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SUMMARY:Open Lecture\, October 13\, 2026 - Lecture #143: Unity and Duality (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:From duality toward unity:\nThe path of humankind and of the individual\n \nIn today’s world\, it could be very useful to have a spiritual roadmap — something to remind us of where we are\, where we want to go\, and how to get there. Understanding what we humans are truly longing for\, how much we can realistically hope to fulfill that longing in our lifetime\, and what are first steps to go about doing that — those are fundamental touchstones to ground ourselves in\, time and again.\n \nOver the coming months\, the Ottawa Pathwork community is offering a series of free lecture presentations and discussions aimed at offering such a basic ‘roadmap’.\n \nAlong this journey\, we’ll explore the following areas: \n\nHow we all long for the unitive state\, but usually try to achieve it on the dualistic plane\, which is a doomed endeavour;\nHow humanity has evolved up until now\, what stage it is in\, and what direction it is evolving toward;\nThe levels of consciousness we operate on\, and how to identify what level we’re identifying with in any given moment;\nWhy we need relationships with others in order to grow;\nHow we unconsciously affect each other through our hidden destructiveness;\nHow we can step out of a fundamental vicious circle that reinforces our feelings of guilt\, self-rejection and loneliness\, and step into a benign circle of self-acceptance\, humility\, self-respect and real connection with others.\n\n \nDeep within ourselves\, we all harbour a sense of a different state of mind and a different way of experiencing life than the one we know. We yearn for this state and for all that it would afford us: a sense of freedom\, blissfulness\, mastery of life. \nThis state already exists in all of us. It is the unified consciousness — our divine substance\, our Real Self. \nBut we humans live predominantly on the dualistic plane of consciousness. So we mostly misunderstand our longing\, and strive to fulfill it from dualistic consciousness\, which is impossible to accomplish. Because on the dualistic plane\, we perceive everything in opposites: either/or\, good or bad\, right or wrong\, ‘life’ or ‘death’. Thus conflict is inevitable\, both within ourselves and with others. \nOn the unified plane of consciousness\, there are no opposites. In the unified state of mind\, no conflict exists because the dualism is combined and the opposites no longer conflict with one another. There is “only good\, only right\, only life.” \n\n“…every truth can…be divided into two opposites\, one being adhered to as the ‘right idea’\, the opposite aspect\n being declared as the ‘wrong idea’\, while\, in reality\, they both complement one another. On the unified plane of t\nruth and fulfillment\, neither aspect is thinkable without the other…” \n\nPathwork Lecture 143\n \nWe can learn to transcend the dualistic plane in given moments in our daily existence. Our unified Real Self can be contacted in any moment\, for any issue. All we need to do is ask sincerely\, with an open mind\, ‘What is the truth of the matter?’ This may sound simple\, but it is not easy\, since it requires giving up our insistence on ‘winning’ or being ‘right’ — which from a dualistic perspective is equivalent to giving up ‘life’ and accepting ‘death’.\n \n\n\n “There is a moment when we have to transcend the side we’re on\nand understand that we are creatures of a higher order.” \n\nLeonard Cohen\n \n\nFacilitator\nNatalie Morisset\, \nApprentice Pathwork Helper with Pathwork Ottawa\n  \n\nYou can find registration details below.  Join us via Zoom on the second Tuesday of each month (except December)\, from 7 to 8:30 pm. \nThe full Open Lecture Series\, including the names of the presenters\, is as follows:\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nTues. Oct. 13: 7 pm\nLecture 143 (part 1)\n\n\nNatalie Morisset\nUnity and Duality\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Nov. 10: 7 pm\nLecture 143 (part 2)\n\n\nJanet Mullen\nUnity and Duality\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Jan. 12: 7 pm\nLecture 120\n\n\nJill Chitra\nThe Individual and Humanity\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Feb. 9: 7 pm\nLecture 14\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJean Millar\nThe Higher Self\, the Lower Self\, and the Mask\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Mar. 9: 7 pm\nLecture 180\n\n\nMary Gordon\nThe Spiritual Significance of Human Relationship\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Apr. 13: 7 pm\nLecture 188\n\n\nCynthia Scott\nAffecting and Being Affected\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. May 11: 7 pm\nLecture 31\n\n\nMadeline Dietrich\nShame (and the power of true humility)\n\n\n\n\n \nWe welcome you to join us as we work with these lectures to discover the wisdom and guidance they can provide.\n \nFor information about the Pathwork and for free download of lectures\, visit www.pathwork.org.\n \nFor information about Pathwork Ottawa\, visit www.pathworkottawa.ca.  \n \nDonations are welcome and contribute to the providing of bursaries for those in need to attend Pathwork Ottawa programs and events. Donations can be made by sending an e-transfer to the following email: info@pathworkottawa.ca. \nFor the Zoom information for each session\, please email jlmullen@outlook.com indicating the session you wish to attend. The Zoom link will be emailed to you a week prior to the lecture\, and again on the day of the lecture.\n \nNote that Pathwork Ottawa will also be offering a Lecture Study series on the same theme over five evenings\n in winter–spring 2027.  These evenings will be co-facilitated by apprentice Pathwork Helpers \nJanet Mullen and Natalie Morisset. They will also take place on Tuesdays\, usually two weeks \nafter each open lecture presentation. Information about this series will be sent out later this fall.\n 
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SUMMARY:Open Lecture Series 2026–27
DESCRIPTION:From duality toward unity:\nThe path of humankind and of the individual\n \nIn today’s world\, it could be very useful to have a spiritual roadmap — something to remind us of where we are\, where we want to go\, and how to get there. Understanding what we humans are truly longing for\, how much we can realistically hope to fulfill that longing in our lifetime\, and what are first steps to go about doing that — those are fundamental touchstones to ground ourselves in\, time and again.\n \nOver the coming months\, the Ottawa Pathwork community is offering a series of free lecture presentations and discussions aimed at offering such a basic ‘roadmap’.\n \nAlong this journey\, we’ll explore the following areas: \n\nHow we all long for the unitive state\, but usually try to achieve it on the dualistic plane\, which is a doomed endeavour;\nHow humanity has evolved up until now\, what stage it is in\, and what direction it is evolving toward;\nThe levels of consciousness we operate on\, and how to identify what level we’re identifying with in any given moment;\nWhy we need relationships with others in order to grow;\nHow we unconsciously affect each other through our hidden destructiveness;\nHow we can step out of a fundamental vicious circle that reinforces our feelings of guilt\, self-rejection and loneliness\, and step into a benign circle of self-acceptance\, humility\, self-respect and real connection with others.\n\n“When the road to the unified principle is chosen\, soon what first appeared as one good and one bad ceases to be so\, \nand one inevitably encounters good and bad on both ends. And when this road is pursued still further\, \nthere no longer is any bad\, but only good.\nPathwork Lecture 143\n \n\n\n \nMan strives for the fulfillment of his deep longing to transcend and find deep within himself \na new state of consciousness in which all is one.”\n— Pathwork Lecture 143\n \nYou can find registration details below.  Join us via Zoom on the second Tuesday of each month (except December)\, from 7 to 8:30 pm. \nThe full Open Lecture Series\, including the names of the presenters\, is as follows:\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nTues. Oct. 13: 7 pm\nLecture 143 (part 1)\n\n\nNatalie Morisset\nUnity and Duality\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Nov. 10: 7 pm\nLecture 143 (part 2)\n\n\nJanet Mullen\nUnity and Duality\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Jan. 12: 7 pm\nLecture 120\n\n\nJill Chitra\nThe Individual and Humanity\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Feb. 9: 7 pm\nLecture 14\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJean Millar\nThe Higher Self\, the Lower Self\, and the Mask\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Mar. 9: 7 pm\nLecture 180\n\n\nMary Gordon\nThe Spiritual Significance of Human Relationship\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. Apr. 13: 7 pm\nLecture 188\n\n\nCynthia Scott\nAffecting and Being Affected\n\n\n \n \n\n\nTues. May 11: 7 pm\nLecture 31\n\n\nMadeline Dietrich\nShame (and the power of true humility)\n\n\n\n\n \nWe welcome you to join us as we work with these lectures to discover the wisdom and guidance they can provide.\n \nFor information about the Pathwork and for free download of lectures\, visit www.pathwork.org.\n \nFor information about Pathwork Ottawa\, visit www.pathworkottawa.ca.  \n \nDonations are welcome and contribute to the providing of bursaries for those in need to attend Pathwork Ottawa programs and events. Donations can be made by sending an e-transfer to the following email: info@pathworkottawa.ca. \nFor the Zoom information for each session\, please email nmorisset@gmail.com indicating the session you wish to attend. The Zoom link will be emailed to you a week prior to the lecture\, and again on the day of the lecture.\n \nNote that Pathwork Ottawa will also be offering a Lecture Study series on the same theme over five evenings\n in winter–spring 2027.  These evenings will be co-facilitated by apprentice Pathwork Helpers \nJanet Mullen and Natalie Morisset. They will also take place on Tuesdays\, usually two weeks \nafter each open lecture presentation. Information about this series will be sent out later this fall.
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