Science and Nonduality Conference
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06/19/2026
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06/17/2026
Missing you Roberto Turmano!!!! 🥰 Be well beautiful man!
PS: Robert joked all the time that he wanted to be Italian so that how I was calling him... I love you!!!!!
Nkem Ndefo speaks about one of the hidden stories of our time.
Neoliberal culture teaches us to see ourselves primarily as individuals. If something is wrong, we are told it is our responsibility to fix it. If the world is burning, we should recycle more, consume less, try harder.
While every action matters, Nkem reminds us that not all impacts exist on the same scale.
The burden of responsibility is often placed on ordinary people while the largest systems of extraction and wealth accumulation continue largely unchecked.
This imbalance can leave us carrying a disproportionate sense of guilt, exhaustion, and personal failure.
watch the full talk on our website
06/17/2026
Robert Tenzin Thurman was a cherished teacher and friend of the SAND community, bringing together profound wisdom, infectious humor, and an unwavering faith in humanity’s capacity to awaken. In times of uncertainty, he reminded us that wisdom is not an escape from the world, but a way of meeting it with courage, compassion, and delight.
In one of his recent reflections, he wrote: “Reality is not against us. Life is not a mistake. At its deepest level, existence is meaningful, powerful… and yes, even blissful.” These words capture so much of what he offered: a grounded and intelligent hope rooted in the deepest teachings of the Buddha and in his own boundless love for life.
We honor Robert with immense gratitude for the insight, laughter, and encouragement he shared so generously. May his teachings continue to guide us toward a more compassionate and awakened world.
Here is one of his talks at a past SAND conference
https://scienceandnonduality.com/videos/buddhas-message-have-some-fun-bob-thurman/
06/10/2026
“Healing begins when we name the injustice, not silence it.”
— Dr. Samah Jabr
What happens when mental health practice refuses to separate personal suffering from political reality?
Join Palestinian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author Dr. Samah Jabr for Part 2 of her course on Decolonial Mental Health Practice.
Drawing on decades of clinical work in Palestine, Dr. Jabr explores how trauma, humiliation, displacement, gendered oppression, and structural violence shape the psyche and how healing requires us to examine not only the wound, but the conditions that created it.
This course invites mental health practitioners, humanitarian workers, educators, and advocates into a deeper conversation about ethics, liberation, dignity, and care.
🗓️ July 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2026
✨ Decolonial Mental Health Practice: Clinical & Ethical Insights from Palestine, Part 2
🔗 Register with the link in bio as well as https://scienceandnonduality.com/event/decolonial-mental-health-practice-part-2/
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