(Effective: November 12, 2025)

The https://www.anawakenedpath.org web site is owned and operated by Unity (An Awakened Path).  These Terms of Use and Product Purchase (“Terms of Use” or “Agreement”) are intended to make you aware of the terms and conditions of your use of the http://www.anawakenedpath.org  web site, any Content (as defined herein), or other products that are offered or provided by An Awakened Path (collectively, the “Site”).

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY USING OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING THE SITE, CREATING, REGISTERING OR ACCESSING AN ACCOUNT, PURCHASING PRODUCTS, POSTING OR DOWNLOADING CONTENT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO OR FROM THE SITE, OR MANIFESTING YOUR ASSENT TO THESE TERMS OF USE IN ANY OTHER MANNER, YOU HEREBY UNEQUIVOCALLY AND EXPRESSLY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO, THESE TERMS OF USE.  IF YOU DO NOT UNEQUIVOCALLY AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU MAY NOT USE OR OTHERWISE ACCESS THE SITE, CREATE, REGISTER OR ACCESS AN ACCOUNT OR POST OR DOWNLOAD CONTENT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO OR FROM THE SITE.

1. General

Additional Terms. The disclaimers, terms and conditions on these pages are of general application and may be supplemented by additional policies, procedures, disclaimers, guidelines, rules, terms or conditions of specific application disclosed by An Awakened Path, including through a registration process or other means.  In the event of a conflict between the Terms of Use and any additional policies, procedures, disclaimers, guidelines, rules, terms or conditions of specific application, the additional policies, procedures, disclaimers, guidelines, rules, terms or conditions of specific application shall control.

Updates. An Awakened Path reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use at any time by posting such changes to this page. You understand that you have the affirmative obligation to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes, and you hereby agree to periodically review these Terms of Use for such changes.  The continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to these Terms of Use will constitute your acceptance of those changes.

Termination. An Awakened Path reserves the right to terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason upon ten (10) days’ notice to you.  Further, you agree that An Awakened Path shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination or suspension of your access to the Site or any part thereof, removal of Content or sale of any products.  You may terminate this Agreement at any time by immediately discontinuing all access to the Site and by providing notice to An Awakened Path of such discontinuance.  Termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall not affect any right or relief to which An Awakened Path may be entitled at law or in equity.

License. An Awakened Path hereby grants you a limited, nonexclusive, nonassignable, nontransferable license to access and use the Site solely for your own personal, non-commercial purposes or the internal business needs of the entity of which you are an authorized representative, as the case may be, subject to your agreement to, compliance with and satisfaction of these Terms of Use.  All rights not otherwise expressly granted by these Terms of Use are reserved by An Awakened Path.  If you do not comply with the Terms of Use at any time, An Awakened Path reserves the right to revoke the aforementioned license(s), limit your access to the Site or restrict your ability to post or download.  You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, distribute, transmit, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any purpose any portion of or any information from the Site.  You may not obscure or remove any proprietary rights or notices contained in or on the Content.  You are solely responsible for providing, maintaining and ensuring the compatibility of all hardware, software, electrical and other physical requirements necessary for your access to and use of the Site or any part thereof. We reserve all rights not otherwise expressly granted by this Agreement. If you do not comply with this Agreement, we reserve the right to revoke any license granted in this Agreement and limit your access to this Site. Any use of this Site that exceeds the rights expressly granted in this Agreement is strictly prohibited and constitutes a violation of this Agreement, which may result in the termination of your right to access and use this Site. You are not acquiring any rights in or to the Content other than a non-exclusive right to access and use this Site solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Denial of Access. An Awakened Path may discontinue or alter any aspect of the Site, remove Content, functionality or applications from the Site, restrict the time the Site is available or restrict the amount of use permitted at An Awakened Path’s sole discretion and without prior notice or liability.  You agree that An Awakened Path may, under certain circumstances, immediately suspend and/or terminate your access to the Site or any part thereof.  You further agree that such measures shall be taken in An Awakened Path’s sole discretion and without liability to you or any third party.  An Awakened Path may also install bug fixes, updates, patches, and other upgrades to this Site without prior notice or liability to you. Your only remedy is to discontinue using this Site if you do not want a modification An Awakened Path makes to this Site.

