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SUMMARY:Book-A-Month Club - The Blackwinged Night
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFpmyLHRYnM&t=1s\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Blackwinged Night: Creativity in Nature and Mindby F. David Peat \n\n\n\nHost: Alison MacLeod \n\n\n\nFriday January 26\, 20249:00am PST  | 12:00pm EST  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nAn informal monthly get-together to discuss books of significance for the Pari Center community. \n\n\n\nEach month we will meet with a guest presenter/moderator to discuss a book of their choice that probes important aspects of our focus—Physics and Philosophy\, the work of David Bohm\, Indigenous Ways of Knowing\, Jungian Concepts\, Gentle Action\, Creativity\, the Arts\, Ethics\, Community\, the Sacred.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/book-a-month-club-the-blackwinged-night/
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SUMMARY:Holoflux: The Meanings of Stone - Day 1
DESCRIPTION:No places available \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitated by Lee Nichol \n\n\n\nJanuary 27 & 28\, 2024 \n\n\n\n9:00am PST  | 12:00pm EST  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\nThe maximum number of 25 participants was reached\, registration is closed. \n\n\n\nThe price of this workshop is 30 euros for the two-days\, 6 hours. If you are interested in participating\, please use the form above to pre-register. \n\n\n\nThis two-day\, six-hour workshop is hands-on\, and fully participatory. Each participant will need to acquire a new “found stone” (not store-bought) and work with that stone in ways specific to the workshop. In addition\, each participant will give a brief report to the whole group\, on Zoom\, of what occurs when working with their found stone. \n\n\n\nIf you have an interest in this workshop\, please read on\, and make note of the requirements outlined below. Please don’t register if you feel you can’t follow these group guidelines. \n\n\n\nFinding a stone prior to the workshop is the starting point. Stones are everywhere! Open fields\, stream beds\, hillsides\, abandoned lots\, the beach\, mountains – even parking lots (car parks) – are good places to find stones. Some of the most amazing stones can be found in those concrete islands that partition outdoor parking lots. Urban or rural\, you will have no problem finding a stone. \n\n\n\nThere are four key aspects in the finding. First\, this must be a new stone\, not one you already have. Second\, it must be an opaque stone – no gemstones. Third\, it should be palm-sized – easy to hold in the hand\, not too big\, not too small. Finally\, the stone should appeal to you\, should have some quality – tactile\, visual\, or otherwise – that draws you to it. \n\n\n\nIt is very useful to make notes of anything that seems of interest or value as you search for the stone. You could begin your search now\, or you could begin a week or so before the workshop. You might gather multiple stones\, and make a final decision shortly before we begin on Jan. 27. \n\n\n\nOnce you have a new stone\, you may be inclined to engage with it right away\, naturally and spontaneously. Try to resist this! Set it aside\, considering it from afar. Of course\, if you cannot resist\, by all means enjoy the stone in any way you wish! But the less you work with the stone in advance\, the more we will discover together. \n\n\n\nWhy is this? \n\n\n\nThe reason is simple. A few days before we begin the workshop\, we will all receive some basic instructions on “how” to work with the stone. This short working (10 – 20 minutes) will be done privately\, on an individual basis\, a day or two before January 27. There is nothing complicated or mysterious in this. It will involve simple things like holding the stone in silence and paying attention to what kinds of sensings occur\, and what kinds of images pass through consciousness. The key is that we are all starting from the exact same basis. Different stones\, same approach. No one is out wandering into their own “way” of working with stones – we are all doing the same thing\, very direct\, very uncomplicated.  \n\n\n\nNeedless to say\, what occurs once we follow the simple instructions is another matter altogether. Each person will have their own individual and unique experiences. This is why the workshop title refers to “meanings” (plural). It is this great variety that will arise from within the group that allows us to begin to see “what really happens” when we work with a stone\, as opposed to what we think should happen\, or what we want to happen. When we work as a group with “what really happens\,” and share that together\, very rich possibilities emerge. Our first day\, January 27\, will largely consist of this sharing\, relying on notes and memory. Making brief notes after each stage of your stone experiment is essential\, as reporting back to the group is at the core of the work together. \n\n\n\nThe second day\, January 28\, we will use the results of our collective workings as a basis for asking\, “What relationship does our body-consciousness have with stone?” Is there meaning\, significance in that relationship\, apart from utility and enjoyment? This query will lead to further considerations of rheosoma – the flowing body – and how engaging with stone might open new variants of very primordial human experiences. \n\n\n\nIf this collective\, hands-on stone experiment speaks to you\, in all its specificity\, please join us for Holoflux: The Meanings of Stone. \n\n\n\nTo pre-register\, use the form above or contact Eleanor Peat – eleanor@paricenter.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLee Nichol is a freelance writer and editor. His latest works are Entering Bohm’s Holoflux and\, as editor\, Holoflux: Codex – Form / Movement / Vision inspired by David Bohm (both from Pari Publishing). He was a long-time friend and collaborator of David Bohm\, and is editor of Bohm’s On Dialogue\, The Essential David Bohm\, and On Creativity. \n\n\n\nLee has been on the faculty of the Arthur Morgan School in Celo\, North Carolina; the Oak Grove School in Ojai\, California; the Tibetan Nyingma Institute in Berkeley\, California; and Denver University in Denver\, Colorado. He sits on the Advisory Committee of the Pari Center\, the Advisory Council of the Indigenous Education Institute\, and is a member of the Founding Circle of the Native American Academy. He lives in Albuquerque\, New Mexico with his wife Eva Casey.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/holoflux-the-meanings-of-stone-2/
