, we often experienced frustration and miscommunications in our dealings together, especially at first.

Constancy and accountability.
For example, one of my housemates was an Army veteran, who after years as a sergeant, left the service to pursue a civilian life in the larger world. Sergeant’s expectations included keeping things tidy, working together as a team on projects involving the house, and clockwork precision in all matters great and small.

NLP - What is Neuro Linguistic Programming?
Neuro Linguistic programming (usually shortened to NLP) is a method of high-speed psychotherapy. It relies on concepts of behavioral modification to treat a host of psychological problems, and has been successfully used on everything from mild social anxiety, to severe phobias.

NLP has also become popular as a way to optimize your personal performance. Many self help guru’s and personal life coaches incorporate elements of NLP into their systems. It can be used to make you more aggressive in business and more confident in your personal life. If you have a life-long hang-up, or some mental scar from a past experience, NLP has many tools that can help you overcome those kinds of challenges.

Many believe transformation comes from within. Change your thoughts, the saying goes, and you change your world. Some say it’s the other way around – that if we change our behaviors, the mind will follow.

At a quantum level there’s actually no difference. Our inner lives and outer worlds are one and the same.

As we undertake the seemingly arduous task of transforming ourselves, the illusion that our inner and outer lives are separate and irreconcilable can be dispiriting. When we focus on one area – be it the outer or the inner – we may feel the other becomes intractable and unyielding, resisting our efforts every step of the way.

The first annual conference on Science and Nonduality to be held in San Rafael October 21-24, 2009 has announced details of its speaker lineup. The conference will bring together authorities in Western science and Eastern metaphysics to explore areas of mutual interest and inquiry around the topic of nonduality. An outstanding program is taking shape.

The Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy Conference will be joining the Science and Nonduality Conference and will be offering CEUs. Over the course of 5 days there will be 13 Pre-Conference Workshops, 20 Plenary Speakers, Poster Sessions and over 40 concurrent sessions including presentations by many recognized experts.

In addition to formal presentations the conference will feature a nonduality-themed film series, art installations, a section to experience nondual reality through meditation, art, dance, hypnosis, and music, and various social events.