Intellectual Property Ownership. Unless otherwise specifically noted in these Terms of Use or on the Site, images, trademarks, service marks, logos and icons displayed on the Site are the property of An Awakened Path and/or its licensors and may not be used without An Awakened Path’s prior written consent. Trademarks owned by third parties are the property of those respective third parties.  The Site is the copyrighted property of An Awakened Path, and it may not be reproduced, recreated, modified, accessed or used in any manner or disseminated or distributed to any other party in violation of these Terms of Use. Any unauthorized use of any Content, whether owned by An Awakened Path or other parties, may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, privacy and publicity laws and communications regulations and statutes.  You will not copy, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, translate, modify, reproduce, republish, transmit, sell, offer for sale, disseminate or redistribute the intellectual property found in the Site or any part thereof or grant any other person or entity the right or access to do so.   For purposes of these Terms of Use, references to “post” or “posting” shall refer to any manner of posting, transmitting, uploading, providing, making available or otherwise transferring material or information.

1. Your Use of the Site

Prohibited Uses.  You are solely responsible for any and all acts and omissions that occur under your account or password, and you agree not to engage in unacceptable use of the Site or any part thereof, which includes, without limitation:

(a) use of the Site to post, store or disseminate material or information that, is or to a reasonable person may be false, fraudulent, unlawful, harmful, tortious, abusive, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, libelous, harassing, invasive of another’s privacy, offensive, vulgar, threatening, malicious, embarrassing, hateful or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

(b) use of the Site to post, store or disseminate Content, files, graphics, software or other material or information that actually or potentially infringes the rights of any person, including, without limitation, the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property rights, or privacy, moral or publicity rights, of any person;

(c) use of the Site to interfere, disrupt or attempt to gain unauthorized access to other accounts on the Site, to restricted portion of the Site, to Content, or any other computer network or equipment;

(d) use of the Site to post, store or disseminate any type of computer viruses, trojan horses or any other malicious, destructive, disabling code or programs designed to interrupt, permit unauthorized access, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, system or telecommunications equipment;

(e) use of the Site to post, store or disseminate any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or other fraudulent schemes, or any other form of solicitation;

(f) use of any manual or automated software, devices or other processes to “crawl” or “spider” any web pages contained in the Site (including, without limitation, the use of robots, bots, spiders, scrapers or any other means to extract pricing, product, service or other data from the Site);

(g) use of the Site to gain competitive intelligence about An Awakened Path, the Site or any product offered via the Site or to otherwise compete with An Awakened Path or its affiliates; use the information in the Site to create or sell a similar product or information;

(h) harvesting or otherwise collecting any information about other users, including, without limitation, email addresses or other contact information of other users;

(i) use anything intended to damage or interfere with the proper functioning of the Site and the systems to which it connects or do anything that interferes with any other person’s use of the Site; framing or otherwise simulating the appearance or functions of the Site or any portion thereof;

(j) attempt to copy, change, disassemble, reverse engineer, decrypt, frame or translate the Site or otherwise attempt to learn the source code, structure, or ideas upon which the Site is based; attempt to copy, change, delete or alter any Content;

(k); use of the Site to engage in any activity that, as determined by An Awakened Path, may intentionally or unintentionally violate these Terms of Use, violate any applicable laws or regulations or conflict with the spirit or intent of these Terms of Use.

User Representations. You hereby represent and warrant to An Awakened Path that (a) you (i) have reached the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you reside (generally 18, 19 or 21 years of age depending on the jurisdiction), (ii) are an emancipated minor under the laws of your jurisdiction of domicile and/or residence, (iii) possess legal parental or guardian consent or (iv) otherwise have the power and authority to enter into and perform your obligations under this Agreement; (b) all information provided by you to An Awakened Path is truthful, accurate and complete; (c) you will comply with the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use and any other agreement to which you are subject that is related to your use of the Site, Content or any part thereof; (d) you have provided and will maintain accurate and complete registration/account information with An Awakened Path, including, without limitation, your legal name, email address and any other information An Awakened Path may reasonably require; (e) your access to and use of the Site or any part thereof will not constitute a breach or violation of any other agreement, contract, terms of use or any law or regulation to which you are subject; (f) you will immediately notify An Awakened Path in the event that you learn or suspect that your registration information, username or password has been disclosed or otherwise made known to any other person; (g) you will not use the Site in order to gain competitive intelligence about An Awakened Path, the Site or any product offered via the Site or to otherwise compete with An Awakened Path or its affiliates; and (h) if you purport to be the agent of, represent or otherwise act on behalf of an entity or any other person, that you are in fact an authorized representative of such entity or other person.