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SUMMARY:Holoflux: The Meanings of Stone - Day 2
DESCRIPTION:No places available \n\n\n[rtec-registration-form] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitated by Lee Nichol \n\n\n\nJanuary 27 & 28\, 2024 \n\n\n\n9:00am PST  | 12:00pm EST  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\nThe maximum number of 25 participants was reached\, registration is closed. \n\n\n\nThe price of this workshop is 30 euros for the two-days\, 6 hours. If you are interested in participating\, please use the form above to pre-register. \n\n\n\nThis two-day\, six-hour workshop is hands-on\, and fully participatory. Each participant will need to acquire a new “found stone” (not store-bought) and work with that stone in ways specific to the workshop. In addition\, each participant will give a brief report to the whole group\, on Zoom\, of what occurs when working with their found stone. \n\n\n\nIf you have an interest in this workshop\, please read on\, and make note of the requirements outlined below. Please don’t register if you feel you can’t follow these group guidelines. \n\n\n\nFinding a stone prior to the workshop is the starting point. Stones are everywhere! Open fields\, stream beds\, hillsides\, abandoned lots\, the beach\, mountains – even parking lots (car parks) – are good places to find stones. Some of the most amazing stones can be found in those concrete islands that partition outdoor parking lots. Urban or rural\, you will have no problem finding a stone. \n\n\n\nThere are four key aspects in the finding. First\, this must be a new stone\, not one you already have. Second\, it must be an opaque stone – no gemstones. Third\, it should be palm-sized – easy to hold in the hand\, not too big\, not too small. Finally\, the stone should appeal to you\, should have some quality – tactile\, visual\, or otherwise – that draws you to it. \n\n\n\nIt is very useful to make notes of anything that seems of interest or value as you search for the stone. You could begin your search now\, or you could begin a week or so before the workshop. You might gather multiple stones\, and make a final decision shortly before we begin on Jan. 27. \n\n\n\nOnce you have a new stone\, you may be inclined to engage with it right away\, naturally and spontaneously. Try to resist this! Set it aside\, considering it from afar. Of course\, if you cannot resist\, by all means enjoy the stone in any way you wish! But the less you work with the stone in advance\, the more we will discover together. \n\n\n\nWhy is this? \n\n\n\nThe reason is simple. A few days before we begin the workshop\, we will all receive some basic instructions on “how” to work with the stone. This short working (10 – 20 minutes) will be done privately\, on an individual basis\, a day or two before January 27. There is nothing complicated or mysterious in this. It will involve simple things like holding the stone in silence and paying attention to what kinds of sensings occur\, and what kinds of images pass through consciousness. The key is that we are all starting from the exact same basis. Different stones\, same approach. No one is out wandering into their own “way” of working with stones – we are all doing the same thing\, very direct\, very uncomplicated.  \n\n\n\nNeedless to say\, what occurs once we follow the simple instructions is another matter altogether. Each person will have their own individual and unique experiences. This is why the workshop title refers to “meanings” (plural). It is this great variety that will arise from within the group that allows us to begin to see “what really happens” when we work with a stone\, as opposed to what we think should happen\, or what we want to happen. When we work as a group with “what really happens\,” and share that together\, very rich possibilities emerge. Our first day\, January 27\, will largely consist of this sharing\, relying on notes and memory. Making brief notes after each stage of your stone experiment is essential\, as reporting back to the group is at the core of the work together. \n\n\n\nThe second day\, January 28\, we will use the results of our collective workings as a basis for asking\, “What relationship does our body-consciousness have with stone?” Is there meaning\, significance in that relationship\, apart from utility and enjoyment? This query will lead to further considerations of rheosoma – the flowing body – and how engaging with stone might open new variants of very primordial human experiences. \n\n\n\nIf this collective\, hands-on stone experiment speaks to you\, in all its specificity\, please join us for Holoflux: The Meanings of Stone. \n\n\n\nTo pre-register\, use the form above or contact Eleanor Peat – eleanor@paricenter.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLee Nichol is a freelance writer and editor. His latest works are Entering Bohm’s Holoflux and\, as editor\, Holoflux: Codex – Form / Movement / Vision inspired by David Bohm (both from Pari Publishing). He was a long-time friend and collaborator of David Bohm\, and is editor of Bohm’s On Dialogue\, The Essential David Bohm\, and On Creativity. \n\n\n\nLee has been on the faculty of the Arthur Morgan School in Celo\, North Carolina; the Oak Grove School in Ojai\, California; the Tibetan Nyingma Institute in Berkeley\, California; and Denver University in Denver\, Colorado. He sits on the Advisory Committee of the Pari Center\, the Advisory Council of the Indigenous Education Institute\, and is a member of the Founding Circle of the Native American Academy. He lives in Albuquerque\, New Mexico with his wife Eva Casey.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/holoflux-the-meanings-of-stone-3/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Future Mind - A Conversation with Robert Lawrence Kuhn
