{"title":"The Unification Room","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-m1yfr61r wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-m1yfr61r\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003ePohutukawa roots, symbolic of inner depth, are cut length-wise to create mirrored halves, then brought together insides-out side-by-side in unity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eThis process is in recognition that the path to unity and aliveness is doing the separatory inner work, deeply, leading to the bedrock of already-wholeness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TWFxr5\" id=\"comp-m1yf8z24\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"comp-m1yf8z24\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-hook=\"tpa-components-provider\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"gallery-wrapper-comp-m1yf8z24\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pro-gallery\" id=\"pro-gallery-comp-m1yf8z24\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-key=\"pro-gallery-inner-container\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"region\" class=\"pro-gallery-parent-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pro-gallery inline-styles  ltr\" id=\"pro-gallery-container-comp-m1yf8z24\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pro-gallery-margin-container\" id=\"pro-gallery-margin-container-comp-m1yf8z24\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-hook=\"item-link-wrapper\" data-idx=\"0\" class=\"item-link-wrapper\" data-id=\"f3ebc493-360b-4e00-95cf-30f00d5e89ac\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"false\" data-hook=\"item-container\" data-idx=\"0\" data-id=\"f3ebc493-360b-4e00-95cf-30f00d5e89ac\" data-hash=\"f3ebc493-360b-4e00-95cf-30f00d5e89ac\" id=\"pgif3ebc493360b4e0095cf30f00d5e89ac_0\" class=\"gallery-item-container item-container-regular has-custom-focus visible clickable\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-uniting-of-separation-and-unity-1","title":"\"The Uniting of Separation and Unity 1\"","description":"\u003cp\u003ePōhutukawa root from a fallen tree in Auckland — the first work in the \u003cem\u003eUnity\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single root, split lengthwise and rejoined side by side. 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Two halves of the same thing, separated and reunited — the form itself enacting the idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Uniting of Separation and Unity\u003c\/em\u003e is a body of work rooted in a single, profound idea. Unity, as John Allen understands it, is not something imposed from outside. It is something arrived at from within — through the willingness to open oneself, to do the inner work, to release what no longer serves. It is in that process of individuation that the paradoxical deeper realisation emerges: that beneath the surface of individual experience, we are not separate at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinished with natural oil and wax to deepen the grain and tonal variation, the surface retains its organic presence while offering a soft, tactile sheen. 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