Love's Drum is an exquisite reflection on the nature of reality. With essays, practices and stories, the Sufi teacher Pir Elias Amidon leads us into the mysteries of nondual awareness, making clear its essence of unconditional acceptance. Love's Drum is an exquisite reflection on the nature of reality. With essays, practices and stories, the Sufi teacher Pir Elias Amidon leads us into the mysteries of nondual awareness, making clear its essence of unconditional acceptance. The eleventh century Sufi Abdullah Ansari suggested that Sufism is simply another word for love. In Amidon's words, it is ”what unites us with all being and becoming, and yet no matter how vast and inconceivable love is, it's still the most intimate nature of our present experience.” As he recounts events from his life, Amidon shows us the “open path” he follows—one of inclusion, lack of dogma, experiential understanding, and love in action. His life has been one of global activism in the areas of environmentalism, peace, and indigenous rights. Through quotes from mystics, poets, philosophers, and spiritual teachers; simple practices for everyone; uncommon perspectives on human life; and wonderful stories illustrating depths of wisdom, readers can have their own experience of limitless awareness and hear the subtle beating of love's drum. In these pages Elias reveals the alchemy of nondual freedom. He unfolds the possibility of transfiguring our bounded and limited lives into lives of undefended love and generosity. In an arc of cosmic dimensions, Elias unites the mundane concerns of daily life and the transcendent reality of deity herself. “In these pages Elias reveals the alchemy of nondual freedom. He unfolds the possibility of transfiguring our bounded and limited lives into lives of undefended love and generosity. In an arc of cosmic dimensions, Elias unites the mundane concerns of daily life and the transcendent reality of deity herself.” -- Dr. Peter Fenner, author of Radiant Mind and Natural Awakening Elias Amidon is the spiritual director (Pir) of the Sufi Way (www.sufiway.org), a contemporary and non-sectarian inner school in the lineage of Sufi Inayat Khan. Pir Elias teaches and holds retreats on nondual spirituality and Sufism throughout Europe and the United States and is known for his direct and experiential approach to spiritual realization. For over two decades Elias led vision quests with his wife, Elizabeth Roberts, in the deserts of Utah, Spain, and the forests of northern Thailand. He also worked for many years in the field of peace and environmental activism in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and with indigenous tribes on land-rights issues. The author of several popular spiritual books, he lives in Crestone, Colorado.