About Us
So much feels broken and divided right now, and it's tempting to believe fixing it is someone else's job: the government, leaders, someone with more power than us. We at Only Oneness is Real help people see through the illusion of separateness behind that division and re-village their lives into real, meaningful communities. Instead of waiting for the world to feel whole again, together we become one of the places where it already does.
The first phase of our service is to assist people in their self-eldering to achieve full maturity in the skill of human self-consciousness. This is why the book Only Oneness Is Real is written to be easily used as a workbook to self-elder oneself to full maturity in this skill. The second phase of our work is to assist people in the re-villaging of their lives: joining with close friends to together joyfully operate at full maturity in it. The third phase is to assist those re-villaged communities to form into an agreement nation of their invention or choosing.
It is a nation because it gives priority to meeting all the needs of those in them. There will be many agreement nations. Anyone can start one. They can add on top of the above fundamental personal and social growth process whatever spiritual, religious, philosophical, or school of science they choose. There will surely be the Catholic, Jewish, Buddhist, Quantum Science, Bernie Sanders Socialist, Oprah, Taylor Swift, and Lebron James agreement nations. Anyone can start one.
Like it or not, achieving full maturity in the skill of self-consciousness is the fundamental personal maturation process in which we are all naturally participating. The above will be people extending their layer of maturity into their traditions and historical beliefs.
Agreement nations are non-profit organizations supporting the geographic nations in their priority of operating for the common good. The difference is agreement nations, instead of confronting the existing geographic nations and asking them to lead us into it, are of people who are doing it themselves. At the same time, they are fully supportive of the geographic nations efforts to also accomplish it.
Dr. Terry Mollner
Dr. Terry Mollner, the founder of Only Oneness is Real, had something happen to him at fifteen years old that changed the direction of his life. In that moment, he made the first of four vows he would keep with himself over the decades that followed. The first: to discover the meaning of life — which he then defined as knowing what to do each moment. He has done many things across his 81 years, but this has always been his highest priority.
What he discovered is something people have searched for throughout history: how to reach full maturity in the skill of human self-consciousness. Because it's grounded in fact rather than belief, he's confident others have found it too. His book, Only Oneness Is Real, is written so readers can self-elder themselves into full maturity in this skill. Because it is based on fact, it is primarily physics and secondly spirituality. Through this book he's sharing what he's learned so others don't have to, like him, take decades to master it in the school of hard knocks.
In brief, he discovered there are seven layers of maturity of the skill of human self-consciousness. Other animals master the first two, but we can master the remaining five because of our invention of words. They let us mature beyond simply being "conscious," like other animals, into being "self-conscious." By our twenties, today most people on Earth have reached the fifth layer (Adult layer), but few master the last two, which he calls the Elder and Mature Elder layers. Both are easy to learn, but until we learn them, we operate under the illusion the universe is separate parts. Operating on that valuable illusion tool we invented was necessary: it’s what let us master the use of words (Child layer), exercise individual free choice (Teen layer), and freely choose the beliefs we use to guide our thinking and behavior (Adult layer).
It's at the next layer, the Elder layer, that we discover the universe operates as an undividable whole, as one thing. Inventing the illusion that the universe is made of separate parts was our most brilliant invention! It's what is allowing the undividable universe, through us, to mature into full maturity in the skill of self-consciousness.
In the above book, Terry asks readers 9 Questions that lead them to discover this for themselves, a fact so obvious and self-evident that, if it weren't true, none of us would be able to ask those questions. From there, he guides readers through the ten smaller skills we need to master at the Elder layer and the five we need to master at the Mature Elder layer. The Only Oneness is Real Seminar offers a chance to learn these skills alongside others, in a deep and enjoyable way (no fee, donations only).
Our purpose is to build a movement that helps everyone, everywhere, master these last two layers of maturity, the skill that produces what's usually called "happiness" or "enlightenment." Terry is quick to point out this doesn't mean he, or any of us, is always good at it. It means we now know how to do it, and we'll keep getting better at it for the rest of our lives. It's no longer a mystery. Also, it is a skill, not primarily a choice of beliefs in words. Building this movement is the mission of Only Oneness is Real.
Terry was one of six children in a devout Catholic family in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He earned his doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts, and in his younger years moved from training to be a Jesuit priest; to acting, singing, and modeling; to psychotherapy; to social activism. That last chapter led him to become one of the founders of the first family of socially responsible mutual funds, the Calvert Social Funds, now managing more than $45 billion. He then led the creation of Calvert Impact, which has raised and loaned more than $3 billion, both at low interest rates, to reduce poverty around the world. In 2000, when competitive pressure from international distribution pushed Ben & Jerry's toward acquisition by a multinational, he stepped in to help his friend Ben Cohen keep the company true to its social mission when bought by Unilever.