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO8wM06PiPA\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Robert Lawrence Kuhn and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday January 319:00am PST  | 12:00pm EST  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nA monthly virtual encounter to reckon whence and whither humanity. \n\n\n\nThe conversation will explore “a landscape of consciousness”\, toward a taxonomy of explanations and implications. \n\n\n\nFollowing an hour-long lively and spontaneous dialogue between Alex and his guest\, the session will be open to questions from the audience. \n\n\n\nThroughout 2022 Àlex initiated The Future Scientist conversation series\, a monthly virtual encounter to understand where science is going and to reimagine where we hope it might go.  \n\n\n\nMaintaining the spirit and the format intact\, in 2023 the series expanded its scope and morphed into The Future Human as a natural continuation of the quest to reckon whence and whither humanity.  \n\n\n\nNow\, in 2024\, Àlex will continue to curate and host such conversations to address The Future Mind\, seeking to gain clarity and insight into important contemporary matters that require both urgent action as well as deep reflection. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn is a public intellectual; he is the creator\, writer\, host and executive producer of Closer To Truth\, the long-running PBS/public television series and leading global resource on Cosmos (cosmology/physics\, philosophy of science)\, Consciousness (brain/mind\, philosophy of mind)\, Life (philosophy of biology)\, and Meaning (theism/atheism/agnosticism\, global philosophy of religion\, critical thinking). See the Closer To Truth web resource (www.closertotruth.com)\, Closer To Truth YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV)\, and List of Closer To Truth episodes(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Closer_to_Truth_episodes).  \n\n\n\nDr. Kuhn has written or edited over 30 books\, including The Mystery of Existence: Why is there Anything At All? (with John Leslie); Closer To Truth: Challenging Current Belief; Closer To Truth: Science\, Meaning and the Future; The Library of Investment Banking; How China’s Leaders Think (featuring President Xi Jinping); The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin (China’s best-selling book in 2005 and in December 2022); “The Origin and Significance of Zero: An Interdisciplinary Perspective” (with Peter Gobets); and Xi Jinping’s New-Era China: The Inside Story (2024). \n\n\n\nAn international corporate strategist and investment banker\, Dr. Kuhn is a recipient of the China Reform Friendship Medal\, China’s highest award for 10 foreigners who contributed to China’s reform and opening up over four decades; only five are living; Dr. Kuhn is one of two Americans. He is a frequent commentator in the international media (BBC\, CNN\, etc.) and Chinese media.  \n\n\n\nDr. Kuhn is chairman of The Kuhn Foundation. He has a BA in Human Biology (Johns Hopkins)\, PhD in Anatomy/Brain Research (UCLA)\, and SM (MBA) in Management (MIT). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÀlex Gómez-Marín is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time to the neurobiology of action-perception across species\, from flies and worms to mice and humans. Since 2016 he has been the head of the Behavior of Organisms Laboratory at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante\, where he is an Associate Professor of the Spanish Research Council. Combining computational biology and continental philosophy\, his current research concentrates on consciousness in the real world.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-mind-a-conversation-with-robert-lawrence-kuhn/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Global Futures\, Conscious Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Global Futures\, Conscious Leadership \n\n\n\nwith Jessica Bockler and Bruce Alderman \n\n\n\nFebruary 7\, 20248:30am PST  | 11:30am EST  | 4:30pm GMT  |  5:30pm CET  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. \n\n\n\nAs Alfred North Whitehead put it\, the world “craves for novelty and yet is haunted by terror at the loss of the past”. We feel we urgently need change but we seem unable to make it happen\, at least at the speed\, precision\, and depth required for it to make a real\, positive\, and effective difference in the world. In this free live event Àlex Gómez-Marín will be in conversation with Jessica Bockler (Alef Trust) and Bruce Alderman (California Institute of Integral Studies) in the context of their respective new programmes which seek to promote\, with the same spirit but in different ways\, conscious leadership and conscious change-making in ourselves and the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNurturing the Fields of Change Programme | Alef Trust \n\n\n\nConscious community has always been at the heart of the Alef Trust\, a non-profit global learning provider in higher education\, research and community development. Our work is about cultivating balanced ways of being\, as well as activating the potential of whole-person inquiry for the evolution of human habits\, cultures\, and systems. In 2023 we launched Nurturing the Fields of Change\, a programme for holistic change leaders working on transformation projects. The programme explores the links between inner work\, deep ecology\, conscious leadership\, and social change; and it offers opportunities for collective presencing and sense-making to address the big challenges of our time. We know that transformation thrives through collaboration and supportive community\, as well as through deep participation in our inner\, multi-dimensional growth. With the support and encouragement of our peers\, we feel accompanied and validated in our work; and we grow in our inner capacities and in our ability to engage more expansively and creatively with the questions we face in our work. A new cycle of the programme begins on Monday\, 5th February 2024 and we invite you to join us: \n\n\n\nhttps://fieldsofchange2024.sutra.co/space/9mx82r/register \n\n\n\nThe Blue Sky Leaders Certificate Program | California Institute of Integra Studies. \n\n\n\nBlue Sky Leaders at CIIS is a professional certificate program that blends intensive contemplative training with cutting-edge neuroscience\, new cosmology\, regenerative economics\, creative arts\, and conscious leadership principles for a profoundly transformative educational experience.  