III. Content

Content. You acknowledge that the Site may contain or provide access to information, designs, compilations, magnetic translations, digital conversions, software, photos, video, text, graphics, music, sounds or other material provided by An Awakened Path or third parties (collectively, “Content”) that are owned by An Awakened Path or one of its affiliates or vendors, and protected by copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property laws, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media and technologies existing now or hereafter developed. You may not use images, trademarks, service marks, logos and/or icons displayed on the Site as these are our property and/or our licensors’ and may not be used without our written permission. You may not obscure or remove any proprietary rights or notices contained in or on the Site. All copyrighted material, trademark, service mark, legal, proprietary or other notice must not be removed from the Site and the Content you may access.

User Content. The Site offers the ability for Users to submit ideas, photographs, pictures, data, questions, comments, suggestions, and information including personally identifiable information (collectively, “User Content”). User Content posted by users via the Site is the intellectual property of the specific users who post such content.  By posting or delivering User Content, you hereby grant to An Awakened Path a limited, transferable, nonexclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, edit, adapt, publish, translate, display, distribute, sell, sublicense and create derivative works and compilations incorporating such User Content. YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL EVALUATE AND BEAR ALL RISK RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR ANY ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH, USER CONTENT THAT YOU POST OR PROVIDE THROUGH THE SITE. THE RESULTS OF ANY ACTIONS YOU TAKE BASED ON USER CONTENT, CONTENT, OR OTHER CONTENT YOU FIND ON THIS SITE OR ACCESS THROUGH THE SERVICES IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR USER CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY OF USER CONTENT THROUGH THIS SITE.

User Content Representations. For any User Content that you post via the Site, you hereby represent and warrant that: (a) you are owner of such User Content or otherwise have the right to grant An Awakened Path the licenses granted pursuant to this Agreement; (b) you have secured any and all consents necessary to post the User Content and to grant the foregoing licenses; (c) the User Content does not violate the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights of any third party, and such User Content does not contain any personally identifiable information about third parties in violation of such parties’ rights; and (d) the use of any User Content will not result in harm or personal injury to any third party or promotes or displays any of the following content: (i) pornography; (ii) violence; or (iii) racial intolerance or advocacy against any individual, group, or organization. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless An Awakened Path, its officers, members, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses, including attorneys’ fees and costs and expenses, arising out of or in any way connected with (a) any claim that the User Content you provide infringes or misappropriates any intellectual property or other rights of An Awakened Path or third parties, (b) An Awakened Path’s use of any User Content you provide, and (c) any claim brought by a third party against An Awakened Path relating to the User Content you provide.

Monitoring of User Content. An Awakened Path does not generally monitor or otherwise remove User Content after it is posted on the Site except as required or permitted by law or otherwise in the sole discretion of An Awakened Path and reserves the right to remove any and all material that it feels is actually or potentially inappropriate, offensive, illegal or harmful in any respect or which may violate these Terms of Use. An Awakened Path does not make any warranties or representations regarding any of the User Content. An Awakened Path does not necessarily approve, endorse, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with any message posted by its users or otherwise embodied in the Content.  An Awakened Path is not and will not be liable for any Content or User Content that may be offensive, indecent, vulgar, defamatory or otherwise objectionable.

