Welcome
Living in Truth offers
Education, Training, and Direct-Experience for embodying non-dual wisdom
and unconditional happiness in ordinary life. We believe that everyone of
us has the capacity to directly discover the depths of our true nature and
live as an expression of peace, love, and wisdom, in every aspect of our
lives.
We work with individuals who are committed to realizing true freedom and
authentic expression in their life and work. Many happen to be educators,
therapists, guides, and leaders.
Saleem Berryman offers retreats and training, as well as individual
guidance and mentoring.
When
we stop resisting what is here,
we discover true freedom.
When we stop reaching for happiness,
we realize that it is already here.
When we discover our capacity to welcome emotional pain,
we find our own precious heart.
And when we are willing to know, trust,
and live from the truth,
the patterns that cause suffering are liberated,
and the way is made clear.
The Moment We Live In
It is now being commonly acknowledged that we are at a juncture
in the evolution of human consciousness and human civilization where we
must immediately respond to the profound imbalances that our success as
a species has created, or be carried downstream by our ignorance and apathy.
It is now a biological necessity that we move beyond the sense of separation
(individuals, nations, species etc.), which has been a necessary stage in
human evolution, and realize the deep truth that we are one with all life.
Perhaps as a result of this necessity there is a growing revolution of consciousness.
In every culture and tradition there seems to be a quickening of our collective
awakening to the extraordinary truth that we are not separate from one another,
or from any life on this planet. We are utterly interconnected. Biologically
we share the same DNA; we breathe the same air; we depend on the same soil
to feed us; the same oil fields to power our cars and industries; and the
same sun to warm us and give life to our planet. Psychologically we share
the same desires and fears; the same joys and sorrows; and the same need
for loving support as well as challenge. And, most profoundly, we share
the same spiritual essence and source. We are waking up to realize that
we are One.
When the direct knowledge of our true nature and identity dawns, we discover
that we have the capacity to realize the deep peace and happiness of our
being amid both the blessings and challenges of our lives. True happiness
and fulfillment is now recognized to be an essential quality of our innermost
nature, not something that we need to acquire from the outside. Our ordinary
life is then the context in which our realization can deepen, and our capacity
to allow its expression can mature.
When we are truly happy, and we experience happiness to be independent from
what we get or don’t get in life, the quality of our desiring and wanting
is transformed. A shift happens where we recognize that our deepest human
desire is not merely to fulfill our personal desires, but is to live in
the knowledge of truth, to embody our authentic presence and expression,
and to offer our gifts to the world.
Living in Truth is dedicated to supporting this essential and profound
shift where at the center of our experience (whatever it is) we discover
there is an ease of being, and an inner expanse of boundless presence that
is benevolent and wise. Here we find the capacity to respond to the needs
of the whole from our most authentic core, from the depths of silent wisdom,
as the unique expression of truth that we are. We discover that we can trust
this Divine presence that is our center and source, we can trust each other,
we can trust ourselves.
Who We Work With
The people we meet with are just like us, dedicated to their own spiritual
awakening, human growth and evolution, and to the peace and well-being of
all beings on this planet.
They may have an existential longing to realize directly who they really
are. This may be felt as the desire for freedom, love, God, ultimate knowledge
or some other essential longing. Sometimes this longing is accompanied by
a sweet anticipation of its fruition, but more often it is accompanied by
fear, sorrow, and despair because one feels separate or somehow deficient
or incomplete and isn’t sure if there is a way through.
Others we meet with are already irrevocably awakened to the timeless truth
of who they are, and while patterns of suffering may persist in some domains
of their life, the bliss and peace of their true nature is recognized as
the everpresent ground of their life. For them what is often wanted is to
support and quicken the natural process of deepening and integration. While
the dawning of true insight and freedom marks the end of living with the
chronic illusion of being merely a separate persona, it is also the beginning
of a process where Love includes evermore of itself, where all aspects of
our humanness are embraced and transformed in the light of awakened mind
and heart.
Many who we work with feel a calling to serve the spiritual awakening and
psychological healing of others as an educator, guide, or non-dual therapist.
Some are already in these roles and come for further education, experience
or mentoring. Others are alive with what they have realized and are just
beginning to answer the call to their chosen or destined vocation.
Who is likely to benefit from our approach?
Those who benefit from and feel “at home" with our approach
often have several characteristics in common. If any of these fit you as
well, you are likely someone who would find our retreats and offerings deeply
useful, supportive, and enjoyable.
• You appreciate an approach that firmly rests in timeless non-dual awakening,
yet values and includes the process of healing, development and evolution
that unfolds in time.
• You are committed to the fresh and ongoing discovery of both Divine Truth
and human authenticity and maturation.
• You love to learn and discover, but what you love even more is the process
of unlearning that allows us to open into fresh and direct experience.
• You are interested in offering your best expression in every dimension
of your life, but you recognize the deception of seeking happiness through
self-improvement, or using success to compensate for inner feelings of lack
.
• You appreciate the quickening and deepening effect of meeting with others
in mutual support.
• You are interested in making a contribution to the good of the whole -
It's not just about your own awakening and happiness.
• You recognize that the greatest contribution you can make to your community,
to humanity, to the planet ~ is an expression of realizing and living from
your deepest truth.
If you resonate with any of the profiles above you may find our
work to be liberating and useful. Next, click here
to read about our Offerings and How We Work.
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