Modeled on the “encore” or “third act” programs offered by universities such as Stanford\, Notre Dame\, or Oxford\, the BSL program is designed to provide established or retired professionals\, leaders\, and cultural creatives with new opportunities for growth and development\, an expanded community of practice\, and the skills to respond wisely to the fragmentation and loss of meaning that drive many of our current social and environmental ills. Grounded in timeless wisdom and emerging science\, and led and facilitated by a team of over 30 thought-leaders and creative change agents from across many disciplines\, BSL reimagines leadership development by emphasizing the dynamic intersections of personal transformation\, global consciousness\, and creative action. Applications for the 2024 cohort are now being accepted: \n\n\n\nhttps://www.ciis.edu/blueskyleaders/bsl-certificate \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJessica Bockler is an applied artist and transpersonal psychologist who has spent the past two decades exploring how integrative practices\, spiritual wisdom and creativity can catalyse individual and collective transformation. Jessica is a co-founding director of the Alef Trust\, a global provider of transpersonal and integrative education. Jessica’s vision and research interests centre on holistic and creative approaches to social transformation\, bridging embodied imagination and sourcing of deep intelligence with transpersonal activism and social change initiatives. Jessica is the research lead of Alef Trust’s Conscious Community Initiative which galvanises and supports projects for human flourishing\, social justice\, peace and sustainability. She is a certified Warm Data Lab host (Bateson Institute) and she is on the academic advisory board of the Inner Development Goals initiative. She is also a member of the Presencing Institute’s research community and the UN’s Conscious Food Systems Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBruce Alderman is the associate director of the Blue Sky Leaders program at the California Institute of Integral Studies\, part-time faculty for the Consciousness\, Psychology\, and Transformation department at National University\, and an integral and transpersonal psychologist. He is also a long-time student of David Bohm’s work\, and recently led a course with Lee Nichol on the concept and practice of the rheosoma. Prior to working at CIIS and NU\, Bruce worked and studied abroad in Asia for several years\, teaching courses on creative writing and inquiry at the Rajghat Besant School\, a Krishnamurti school in Varanasi\, India\, and studying and practicing at monasteries and ashrams in Korea\, Indonesia\, Malaysia\, India\, and Nepal. He has published essays in the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice and Consciousness Journal\, as well as in several anthologies on Integral philosophy and spirituality. Recently he launched a YouTube channel and podcast called The Integral Stage\, dedicated to exploring integral\, metamodern\, and other holistic and integrative approaches to addressing the complex social\, ecological\, and spiritual challenges of our time.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/global-futures-conscious-leadership/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Theories of Consciousness
DESCRIPTION:A Pari Center Online Series \n\n\n\nTheories of Consciousness: Making Sense of a Field in Revolt and Revolution \n\n\n\nwithAnna CiaunicaFrancesco ElliaMatteo GrassoJohannes KleinerLiad MudrikMaxwell Ramstead \n\n\n\nHosted by Francesco ElliaCurated by Francesco Ellia and Alex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\n6-two-hour sessions every Saturday and Sunday \n\n\n\nFebruary 10 – 25\, 2024 9:00am PST | 12:00pm EST | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\nAll sessions are live and you will be sent the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nThe future of consciousness science is going through very interesting turbulent times. Three decades ago\, the C-word was taboo in mainstream academia. Today\, it is teeming with all sorts of approaches\, techniques\, and theories. Then\, there wasn’t hardly any signal. Today\, there is perhaps too much noise. Join us at the heart of consciousness science\, as we delve into an in-depth exploration of the field’s trajectory from its nascent stages to its current state and future prospects. This online series is a unique opportunity to learn from and interact with some of the very minds currently leading the field forward. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSessions\n\n\n\nThe Philosophy of Consciousness Science\nFebruary 10\, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\n \n\n\n\nConsciousness and the Brain: Comparing and Testing Neuroscientific Theories of Consciousness\nFebruary 11\, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\n \n\n\n\nWhat (if anything) does the Free Energy Principle Teach us about Consciousness? The Inner Screen Model\nFebruary 17\, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\n \n\n\n\nThe Bodily Roots of Conscious Experiences in Early Life\nFebruary 18\, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\n \n\n\n\nTheories of Consciousness in a Structural Turn\nFebruary 24\, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\n \n\n\n\nIntegrated Information Theory: Methodology\, Foundations\, Explanations\nFebruary 25\, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/theories-of-consciousness/
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SUMMARY:The Philosophy of Consciousness Science
DESCRIPTION:Buy the recording\n\n\nTheories of Consciousness 1/6: The Philosophy of Consciousness Science (with Francesco Ellia)€10\,00\n\n\nShop now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Philosophy of Consciousness Science \n\n\n\nWith Francesco Ellia \n\n\n\nSaturday February 10\, 20249:00am PST | 12:00pm EST | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\n2-hour session \n\n\n\nThe session is live and you will be sent the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nIn his seminal 1884 observation\, Thomas Huxley likened the enigma of consciousness and its relation to nervous tissue to the inexplicable emergence of a djinn from Aladdin’s magic lamp. This metaphor strikingly encapsulates the persistent complexity of what is now known as the mind-body problem. Despite the exponential growth in our scientific understanding\, particularly of the brain\, we find ourselves scarcely closer to unraveling this mystery than in Huxley’s time. This talk aims to navigate the foundational issues in consciousness science. It critically examines the prevailing functionalist and physicalist perspectives in contemporary science\, arguing their insufficiency in addressing the mind-body problem. The discussion underscores that the crux of this problem is not merely a scientific query but is deeply rooted in the fundamental principles of modern science itself. Through this exploration\, the talk endeavors to bridge the gap between philosophical inquiry and scientific research\, suggesting a new direction in our quest to understand one of the most profound aspects of human existence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrancesco Ellia is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bologna and an Honorary Fellow at the Center for Sleep and Consciousness of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received a Ph.D. in Philosophy\, Science and Cognition from the University of Bologna in 2021 with a dissertation on Integrated Information Theory and the Mind-Body Problem.
