At this critical moment in the history of the human family, when the very foundations of civilization are being challenged, there is a message of compassion being spoken by one grounded in enduring wisdom and true discernment. In Not-Two Is Peace, Adi Da writes of the urgent need for a new form of global discourse, based on the recognition of the underlying unity of humankind. Such discourse would renew the ideals that originally underlay the foundation of the United Nations. And it would require humankind as a whole to listen to the ordinary people all over the world who are in dire need of greater human security.

—BRYAN DESCHAMP
Senior Adviser
United Nations High Commission for Refugees

Not-Two Is Peace is Adi Da's urgent wake-up call to all men and women of conscience. Now it the time to bring together all our diverse gifts and talents into one shared project to make our world fit for all human beings to inhabit. We are united by the same need to live free of want, free of fear, and free to live a life of dignity. At the heart of the human condition lies the recognition that freedom for one must mean freedom for all. Peace is the prime directive. Peace is prior unity. The Global Cooperative Forum is the way.

—HILDE RAPP
Co-Director
Centre for International Peacebuilding

Profound wisdom on the root of human conflict, and the path away from a grim destiny. An astonishing gift.

—JONATHAN LYNCH
Professor
Pennsylvania State University

Not-Two Is Peace contains wisdom that can transform the current and ongoing world crises that so desperately need effective conflict resolution. If truly acted upon, what Adi Da advocates has the power to bring an end to the horrors and suffering that are the result of our mad need to differentiate between "us" and "them".

—HUGH O'DOHERTY, EdD
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

This extraordinary collection of illuminating essays offers a deep diagnosis of humanity's predicament. The cure Adi Da prescribes, based on higher laws, is simultaneously radical, urgent, and straightforward. Adi Da's is a uniquely authentic and compelling voice in this global age.

—ROLF C. CARRIERE
former U.N. official
and Senior Adviser to the Nonviolent Peaceforce

Absolutely brilliant. Undauntingly honest. Staggeringly bold. A breathtaking call to humankind to wake up.

—CHARMIAN ANDERSON
Doctor of Transpersonal Psychology
Author, The Heart of Success and Bridging Heaven and Earth

Not-Two Is Peace is a gift beyond measure. The unparalleled Wisdom of Adi Da shines as a beacon of hope for humankind.

—LEO BURKE
Associate Dean and Director of Executive Education
Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame

Not-Two Is Peace is essential reading for all people who understand the absolutely critical nature of the times we live in, and want to do something about it. This book offers a vision of global change that is a foundation for linking the best of current efforts with the deep-seated "prior unity" of humankind. What is that, exactly? Read the book. Feel the potential. We can change the disastrous pattern of our times.

—JULIE KOLER
Cultural Resource Manager
Office of Business Relations and Economic Development
King County, Washington

As we cross into the twenty-first century, it is clear humanity has entered an unprecedented global age. This global age of course has been emerging over millennia, but we now face a range of global crises that call for new ways of thinking and a new kind of consciousness to get to the source of the challenges. A number of initiatives have emerged which center on the collective wisdom of the ages — an emergent global wisdom that resonates across our diverse worldviews and traditions.

In this context, Adi Da's recent book Not-Two Is Peace taps this global wisdom and focuses on "Twelve Laws for World Peace." And the title of the book is right on the mark. He says, "The real (even genetic) situation of the human species is prior unity. Peace requires that prior unity be the working-presumption of humankind." This simple and powerful principle reflects a consensus truth of global wisdom that there is That Which is First — an ultimate, unifying, infinite Force (whether we call it Tao, Aum, Brahman, Yahweh, Allah, Energy, Buddha Nature, Sunyata . . . ) that is the ground and source of all life, all existence, all worldviews, religions, cultures, forms of life. This is "Prior Unity," and the collective wisdom of humanity has urged that unless and until humans center our lives in this Unifying Principle and Holistic Unified Field, we are not sustainable and we cannot flourish, individually and collectively. And we will not realize true peace.

The narrative of Adi Da's book is simple, powerful, accessible, and compassionate. And his message, grounded in global wisdom, is urgent and timely — he suggests that former ways of seeking peace have not worked and cannot work. Instead, we must mature and advance to a new form of consciousness that is grounded in "Prior Unity," wherein we find our common ground, mature as humans, and touch the sacred space of true peace — hence "Not-Two Is Peace." Adi Da recognizes that the wisdom of the ages — the awakening of this integral consciousness — calls for a radical networking from the heart and mind and urges that we form a Global Cooperative Forum to facilitate our transition to a true global culture of peace. So there is a powerful diagnosis and prescription for our human sustainability. This important book should be read carefully and put into practice by all global citizens.

—ASHOK GANGADEAN
Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Haverford College
Founder-Director of the Global Dialogue Institute
Co-Convenor of the World Commission on
Global Consciousness and Spirituality