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Lisa Cairns

Non-duality · Nonduality

British nonduality teacher, writer and speaker who has taught since an awakening experience in 2011, offering retreats, a small-group book club and weekly live-streamed talks.

Non-dualityUnited Kingdom
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Lisa Cairns

Lisa Cairns describes a sudden, unsought shift in understanding in 2011 in Bali that she frames as a direct, non-intellectual recognition of nondual philosophy. Since then she has spoken in a wide range of settings, including bookshops, cafés, yoga centres, universities, schools, NHS facilities, conferences and theatres, presenting nondual ideas without claiming a formal lineage or teacher of her own.

She currently teaches mainly online, hosting a weekly live stream and the Sages Book Club, a small discussion group working through texts from nonduality teachers such as Nisargadatta Maharaj, alongside occasional residential retreats in Europe.

Suffering is believing you're a separate self that can do or create life, and needs to get pleasure and avoid pain. (from her Buddha at the Gas Pump interview, https://batgap.com/lisa-cairns-interview-transcript/)
Lisa Cairns
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