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SUMMARY:Consciousness and the Brain: Comparing and Testing Neuroscientific Theories of Consciousness
DESCRIPTION:Buy the recording\n\n\nTheories of Consciousness 2/6: Consciousness and the Brain – Comparing and Testing Neuroscientific Theories of Consciousness (with Liad Mudrik)€10\,00\n\n\nShop now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConsciousness and the Brain: Comparing and Testing Neuroscientific Theories of Consciousness \n\n\n\nWith Liad Mudrik \n\n\n\nSunday February 11\, 20249:00am PST | 12:00pm EST | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\n2-hour session \n\n\n\nThe session is live and you will be sent the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nFor centuries\, consciousness was considered to be outside the reach of scientific investigation. Yet in recent decades\, more and more studies have tried to probe the neural correlates of conscious experience\, and several neuronally-inspired theories for consciousness have emerged. In this talk\, I will focus on four leading theories of consciousness: Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW)\, integrated Information Theory (IIT)\, Recurrent Processing Theory (RPT) and Higher Order Theory (HOT). I will first shortly present the guiding principles of these theories\, and compare them. Then\, I will provide a bird’s-eye view of the field\, using the results of a large-scale quantitative and analytic review we conducted\, examining all studies that either empirically tested these theories or interpreted their findings with respect to at least one of them. I will then describe the first results of the Cogitate consortium – an adversarial collaboration aimed at testing GNW and IIT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Liad Mudrik is a researcher at the school of psychological sciences and Sagol school of neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. Her research focuses on conscious experience\, its neural mechanisms and functions. Mudrik completed two Ph.D. dissertations at Tel Aviv University\, in cognitive psychology and in philosophy. She then continued to a postdoctoral fellowship at the California Institute of Technology\, in Christof Koch’s lab. In 2019\, she was selected as a member of the young Israeli academy of sciences. She is also one of the leaders of the Cogitate consortium\, an international adversarial collaboration aimed at arbitrating between theories of consciousness\, and a Tenenbaum fellow of the CIFAR Brain\, Mind and Consciousness program.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/consciousness-and-the-brain-comparing-and-testing-neuroscientific-theories-of-consciousness/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Book-A-Month Club - Quantum Questions
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIYNit9NMKE\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World’s Great Physicists \n\n\n\nEdited by Ken Wilber \n\n\n\nHost: Jonathan Allday \n\n\n\nThursday February 15\, 20249:00am PST  | 12:00pm EST  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nAn informal monthly get-together to discuss books of significance for the Pari Center community. \n\n\n\nEach month we will meet with a guest presenter/moderator to discuss a book of their choice that probes important aspects of our focus—Physics and Philosophy\, the work of David Bohm\, Indigenous Ways of Knowing\, Jungian Concepts\, Gentle Action\, Creativity\, the Arts\, Ethics\, Community\, the Sacred.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/book-a-month-club-quantum-questions/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:What (if anything) does the Free Energy Principle Teach us about Consciousness? The Inner Screen Model
DESCRIPTION:Buy the recording\n\n\nTheories of Consciousness 3/6: What (if anything) does the Free Energy Principle Teach us about Consciousness? The Inner Screen Mode (with Maxwell Ramstead)€10\,00\n\n\nShop now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat (if anything) does the Free Energy Principle Teach us about Consciousness? The Inner Screen Model \n\n\n\nWith Maxwell Ramstead \n\n\n\nSaturday February 17\, 20249:00am PST | 12:00pm EST | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\n2-hour session \n\n\n\nThe session is live and you will be sent the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nThis presentation is about whether we can learn anything about consciousness from the free energy principle (FEP). This presentation will first gently introduce the FEP to a general\, nontechnical audience. The FEP says that anything with a Markov blanket will look as if it infers the statistics of other things “beyond” the blanket\, to which it is coupled\, but from which it can be separated. We will then discuss the “inner screen model” of consciousness that follows directly from applying the FEP to model known human neurophysiology. The ensuing neo-Cartesian model of consciousness provides a deflationary account of the “homunculus.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaxwell J. D. Ramstead is the Senior Director of Research at the VERSES AI Research Lab. Ramstead is also an Honorary Fellow at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging\, at University College London\, in the United Kingdom\, where he works with Professor Karl Friston within the Theoretical Neurobiology unit. Ramstead’s research focuses on the free-energy principle\, Bayesian mechanics\, multiscale formulations of active inference\, and computational phenomenology.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/what-if-anything-does-the-free-energy-principle-teach-us-about-consciousness-the-inner-screen-model/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Bodily Roots of Conscious Experiences in Early Life
DESCRIPTION:Buy the recording\n\n\nTheories of Consciousness 4/6: The Bodily Roots of Conscious Experiences in Early Life (with Anna Ciaunica)€10\,00\n\n\nShop now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Bodily Roots of Conscious Experiences in Early Life \n\n\n\nWith Anna Ciaunica \n\n\n\nSunday February 18\, 20249:00am PST | 12:00pm EST | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\n2-hour session \n\n\n\nThe session is live and you will be sent the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nDiscussions about the nature of consciousness are typically couched in a way that endorses a tacit adult-centric and vision-based perspective. Here I will examine the nature of subjective experiences through a bottom-up developmental lens\, drawing attention to experiencing subjects as embodied and situated organisms essentially concerned with self-preservation within a precarious environment. How do embodied experiences ‘arise’ from square one? I will concentrate on a key yet overlooked aspect of human consciousness studies\, namely\, that the earliest and closest environment of an embodied experiencing subject is the body of another human experiencing subject. I will present evidence for fairly sophisticated forms of early sensorimotor integration of bodily signals and self-generated actions already being established in utero. These primite relational co-embodied roots of our early experiences may have a crucial impact on how we experience our-selves\, our bodies and the world across our lifespan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Ciaunica’s research in philosophy of mind and cognitive science focuses on the relationship between (a)typical forms of self-consciousness\, embodiment and social interactions in human and artificial agents. Her PhD thesis ‘Physicalism and Qualia’ tackled the mind-body problem. During her first postdoctoral assignments in Switzerland and Portugal she examined the link between disrupted sense of self\, (dis)embodiment and social connectedness in conditions such as Autism\, Möbius Syndrome and Depersonalization Disorder. Anna is currently the Principal Investigator of two interdisciplinary projects. (1) The first looks at the relationship between altered sense of self and social alienation in Depersonalisation. (2) The second examines self-consciousness and social interactions in human and artificial agents. In her work\, she combines conceptual resources from philosophy of mind and the phenomenological tradition with experimental methods from psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Anna is the main coordinator of the Network for Embodied Consciousness and the Arts (NECTArs) – a collaborative platform bringing together artists\, researchers\, stakeholders\, policy makers and people with lived experiences\, aiming at fostering creative approaches to timely issues such as self-awareness and (dis)embodiment in our hyper-digitalized world. 