Removal of User Content. In the event you would like to request that An Awakened Path remove your User Content from the Site, please contact An Awakened Path at unity@unityonline.org. Please note however, that if An Awakened Path agrees, in its sole discretion, to remove your User Content, such User Content may not be completely removed or may otherwise still be available to others in the following circumstances: (a) your User Content has been incorporated into derivative works or compilations created by An Awakened Path or other parties; (b) such User Content has been retained in An Awakened Path’s data backup systems or for archival purposes; or (c) to the extent such User Content has been sold to or downloaded by other persons and such persons retain your User Content.

Feedback.  We welcome your comments, feedback, information, or materials regarding this Site or any of the Services (collectively, “Feedback”). In the event you provide any Feedback via this Site, you hereby make the following additional representations and warranties to us: (1) you are owner of such Feedback or otherwise have the right to grant us the licenses or assignments granted pursuant to this Agreement; (2) you have secured any and all consents necessary to provide the Feedback and to grant the foregoing licenses or assignments; (3) the Feedback does not violate the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights of any third party, and such Feedback does not contain any personally identifiable information about third parties in violation of such parties’ rights; (4) the use of any Feedback will not result in harm or personal injury to any third party; and (5) all factual information contained in the Feedback is true and accurate.  By submitting your Feedback to us, you agree to assign, and hereby irrevocably assign to us, all right, title, and interest in and to the Feedback and all copyrights and other intellectual property rights embodied in such Feedback on a worldwide basis. We will be free to use, copy, distribute, publish and modify your Feedback on an unrestricted basis, without compensation to you. Moreover, you hereby assign or waive, as the case may be, any moral rights that you may have in or to the Feedback.

Accuracy, Currency, and Completeness. All User Content originates from the applicable users and is beyond the control of An Awakened Path. An Awakened Path neither initiates the provision of such User Content nor monitors the specific content or accuracy of the User Content being provided. Without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms of Use, An Awakened Path shall have no responsibility for or liability related to the accuracy, content, currency, completeness or delivery of any User Content.  The applicable user providing such User Content is responsible for the accuracy, content, currency, completeness and delivery of the User Content provided by such user. AN AWAKENED PATH DOES NOT PROVIDE OR CONTROL, AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, THE USER CONTENT. AN AWAKENED PATH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

1. Privacy

Your Privacy. An Awakened Path collects, stores and uses data collected from you in accordance with An Awakened Path’s Privacy Policy. The terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy are hereby expressly incorporated into these Terms of Use. An Awakened Path may from time to time disclose or transfer some of the information that you provide through your use of the Site to trusted affiliates, independent contractors and partners who will use the information for certain business purposes deemed to be aligned with our goals and business objectives and in a manner consistent with our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. In addition, the An Awakened Path may disclose or transfer information collected from users in connection with a sale or restructuring of An Awakened Path.  Some of the information you upload or provide on the Site is subject to federal, state, and local laws regulating the privacy, security, and confidentiality of information. No information system can perfectly guard against the risks of intentional intrusion or inadvertent disclosure of information sent to us. When you use the Site, information transmitted over the Internet is beyond our control. Once we receive your information, your personally identifiable information will be treated as confidential and given the protections as set forth in our Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy for details.

Privacy of Others. You agree not to disclose information of other users that you may obtain through your use of the Site to third parties, or use the information for any purposes without the other user’s consent. You agree to only use another user’s information in connection with the Site.

Links/Other Resources. As a service to our users, the An Awakened Path may provide links to other websites or resources on the Internet, or information about other resources that may be of interest. However, because An Awakened Path has no control over such websites or resources, you acknowledge and agree that An Awakened Path is not responsible for the availability of such external websites or resources, and An Awakened Path does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such sites or resources, or for any privacy or other practices of the third parties operating those websites or resources, and the presentation of third-party links or content by An Awakened Path is not intended to be an endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by An Awakened Path.  You further acknowledge and agree that An Awakened Path shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such third-party Content, goods or service available on or through any third-party site or resource. An Awakened Path strongly encourages you to review any separate terms of use and privacy policies governing use of these third-party websites and resources. Please be aware that when you exit the Site, you are subject to the policies of the new Site.

