SAND
Vision
SAND (Science and Nonduality) is a community rooted in the fusion of timeless wisdom, cutting-edge science, and direct experience. We gather to contemplate and honor the intricate tapestry of beauty, complexity, pain, and enigmatic mystery that weaves the infinite cycles of existence. Guided by a spirit of exploration, we transcend narrow notions of ultimate truths and binary thinking, embracing our interconnectedness within the web of life.
At the crossroads of spiritual inquiry, social healing, scientific exploration, and artistic expression, we embark on an illuminating journey to unravel the depths of what it means to be human. Together, we strive to expand knowledge, deepen understanding, and co-create a world that is more interconnected, awakened, and compassionate.
SAND welcomes you to join this transformative convergence, where the wisdom of ages, the forefront of science, and the wonders of direct experience harmonize into a symphony of growth and discovery.
The Eternal Song
Global Film Premiere
June 3–9, 2025
Join us for the Film Premiere and
7-Day Gathering with Indigenous Voices
Each day of the Gathering explores a different theme. Together, these sessions create a journey—from grappling with historical trauma, to collective grieving, to remembering our sacred kinship and belonging. The Eternal Song is a cinematic journey through timeless lands and their Indigenous cultures. Voices from around the world and across generations call us to witness the deep, ongoing scars of colonization on lands and peoples, and the healing that comes through ancestral wisdom. Entrusted with medicine stories, we grapple with colonial legacies, intergenerational trauma, our own fragmentation and culture of separation.
Welcome to the
SAND Community
Where we come together to explore beyond ultimate truths, binary thinking, and individual awakening while in deep reverence of the beauty, complexity, pain, and great mystery that weave the infinite cycles of existence.
Events
The Eternal Song Film Premiere
Buddhism Beyond the Cushion
Building Bridges in a Fractured World
War’s Long Shadow
Minds Under Siege Part 2
Deep Medicine Circle
Minds Under Siege Part 1
Remembering Nature’s Ways
Ancient Rhythms
On Grief, Belonging & Intimacy
When Truth Becomes the Enemy
Salt of the Earth
Not in Our Name
Let’s Learn Together
SAND Webinars & Courses
From quantum physics to meditation, inter-generational trauma, or indigenous wisdom, SAND courses are designed to deepen our understanding of the nature of reality, consciousness, and the interconnection of all things. Whether you are new to these subjects or have been exploring them for years, this is an opportunity to learn from leading experts and engage in a communal learning experience with a global community of fellow explorers.
Explore
Kinship & Earth-care (Podcast)
Climate Crisis, Fragmentation and Collective Trauma
Why We Are Both Oppressed and Oppressor: Patty Krawec
AI + Heart Intelligence
#67 The Dreaming Path
Colonial racism and us
Radical Hope
Ancestry
The Sapient Cosmos in a Nutshell
#128 Portals of Connection
Power of Humility: Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Honoring Ohlone Land & Spirit
If You Wish to Eat Me, Then Eat Me
The Eternal Song – Official Trailer
#7 Indigenous Resilience: Healing Trauma Through Tradition and Resistance (Encore)
The Embodiment of Unity Consciousness
The Value of Deep Listening
‘The Wisdom of Trauma’ at SRJC Recovery Club
#127 Buddhism Beyond the Cushion
The Unconscious is Not a Battlefield
Films
The Eternal Song
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A cinematic journey through timeless lands and their Indigenous cultures.
Where Olive Trees Weep
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Offering a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation
Mauri (Coming Soon)
Visually stunning testament to a land and a people who have survived removal, exploitation and colonization.
If An Owl Calls Your Name (Coming Soon)
Indigenous elders, healers and activists from Esk’etemc, Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en territories reflect upon their lives as forcefully assimilated Canadians.
In the Circle of Life (Coming Soon)
Across the ancient land of Australia, where timeless songlines weave the country like veins of ancestral memory, this film reveals the raw wounds inflicted by colonization while celebrating the indomitable spirit of a people who have danced with the Earth for millennia.
The Wisdom of Trauma
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The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr Gabor Maté, normal. But not in the way you might think. Can our deepest pain be a doorway to healing?
The Art of Life
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An award-winning documentary: As a rising star in the field of abstract mathematics, Michael discovered that he could see beauty and patterns where others could not. But his path was not to be inside academia, or even inside society.
Science Meets Spirituality
“This is the place where big questions ‘Who am I?’, ‘What is life?’ can be explored utilizing all lenses.”
Being Human
“It starts with Being Human—and moves on from there, to the most significant thing, via answers to questions I never knew I had—growth—the space—the magnificence (I am so hungry for that)—trauma—optimism—awakening—service—and LEMONS!”
Life as it is…
Tribute to Rick Linchitz. A short documentary capturing the intimacy, openness and deep wisdom of Rick Linchitz and his wife Rita as they go through the final weeks of a 14 year journey with lung cancer.
Rays of the Absolute
An homage to Nisargadatta and his unintended legacy by people that have been inspired by him more than words can express.
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