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-bodily-roots-of-conscious-experiences-in-early-life/
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SUMMARY:A Field for the Future
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwwOQh6Iz3Y\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Field for the Future:Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the “Manifesto for a Post-Materialist Science” \n\n\n\nFebruary 21\, 20249:00am PST  | 12:00pm EST  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET  \n\n\n\nwithKaralee KotheLisa MillerLorne SchusselGary E. SchwartzLaurel WatermanMarjorie Woollacott \n\n\n\nHosted by Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nA free\, online\, live event at the Pari Center. \n\n\n\nIn collaboration with:The Scientific and Medical Network (SMN);The Academy for the Advancement of PostMaterialist Sciences (AAPS). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaralee Kothe has been a student of consciousness since she was a kid. The beauty of nature\, the joy of music and dancing\, the exploration of knowledge\, and the enduring love of her family have been her guiding lights on her path. She obtained a master’s degree from the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College\, Columbia University\, and she is currently a clinical health psychology PhD student at the University of Colorado\, Denver. Her research interests presently include understanding terminal lucidity\, the sudden return of energy and clarity before death\, and examining the intersection of meaning\, spirituality\, and health. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Miller\, Ph.D.\, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Spiritual Child and a professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College\, Columbia University. She is the Founder and Director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute\, the first Ivy League graduate program and research institute in spirituality and psychology\, and has held over a decade of joint appointments in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical School. Her innovative research has been published in more than one hundred peer-reviewed articles in leading journals\, including Cerebral Cortex\, The American Journal of Psychiatry\, and the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Miller is Editor of the Oxford University Press Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality\, Founding Co-Editor-in-Chief of the APA journal Spirituality in Clinical Practice\, an elected Fellow of The American Psychological Association (APA) and the two-time President of the APA Society for Psychology and Spirituality. A graduate of Yale University and University of Pennsylvania\, where she earned her doctorate under the founder of positive psychology\, Martin Seligman\, she has served as Principal Investigator on multiple grant funded research studies. Dr. Miller speaks and consults around The Awakened Brain and The Spiritual Child for the US Military\, businesses (including tech\, finance\, HR and sales)\, personal development\, faith based organizations\, schools and universities\, and for mental health and wellness initiatives. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLorne Schussel\, Ph.D is Adjunct Assistant Professor and Core Faculty at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute of Columbia University\, Teacher College.  He is the Research Director of the Contemplative Science and Post Materialism Lab as well as the PI of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Connectivity Project. His research focuses on the utilization of contemplative practices\, human connectivity\, contemplative neuroscience\, EEG hyperscanning\, and integrating clinical biomarkers into treatment. Dr. Schussel developed a psychological healing practice known as “The Best Self Visualization Method” which has been cited in the New York Times\, ABC-online\, and the Huffington Post. His thoughts on creativity and neuroscience have been quoted recently in Health.com  He has also been an invited speaker at the United Nations Mission to Nigeria and United Nation Church Center and his method has been added to a curriculum for mental health and resilience at Zucker Hillside Hospital (NorthWell Health) and the Long Beach School District. He has presented to corporate leaders in Indonesia as part of a mental health initiative for the COVID-19 crisis and lectured to Psychiatry Medical Residents at Mount Sinai Hospital\, Glendale Adventist Hospital and to the University of Southern California. Dr. Schussel has worked as visiting faculty at the California State Judicial College teaching about mental health and employee burnout to appointed state judges and offered meditation\, loving-kindness and resilience programs to Police Officers in NY\, CA\, and MA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGary E. Schwartz\, Ph.D.\, is professor of psychology\, medicine\, neurology\, psychiatry and surgery at the University of Arizona\, and Director of the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health (www.lach.arizona.edu). He received his PhD from Harvard University\, and was a tenured professor of psychology and psychiatry at Yale University. He served as the founding President of the Academy for the Advancement of Post-Materialist Sciences. Schwartz has published more than 500 scientific articles and chapters\, including six in the journal Science. His research has been funded by NSF\, NIH\, NIMH\, NCCAM\, DARPA\, private foundations and donors. Schwartz has co-edited more than a dozen academic volumes and authored more than a dozen books for the general public including The Afterlife Experiments\, The G.O.D. Experiments\, and The Energy Healing Experiments.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaurel Waterman is a Ph.D. Candidate in Curriculum and Pedagogy\, Wellbeing Emphasis\, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. She teaches narrative non-fiction writing at the University of Toronto and is an Adjunct Faculty in the Alef Trust’s MSc in Consciousness\, Spirituality\, and Transpersonal Psychology. She is a board member of The Scientific and Medical Network (SMN)\, an educational organization focused on the intersection of science and spirituality\, and belongs to the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences (AAPS Global). Laurel’s research focuses on consciousness studies and education\, with the goal of popularizing participatory and postmaterialist paradigms of consciousness in the field of education. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarjorie Woollacott\, Ph.D.\, was professor and chair of the Dept. of Human Physiology and is a member of the Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Oregon. She is President of the Academy for the Advancement of Post-Materialist Sciences\, On the Science Committee of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)\, Co-Director of the Galileo Commission and Research Director for the International Association of Near-Death Studies. Woollacott has received over 7.2 million dollars in research funding for her research in rehabilitation medicine\, meditation\, spiritual awakening and end-of-life experiences\, has published over 200 scientific articles and written or edited nine books\, including Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind (receiving 8 book awards) and Spiritual Awakenings: Scientists and Academics Describe Their Experiences. 
