Devotional Nonduality Study Group

Hosting guide

Join the meeting ↗
If asked for a password: 944742

Hosting on Zoom

If no one is host, claim the role using the host key. Ask Bram or another host privately for the key.

It's easiest to host on PC / Mac, but it can be done on your phone too.

PC / Mac

Become host

Join the meeting → Participants → Claim Host → enter the key → Claim Host.

Share your screen

  1. Open the image, video or music you want to share.
  2. In Zoom, click Share and select the window or screen.
  3. For video or music: tick Share sound. Otherwise the group may see the video but will not hear its sound.
  4. Click Share. Ask the group to confirm they can hear it.
  5. Click Stop Share when finished.

On Mac, allow Zoom screen-recording access if prompted.

iPhone / iPad

Become host

Join the meeting → More (…) → Enter Host Key to Claim Host → enter the key → Claim.

Share your screen

  1. In Zoom: Share Content → Screen → Start Broadcast.
  2. After the countdown, open the resource in your browser.
  3. Return to Zoom and tap Stop Share to finish.
Android

Become host

Join the meeting → More (…) → Enter Host Key to Claim Host → enter the key → Claim.

Share your screen

  1. In Zoom: Share → Screen.
  2. Approve Android’s recording/casting prompt with Start now.
  3. If asked to allow Zoom to display over other apps, open the help below.
  4. Open the resource in your browser.
  5. Tap Zoom’s Stop Share to finish.
Screen sharing not working on Android?

If screen sharing stops immediately, or Zoom asks for permission to appear over other apps, check the setting below. It allows Zoom to keep its controls visible while you share.

  1. Open your phone’s Settings → Apps → Zoom → Display over other apps. If Zoom already opened this settings screen, continue there.
  2. Turn on Allow display over other apps. On Samsung, look under Apps → Special access → Appear on top and enable it for Zoom.
  3. Return to the Zoom meeting. Tap Share → Screen and approve the recording/casting prompt with Start now.

Setting names vary by phone. If sharing still does not work, ask Bram or another host for help.

Silence notifications before sharing.

Zoom help

Meeting

Prepare. Join a few minutes early. Check your sound and have the music and reading ready.

  1. Music meditation (15–18 min). Play 500+ music that resonates with you with microphones muted.
  2. Welcome. Give newcomers a warm welcome and go over the guidelines.
  3. Opening intention. Share the intention on screen.
  4. Read together. Share the book on screen and read together. Post the title or reference in chat; repost for late arrivals if needed.
  5. Sharing. Give participants an opportunity to share.

Closing prayer — about 1 hr 30 min after the meeting starts. Share the prayer on screen to close the meeting.

Host tips
  • Choose the reading or lecture beforehand. Leave room for quiet; there is no need to fill every pause.
  • Aim for roughly two-thirds reading and one-third sharing. Keep your own contributions brief.
  • Mute microphones when needed, and give everyone an opportunity to share.
  • For music or video on a computer, enable Zoom’s Share sound. Check that the group can hear it before muting your microphone.
  • Use subtitles in a language participants understand when available.
  • If hosting feels burdensome, ask another host to take a turn.
Guidelines
  1. We honor our Teacher!
  2. We don’t dishonor our Teacher.
  3. We are NOT teachers.
  4. We are students.
  5. We are not here to fix or educate anyone.
  6. We do not pontificate on higher levels of consciousness.
  7. This is a non positionality group.
  8. Stay muted unless sharing.
  9. No cross talking.
  10. When you share, address the moderator (which today is this student) and the group.
  11. When you share, please keep it to 3 minutes or less and avoid multiple shares to give others the opportunity.
  12. when reading and in general, do not editorialize (e. g. "This is important, this is not important, this is what Doc meant...")

Resources

Download all (.zip) ↓

Open an image to show it in Zoom.

Doc Remote (Hoge heer)

https://docremote.hogeheer499.nl/
Password: 4153 → Unlock.

Doc Remote controls the group’s shared playback. Coordinate with the current host before changing anything.

On your phone · 50-second guide

Choose & play · visual guide
1
Bring Hoge heer into the meeting

If Hoge heer is not in the meeting yet, click Join Zoom. It joins in about 10 seconds. If already present, skip this step.

Zoom Controls panel with the blue Join Zoom button.
2
Find your material

Choose a category, then search by title or topic.

Lectures, Clips, Music and YouTube tabs above the search field.
3
Choose a part

Expand a lecture and select the part you want.

An expanded lecture showing Part 1 of 3, Part 2 of 3 and Part 3 of 3.
4
Play when the group is ready

After selecting a part, use Play. Add to queue lines it up for later.

Play and Add to queue buttons at the bottom; shown inactive because no part is selected in this example.

Screenshots show the desktop layout. Tap an image to enlarge it. Play becomes available after selecting material.

Playback controls
Player with the current title, progress bar, pause, skip, Previous, Next, Autoplay next, Loop and Stop controls.
The player controls the group’s shared playback.
  • The player shows the current title, playback status and progress.
  • Play/Pause pauses or resumes; the 10 and 30 arrows skip seconds backward or forward.
  • Autoplay next continues automatically; Loop repeats.

These affect the group’s playback. Avoid player shortcuts while browsing: Space pauses/resumes, and arrow keys skip.

Zoom controls
Zoom Controls with Join Zoom, Sound On, Video On and End / Leave buttons.

Join Zoom is for connecting Doc Remote to Zoom. To join personally, use the meeting link at the top of this guide.

Coordinate with the host before changing Sound or Video. End / Leave leaves the meeting or ends it if Doc Remote is host.