1. Warranties; Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification 

Disclaimers of Warranties. An Awakened Path uses reasonable efforts to maintain the Site, but An Awakened Path is not responsible for any defects or failures associated with the Site, any part thereof, any Content posted using the Site, the User Content or any damages (such as lost profits or other consequential damages) that may result from any such defects or failures.  The Site may be inaccessible or inoperable for any reason, including, without limitation: (a) equipment malfunctions, (b) periodic maintenance procedures, upgrades or repairs which An Awakened Path may undertake from time to time, or (c) causes beyond the control of An Awakened Path or which are not foreseeable by An Awakened Path. An Awakened Path will not be liable for failure to provide access to the Site for any reason whatsoever. We do not represent, warrant, or guarantee that this Site will always be completely free of human or technological errors. We will not be liable to you or any third party for damages or losses related to this Site being unavailable.

NEITHER AN AWAKENED PATH NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY PROMISES ABOUT THE SITE OR PRODUCTS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, AN AWAKENED PATH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AND THE SITE, ANY CONTENT, AND ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED VIA THE SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. AN AWAKENED PATH MAKES NO COMMITMENTS ABOUT THE RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR SECURITY OF THE SITE AND RELATED TRANSMISSION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. AN AWAKENED PATH DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, UNDERTAKINGS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT .

ALTHOUGH AN AWAKENED PATH USES REASONABLE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE, AN AWAKENED PATH ALSO GIVES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND REGARDING THE SITE AND/OR COMPANY CONTENT POSTED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THEREIN.  COMPANY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, ANY CONTENT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED VIA THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS, THAT USE OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. FURTHER, AN AWAKENED PATH DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY COMPANY CONTENT, OR  THAT THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE OR COMPANY CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR THAT THE QUALITY OF THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT, PRODUCTS, INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

ANY COMPANY CONTENT OR OTHER MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH COMPANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL. FURTHER, PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY PRODUCT SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THESE TERMS OF USE.

Limitation of Liability. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT AN AWAKENED PATH SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY COMPENSATORY, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF AN AWAKENED PATH HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (I) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT; (II) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM THE INABILITY TO ACCESS OR UTILIZE ANY PRODUCTS PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE; (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS, CONTENT OR DATA; OR (IV) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SITE, OR ITS CONTENT.   IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SITE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE TO DISCONTINUE USE OF THE SITE AND TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL AN AWAKENED PATH’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE SITE, PURCHASING ANY CONTENT OR PURCHASING ANY PRODUCTS.

REGARDLESS OF THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPHS, IF WE ARE FOUND TO BE LIABLE, IN NO EVENT SHALL AN AWAKENED PATH BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT GREATER THAN ONE THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS ($1000), TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.  SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Release / Indemnification. You agree to release An Awakened Path, its members, managers, officers, employees and agents, from any and all liability and obligations whatsoever in connection with or arising from your use of the Site.  If at any time you are not happy with the Site or object to any material within the Site, your sole remedy is to cease using them. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless An Awakened Path, its officers, members, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses, including attorneys’ fees and costs and expenses, arising out of or in any way connected with (a) your access to or use of the Site or any part thereof, (b) any User Content you post via the Site, (c) a breach or alleged breach by you of this Agreement or any of your representations, warranties, covenants or obligations under this Agreement, (d) infringement or misappropriation of any intellectual property or other rights of An Awakened Path or third parties by you, or (e) any negligence or willful misconduct by you, (e) any other claim related to your performance under this Agreement, including a violation of any applicable laws, rules, or regulations, or the rights of any third party; or (f) your use of any Content or products provided by An Awakened Path.

1. Copyright 

Copyright Notice. An Awakened Path respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same.  If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide An Awakened Path’s Copyright Agent the following information: (a) an electronic or physical signature of the owner or person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (b) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (c) a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site sufficient to allow us to locate the allegedly infringing material; (d) your address, telephone number, and email address; (e) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Please contact An Awakened Path’s Copyright Agent for Notice of Claims of copyright infringement at unity@unityonline.org. Copyright owners and agents acknowledge that failure to comply with all of the requirements of the foregoing may result in an invalidity of the DMCA notice.