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SUMMARY:Theories of Consciousness in a Structural Turn
DESCRIPTION:Buy the recording\n\n\nTheories of Consciousness 5/6: Theories of Consciousness in a Structural Turn (with Johannes Kleiner)€10\,00\n\n\nShop now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheories of Consciousness in a Structural Turn \n\n\n\nWith Johannes Kleiner \n\n\n\nSaturday February 24\, 20249:00am PST | 12:00pm EST | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\n2-hour session \n\n\n\nThe session is live and you will be sent the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nRecent activities in virtually all fields engaged in consciousness studies indicate early signs of a structural turn\, where verbal descriptions or simple formalizations of conscious experiences are replaced by structural tools\, most notably mathematical spaces and mathematical structures. This might\, on my view\, lead to a novel phase in consciousness science that fundamentally changes how we engage in\, theorize about\, and empirically investigate conscious experiences. My goal in this talk is to introduce the audience to these developments and to paint a picture of how we might expect consciousness science to change if the turn indeed happens\, both in terms of scientific achievements and real-world consequences. As part of this picture\, we will explore the fundamental question of what it means to represent consciousness mathematically\, and discuss the structural claims of two major theories of consciousness. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohannes Kleiner is a physicist and mathematician who works on mathematical topics in consciousness science. In 2017\, he completed a PhD in mathematics at the University of Regensburg\, awarded summa cum laude\, subsequent to which he was a postdoc at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of Leibniz University of Hanover. In 2020\, he decided to pursue a second PhD at the LMU Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy and the LMU Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences\, devoted to what is now called Mathematical Consciousness Science. Since 2023\, he is also a postdoc at the Institute for Psychology of the University of Bamberg\, and a visiting scholar at the NYU Center for Mind\, Brain\, and Consciousness. Johannes has been a visiting scholar at the Department of Computer Science of Oxford University\, the Harvard Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications\, and the Centre de Physique Théorique of Aix-Marseille Université\, and from September 2022 to September 2023\, was an academic visitor at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University. He currently serves on the board of the Association for Mathematical Consciousness Science. https://jkleiner.de/
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SUMMARY:Integrated Information Theory: Methodology\, Foundations\, Explanations
DESCRIPTION:Buy the recording\n\n\nTheories of Consciousness 6/6: Integrated Information Theory – Methodology\, Foundations\, Explanations (with Matteo Grasso)€10\,00\n\n\nShop now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntegrated Information Theory: Methodology\, Foundations\, Explanations \n\n\n\nWith Matteo Grasso \n\n\n\nSunday February 25\, 20249:00am PST | 12:00pm EST | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\n2-hour session \n\n\n\nThe session is live and you will be sent the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nIntegrated Information Theory (IIT) aims to account for consciousness in physical terms by identifying the essential properties of experience (axioms)\, and inferring the necessary and sufficient properties that its physical substrate must satisfy (postulates). In this talk I will present an outline of IIT 4.0’s account of some qualitative contents of experience. First\, I will introduce IIT’s methodology to study consciousness scientifically\, highlighting its differences with respect to other approaches in philosophy and consciousness science. Then\, I will provide an overview of the core concepts of the theory\, with particular focus on the role of phenomenology\, on the view of experience as a phenomenal structure\, and on their implications for the understanding of consciousness in physical terms. Lastly\, I will present IIT’s account of some key qualitative contents of experience (such as the extendedness of visual space and the flow of time). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatteo Grasso works as a Scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After completing a PhD in philosophy\, he joined the Tononi lab to contribute to the development of Integrated Information Theory (IIT). Currently\, his research is focused on applying IIT’s formalism to account for phenomenal time and conceptual invariance. 
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SUMMARY:The Future Mind – A Conversation with Christof Koch
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pBf5g_YQe8\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Christof Koch and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday February 2810:00am PST  | 1:00pm EST  | 6:00pm GMT  |  7:00pm CET  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nA monthly virtual encounter to reckon whence and whither humanity. \n\n\n\nPh: Erik Dinnel – Allen Institute\n\n\n\nChristof Koch\, PhD\, is best known for his work exploring the physical basis of consciousness in humans\, animals\, and machines. A physicist and neurobiologist\, he was for more than a quarter of a century a professor of biology and engineering at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and the president and chief scientist of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. He remains at the Allen Institute as a Meritorious Investigator. He is also the Chief Scientist of the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation in Santa Monica\, seeking to understand consciousness\, its place in nature\, and how this knowledge can benefit all of humanity. He is the author of five books and more than 350 peer-reviewed publications on\, neuroscience\, visual perception\, and consciousness. A vegetarian\, cyclist and dog lover\, he lives on a small island in the Pacific Northwest. For more information\, see www.christofkoch.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÀlex Gómez-Marín is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time to the neurobiology of action-perception across species\, from flies and worms to mice and humans. Since 2016 he has been the head of the Behavior of Organisms Laboratory at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante\, where he is an Associate Professor of the Spanish Research Council. Combining computational biology and continental philosophy\, his current research concentrates on consciousness in the real world.
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SUMMARY:Book-A-Month Club - Steppenwolf
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_aBKTZ_2ZQ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteppenwolfby Herman Hesse \n\n\n\nHosts: David Schrum and Caroline Pawluk \n\n\n\nTuesday March 19\, 202410:00am PDT  | 1:00pm EDT  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nAn informal monthly get-together to discuss books of significance for the Pari Center community. \n\n\n\nHermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf is a surreal\, dreamlike narrative deeply influenced by his encounters with Carl Jung. In this writing\, Harry Haller\, the steppenwolf\, mirrors the author in a stark psycho-confessional account of an exploration of the unconscious. Harry’s tumult and suffering portrays what may be seen as a path through purgation to synthesis on a journey that keeps redefining itself\, transformation upon transformation. Steppenwolf mirrors the dark side of the human psyche and invites the reader to participate in shadow\, in a movement into its chaos\, through it\, and to integration. \n\n\n\nEach month we will meet with a guest presenter/moderator to discuss a book of their choice that probes important aspects of our focus—Physics and Philosophy\, the work of David Bohm\, Indigenous Ways of Knowing\, Jungian Concepts\, Gentle Action\, Creativity\, the Arts\, Ethics\, Community\, the Sacred. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Pawluk has explored extensively the life and writings of the author of Steppenwolf\, as documented in her thesis\, “Fragments of a Great Confession:” The Process of Synthesis in Hermann Hesse’s Writing.  \n\n\n\nCaroline has been involved in dialogue over the past 30 years and has presented online for the Pari Center on David Bohm dialogue. She is a longtime meditator. \n\n\n\nDavid Schrum is a quantum theorist whose larger focus has become inner exploration and group enquiry through dialogue. He had a long connection with physicist David Bohm and his work on consciousness.  \n\n\n\nSchrum has been involved in local and international dialogues of various kinds for 40 years. In more recent times\, he has written and presented on consciousness and inner exploration.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/book-a-month-club-steppenwolf/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Future Mind – A Conversation with Pim van Lommel
