# Not-Two Is Peace - The Book | The Ordinary People's Way of Global Cooperative Order > Promotional site for "Not-Two Is Peace," a book by the World-Friend Adi Da arguing that human civilization must be re-established on principles of mutual trust, cooperation, tolerance, "prior unity," and the limitless participation of all humankind in transforming its own destiny. Published by the Adi Da Foundation. The book's core argument is that humanity must move beyond merely searching for solutions to global crises and instead adopt an entirely new paradigm — the "working-presumption of prior unity." Adi Da proposes a practical means for enacting this: a "Global Cooperative Forum" through which all of humankind could address shared global matters as a single, cooperative process rather than as competing separate interests. The site includes the book's argument, hand-calligraphed art by Adi Da on the same theme, author biography, endorsements, a video introduction, essay excerpts, purchase links, and a related book. ## Main Navigation - [Home](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/): Book introduction and entry points to all site content - [The Book](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/#book): In-page section describing the book's central argument and the "Global Cooperative Forum" concept - [The Author](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/#author): In-page biography summary of the World-Friend Adi Da - [Read](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/read): Full excerpts and audio from the book - [Purchase](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/#purchase): Links to buy print and Kindle editions - [Contact](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/#contact): Contact form for the Adi Da Foundation ## About the Book - [Continue Reading — About Not-Two Is Peace](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/about-not-two-peace): Extended discussion of "prior unity" as the structure of existence itself and the basis for a new global paradigm - Includes reproductions of two 2006 hand-calligraphed art pieces by Adi Da titled "Not-Two Is Peace," part of the Spectra Five series, with transcribed text on the illusory nature of "God"-ideas versus the Self-Evident Reality of "Real Self" ## About the Author - [Read More — About the Author](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/about-the-author): Extended biography covering Adi Da's birth in 1939, his BA in philosophy from Columbia University (1961), his MA in English literature from Stanford (1966), and his recognition as a spiritual master by Swami Muktananda of Ganeshpuri in 1968–69 ## Endorsements - [Read All Endorsements](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/endorsements): Full list of endorsements - Endorsements featured on the homepage from: Ervin Laszlo (Founder and President of the Club of Budapest), Dr. Jude Currivan (cosmologist and author), Ashok Gangadean (Founder-Director, Global Dialogue Institute), Dustin DiPerna (author, *Streams of Wisdom*), Bob Anderson (Founder and Chairman, The Leadership Circle), and Patricia Karen Gagic (award-winning artist and author) ## Video Introduction - A video introduction by Rolf Carriere, former UN official and senior adviser to the Nonviolent Peaceforce, describing *Not-Two Is Peace* as a profound diagnosis of the current human predicament (embedded on homepage) ## Essay: "Reality-Humanity" - [Read the Essay](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/excerpt-reality-humanity): Adi Da's essay describing conflict between competing human groups as the "stave in the wheels" preventing humanity's self-organizing, self-correcting, self-rightening nature from functioning - Available in multiple languages: [French](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/excerpt-reality-humanity-french), [German](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/excerpt-reality-humanity-german), [Dutch](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/excerpt-reality-humanity-dutch), [Italian](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/excerpt-reality-humanity-italian), [Polish](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/excerpt-reality-humanity-polish), [Spanish](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/excerpt-reality-humanity-spanish) ## Read / Listen to Excerpts Available at [the Read page](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/read): "Introduction by Ervin Laszlo," "Humankind Is Literally One Family," "C+T=P: Formula for World Peace," "Principles Regarding a Global Cooperative Forum, Part 1," "Everybody-All-At-Once," and "Reality-Humanity" ## Purchase - [Print Edition (4th Edition)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/194278905X): Available via Amazon - [Kindle Edition (4th Edition)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZTWTBPL): Available via Amazon ## Related Work - [Prior Unity](https://www.priorunity.org/): "The Basis For A New Human Civilization" — a related book by Adi Da on humanity's inherent, already-existing unity as the necessary foundation for a benign global future ## Organization - [Adi Da Foundation](https://www.adidafoundation.org): The non-profit publisher of *Not-Two Is Peace*, dedicated to disseminating the World-Friend Adi Da's work for the upliftment of humankind and promoting the working-presumption of prior unity as the basis for a peaceful, sustainable future; proceeds from book sales support the Foundation ## Other - [Privacy Policy](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/privacy) - [Terms of Use](https://www.nottwoispeace.org/terms-use)