Discovering Unity
Saturday, 11th July, 2026
19:00
Saturday, 18th July, 2026
14:00
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Discovering Unity
This seven-day course has a daily schedule of text-based study, meditation, work and devotional practice.
All meals are taken together. The course is full time, as the aim is to cultivate a constancy of awareness of reality, in which there can be no time off…
To this end, participants are asked to make whatever arrangements beforehand so that they can engage fully with the course without distraction.
Study is working with textual material, drawn from different spiritual traditions, though some texts, such as the pivotal work of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi, provide an integrated metaphysical foundation in the understanding of unity.
Others deal with aspects that each of us might encounter in our spiritual journey, and the cultivation of interior qualities of soul and heart. Some of the texts have been written specifically for students of courses at Chisholme. Study of spiritual literature provides context for interpersonal exchange and understandings. Study sessions are in a designated study room, seated around a table.
Each day includes three thirty-minute meditation practices. Some sessions are guided, some silent. There might also be a walking meditation, or Qi Gong or Tai Qi. Sitting meditations take place in a designated meditation room.
Work in the course context is the practice of bringing wholehearted awareness to the task that is given. This might be housework, gardening, estate work, or preparing food in the kitchen.
Devotional practices, such as zikr (remembrance) kindle our interior response to our being here in this world. These practices help to activate our relationship to the one reality, and to return the love that brought us into being.
For some, the Discovering Unity course may provide a taste of the Six-month Course. For anyone contemplating joining the latter, taking part in a Discovering Unity course beforehand is essential. However, the course is self-standing, and for some a taste is sufficient…
The course runs from 7pm supper time on Saturday, until after lunch the following Saturday, and is fully residential.
COST – The cost is £455 for the week, including accommodation and all meals.
A deposit of £50 will be required on acceptance.
For payment options please contact us.
For enquiries and to apply please email secretary@chisholme.org
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We take great pleasure in presenting the latest iteration following two very successful previous versions. The course comprises fortnightly Zoom sessions, videos by experienced presenters and various tasks and practices. It opens with a residential weekend at Sutton Courtenay Abbey in Oxfordshire UK, which can also be attended online. This will be followed at the end of the course by an optional residential weekend and/or 10 days at Chisholme House, Scotland, beginning on the 1st April.
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