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had envisioned and described in his books of 1999–2003. Soon after its founding in
January 2010, the Universal Order of Sannyasa grew rapidly and modified its name to become "Community of The Mystic Heart (CMH), a Circle of Interspiritual Mystics and Contemplatives originally envisioned as The Universal Order of Sannyasa by Bro. Wayne Teasdale". As Teasdale envisioned, this association (organized as a
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In 2009 ISDnA created the website resource "The InterSpiritual
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and other inter-religious discussions. After
Teasdale's death in 2004, Johnson and other colleagues of Teasdale continued and expanded ISDnA, first to include an education program based on the work and writings of Teasdale, at the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City (where Johnson joined
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in New York state) and began his association with the
American Museum of Natural History in New York City during that time (from 1972), and after completion of his doctoral studies in 1980. Shortly before, but mainly after, his retirement from fully active scientific work in 2000, Johnson
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and the integral community in establishing an array of programs on integral spirituality at One Spirit
Interfaith Seminary in New York City and Johnson and another colleague of Teasdale, Gorakh Hayashi, published additional articles on Teadale's thought
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spirituality known as "Advaita". Johnson was ordained in both traditions and
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professor, writer and guest lecturer. These aspects of Johnson's life and work are reviewed separately below.
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