To learn how we can re-village our lives in a modern context, he has co-founded three intentional communities, all of them still in existence. He now believes humanity is ready for a new form of governance: "agreement nations." They are communities defined by shared agreements rather than geography. These would exist as nonprofit democratic membership organizations within, and fully supportive of, the geographically defined nations we already have. Like any nation, they work to meet the needs of their members without ever losing awareness their natural priority is the common good of all of humanity, nature, and the universe as one thing.
We now know why we are maturing toward full maturity in the skill of self-consciousness: so we can give priority to keeping, and joyfully living inside, agreements with each other, grounded in the most the most fundamental fact the universe operates as an undividable whole, as one thing, or none of us would be breathing.
He is an active father to his 20-year-old daughter, now at Columbia University, whom he co-parents with her two lesbian moms, and he lives with his love, Lucy, near Amherst, Massachusetts.
Board of Directors
Peter Corbett
KAP PIONEER & KAPSTONE CLINICS FOUNDER Peter Corbett, LICSW Peter Corbett is a psychotherapist, educator, and leader in the field of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with more than 30 years of experience in private practice, hospitals, and community mental health settings. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Kapstone Clinics, a network of integrative mental health clinics focused on ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and relational healing approaches.
Peter serves on the teaching faculty of the Ketamine Training Center and is a co-director of Ketamine Psychotherapy Associates. Drawing from psychodynamic, somatic, transpersonal, and relational frameworks, he brings extensive clinical and organizational expertise to his trainings. He is passionate about advancing safe, ethical, and effective psychedelic-assisted care while supporting clinicians in developing depth, presence, and clinical excellence.
Vince Kozica
Vince is a business leader and enthusiast of joy and evolution. He currently works in cybersecurity as a sales leader, and leads a spiritual wellness business on the side.
In 2014, Vince met Terry Mollner when Terry came to speak to one of Vince’s classes at the University of Massachusetts Amherst business school. Vince immediately felt a resonance with Terry, which naturally matured into Terry becoming a mentor to Vince both in business and spiritually…as well as a good friend. Vince had experienced the sensation of oneness through personal experiences, and Terry helped Vince to integrate them into a fruitful life of joyful purpose. Vince is passionate about helping our natural state of oneness be realized by all beings - all in their own way, and all in their good time. Vince writes a blog called “Vibes with Vince” on Substack to explore ideas on oneness and the human experience.
John Broucek
John Broucek brings four decades of business expertise and organizational leadership to the Board of Only Oneness is Real. He founded and grew a natural foods manufacturing company to 50 employees with a strong focus on Values implementations and organizational teamwork. John has been committed to interpersonal, emotional and spiritual growth his entire life. The most important question he wants to answer “yes” to at the end of each day is: Was I fully engaged in Loving today? John loves his hobbies of gardening, landscape creation, woodworking, and cooking, several of which he shares with his adult son. John is blessed with a joyful life that includes a partnership with an abundance of appreciation, kindness and playfulness! He is eternally grateful for a experiential spiritual lifestyle.
Frank Grindrod
Frank Grindrod serves as Chief Operating Officer for Only Oneness is Real, bringing over 25 years of leadership to the organization's mission of helping people find true connection and wholeness. As founder and owner of Earthwork Programs, a wilderness survival and leadership school in Western Massachusetts, Frank uses the outdoors as a guide to help people uncover deeper purpose, both in their business and personal lives . With a background as a certified StoryBrand Guide and over 10 years of marketing experience, he has also crewed with Tony Robbins for more than a decade and serves as a growth engineer who uses AI ethically to support the organizations he works with. Frank has known Terry personally for over 20 years, considers him family, and has walked alongside him in men's work for much of that time. Creating a bond that grounds his commitment to SON's mission today.
Eden Meyer of Peru, Vermont
Eden is a certified Kripalu yoga instructor who lives in Vermont. She has been instructing Yoga for the past 13 years, has been owner and operator of Edna‘s Garden in Peru, Vermont since 1992, an organic grower of medicinal herbs and known for leading workshops at the Vermont Flower Show, appearing on WCAX TV and is well known for her expertise on medicinal herbs.
She is a recipient of the Senatorial Award for Outstanding and Invaluable Community Service for her many years of nonprofit volunteer work. She is known for starting the Peru Fair which awards scholarships that send hundreds of local students to college. She has also worked with the Vermont Farm & Food Coalition as the Bennington County coordinator helping in the creation of community gardens and teaching people how to garden to provide their food. She created the West River Farmer’s Market and has had many years of creating various local volunteer projects. She is honored to serve on the board of TFAC!
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