Ahimsa is the Sanskrit word for non-harm, and more broadly includes reverence and care for all life.

Are you becoming aware of your true heart, which sees all life as sacred and interconnected?

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Does your compassion for Life and all beings feel incongruent with the world/culture around you?

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Are you trying to sort out how to live as Peace and Love in the face of this incongruence?

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Do you want to better align your values and actions, but also minimize your own suffering?

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If your answer is yes to any of these, this event is for you. And the community we are building here will welcome you with open arms.

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Homo Ahimsa* is the consciousness rising within us beyond the destructive ‘wisdom’ of Homo Sapien. While Homo Sapien lives in a dominance/war paradigm, Homo Ahimsa lives in active connection, nonviolence and compassion, with no boundaries. It is a paradigm that recognizes all beings have their own purpose and no one lives for the purpose or use of another — an all-inclusive Golden Rule. Many of us feel the evolutionary call to Homo Ahimsa. We may also feel it as a return to our original nature. Either way, living as Homo Ahimsa requires an internal shift in consciousness beyond philosophical ideas and oppositional activism. It calls us to learn to be in the world but not of it, and do our best to practice what we say we believe even in the most difficult of circumstances. It calls us to practice inner peace and self-love.

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In our fifth year, we are once again inviting you to experience the sacredness of the Unity Village grounds, home of the Unity movement, where co-founders Charles and Myrtle Fillmore pioneered and advocated for ethical vegetarianism in the early 1900’s. Participate in the awakening of consciousness in the heart of our nation. Recognizing that we are all at different stages of our evolutionary process, we invite anyone (vegan, vegetarian, or curious omnivore) who is open to sharing, learning, and connecting. 

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* This phrase was coined by author, Judy Carman, in her book, Homo Ahimsa: Who We Really Are And How We're Going to Save The World. We are grateful for Judy’s Divine idea!