Counter-Notice.  If you believe that the Content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have authorization from the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent, or pursuant to the law, to post and use the Content, you may send a counter-notice containing the following information to the Copyright Agent: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the Content that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the Content appeared before it was removed or disabled; (c) a statement that you have a good faith belief that the Content was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the User Content; and (d) your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in Jackson County, Missouri, and a statement that you will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement.

If a counter-notice is received by the Copyright Agent, An Awakened Path may send a copy of the counter-notice to the original complaining party informing that person that it may replace the removed Content or cease disabling it in 10 business days.  Unless the copyright owner files an action seeking a court order against the person providing such Content, the removed Content may be replaced, or access to it restored, in 10 to 14 business days or more after receipt of the counter-notice, at An Awakened Path’s sole discretion.

VIII. Miscellaneous

For California Residents. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT OR COULD OTHERWISE CLAIM THE PROTECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA LAW, YOU FURTHER EXPRESSLY WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO THE CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER, MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.” YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, AND YOU HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVE AND RELINQUISH ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS UNDER THAT SECTION AND ANY LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION OF SIMILAR EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO YOUR RELEASE OF ANY CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST AN AWAKENED PATH.

Independent Contractors.  The parties are and shall be independent contractors and neither party by virtue of this Agreement shall have any right, power or authority to act or create any obligation, express or implied, on behalf of the other.

Waiver/Severability.  No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or shall constitute, a waiver of any other term, provision or condition hereof, whether or not similar, nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition hereof. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by the party making the waiver. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal or unenforceable, then such provision will be enforced to the maximum extent possible and the other provisions will remain fully effective and enforceable.

Notice.  Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be delivered when sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or when sent by facsimile or email to either party’s last known post office, facsimile or email address, respectively.  You hereby consent to notice by email. An Awakened Path may send you via such email address An Awakened Path newsletters, product updates, service-related information and other offers and information from An Awakened Path or its business partners, and you hereby consent to such emails. An Awakened Path also may contact you by email to respond to any customer service or other inquiries you submit.

Law/Forum.  This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri, without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of law.  Any litigation arising out of this Agreement shall be brought by either party in a court of competent jurisdiction located in Jackson County, Missouri, and each party hereby waives any defenses it may have before such courts based on a lack of personal jurisdiction or inconvenient forum.  Each party hereby expressly and irrevocably waives the right to a jury trial.  The prevailing party shall be awarded its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in any proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement. No action arising under this Agreement may be brought by User more than one (1) year after the cause of action has accrued.

Assignment.  You may not assign, transfer, or sell (voluntarily or by operation of law) your rights or obligations under this Agreement, nor delegate your duties hereunder to any other person, without our prior written consent. Any purported assignment without our consent will be void and will constitute a breach of this Agreement. We may assign this Agreement or delegate or subcontract our obligations under this Agreement at any time.

Equitable Relief / Fees.  The parties agree that breach of the provisions of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the unauthorized use of the Site or Content, would cause irreparable harm and significant injury to An Awakened Path which would be both difficult to ascertain and which would not be compensable by damages alone. As such, the parties agree that An Awakened Path has the right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement by injunction (without necessity of posting bond), specific performance, or other equitable relief without prejudice to any other rights and remedies An Awakened Path may have for your breach of this Agreement. If any action in law or in equity is necessary to enforce the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants, and other professionals, and costs and expenses in addition to any other relief to which such prevailing party may be entitled.

Force Majeure.  If the performance of any part of this Agreement by either party (other than the payment of money) is prevented, hindered, delayed or otherwise made impracticable by reason of any flood, riot, fire, judicial or governmental action, labor disputes, act of God or any other causes beyond the control of either party, that party shall be excused from such to the extent that it is prevented, hindered or delayed by such causes.

Survival.  The terms and provisions of Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.

Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between the parties with respect to the Site and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous communications, representations, statements and understandings, whether oral or written, between the parties concerning the Site. The captions and headings of this Agreement are included for ease of reference only and will be disregarded in interpreting or construing this Agreement.

Contact. This site is operated by (Unity) An Awakened Path. All inquiries may be directed to An Awakened Path at unity@unityonline.org.