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5EJwBzQm7Y\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Pim van Lommel and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday March 2010:00am PDT  | 1:00pm EDT  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nA monthly virtual encounter to reckon whence and whither humanity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPim van Lommel\, M.D.\, born in 1943\, graduated in 1971 at the University of Utrecht\, and finished his specialization in cardiology in 1976. He worked from 1977-2003 as a cardiologist in Hospital Rijnstate\, a 800-bed Teaching Hospital in Arnhem\, the Netherlands\, and is now doing full-time research on the mind-brain relation. He published several articles on cardiology\, but since he started his research on near-death experiences (NDE) in survivors of cardiac arrest in 1986 he is the author of over 20 articles (most of them in Dutch)\, one book and many chapters about NDE. He was co-founder of the Dutch IANDS in 1988. In 2005 he was granted with the Dr. Bruce Greyson Research Award of the International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS). In 2006\, the President of India rewarded him the Life Time Achievement Award at the World Congress on Clinical and Preventive Cardiology in New Dehli. His Dutch book ‘Endless Consciousness’\, was nominated for the ‘Book of the Year 2008’ in the Netherlands. In 2010 he received the 2010 Book Award from the Scientific and Medical Network\, and in 2017 he received the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Award by the Dutch Society of Volunteers in Palliative and Terminal Care (VPTZ). In 2020 the Spiritual Awakenings International (SAI) honored him for his ground-breaking work about Near-Death Experiences as Circle of Honor honoree. The Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) started in 2021 an international essay contest for the best scientific evidence about a possible ‘afterlife’. With his article\, entitled: ‘The Continuity of Consciousness’ he won the second Prize. See https://bigelowinstitute.org/News4.php. In 2022 he became a Honorary Member of the Scientific and Medical Network (SMN).  \n\n\n\nIn November 2007 his book ‘Endless Consciousness’ (Eindeloos Bewustzijn) was published in The Netherlands\, which is a bestseller with more than 155.000 copies sold (30th edition). His book was nominated for the ‘Book of the Year 2008’in the Netherlands. His book was published in Germany in 2009\,and it has been published in the English language by Harper Collins in 2010\, entitled: Consciousness beyond Life. The science of the near-death Experience\, and in the same year the book received the 2010 Book Award by de Scientific and Medical Network.In 2011 the Polish edition was published\, the Spanish translation was published in 2012\, and in 2012 his book was also published in France. In 2015 the book was also published in Latvia\, in 2017 the book was published in Italy\, and in 2019 the book was published in Hungary. In 2020 the book was published in China\, and in 2021 it was published in Russia. In 2024 the book will be published in Bulgaria. By now more than 400.000 copies have been sold worldwide. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÀlex Gómez-Marín is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time to the neurobiology of action-perception across species\, from flies and worms to mice and humans. Since 2016 he has been the head of the Behavior of Organisms Laboratory at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante\, where he is an Associate Professor of the Spanish Research Council. Combining computational biology and continental philosophy\, his current research concentrates on consciousness in the real world.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-mind-a-conversation-with-pim-van-lommel/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Book-A-Month Club - The Passion of the Western Mind
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFpmyLHRYnM&t=1s\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World Viewby Richard Tarnas \n\n\n\nHosts: David Lorimer with Guest and Author Richard Tarnas \n\n\n\nTuesday April 9\, 20249:00am PDT  | 12:00pm EDT  | 5:00pm BST  |  6:00pm CEST  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nAn informal monthly get-together to discuss books of significance for the Pari Center community. \n\n\n\nThe Passion of the Western Mind – understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view – is\, along with its sequel Cosmos and Psyche – one of the most seminal and original books in the history of ideas. I read Bertrand Russell’s History of Western Philosophy in 1973 at the age of 21\, and Rick covers the same territory with enormous elegance\, clarity and style. However\, his vision is very different from the positivism of Russell and in his epilogue he unfolds his understanding of the co-creative and  participatory nature of reality that values the feminine and where ’the autonomous individual self has been forged and is now reunited with the ground of its being. Understanding how and where we have arrived enables us to understand our transformative potentials and possibilities. Join our dialogue on April 9th! \n\n\n\nEach month we will meet with a guest presenter/moderator to discuss a book of their choice that probes important aspects of our focus—Physics and Philosophy\, the work of David Bohm\, Indigenous Ways of Knowing\, Jungian Concepts\, Gentle Action\, Creativity\, the Arts\, Ethics\, Community\, the Sacred. \n\n\n\nRichard Tarnas\, PhD\, is Distinguished Rockefeller Faculty\, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology\, at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco\, and is director of its programme in Philosophy\, Cosmology\, and Consciousness. A graduate of Harvard University and Saybrook Institute\, he was formerly director of programmes and education at Esalen Institute. \n\n\n\nDavid Lorimer\, MA\, PGCE\, FRSA is a writer\, lecturer\, poet\, editor and spiritual activist who is a Founder of Character Education Scotland\, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network (www.scientificandmedical.net) and former President of Wrekin Trust and the Swedenborg Society (www.swedenborgsociety.org.uk). He has also been editor of Paradigm Explorersince 1986 and completed his 100th issue in 2019. He was the instigator of the Beyond the Brain conference series in 1995 (www.beyondthebrain.org)  and has co-ordinated the Mystics and Scientists conferences every year since the late 1980s. \n\n\n\nOriginally a merchant banker then a teacher of philosophy and modern languages at Winchester College\, he is the author and editor of over a dozen books\, including Survival? Death as Transition (1984\, 2017) Resonant Mind (originally Whole in One)(1990/2017)\, The Spirit of Science (1998)\, Thinking Beyond the Brain(2001)\, The Protein Crunch(with Jason Drew) and A New Renaissance (edited with Oliver Robinson). He has edited three books about the Bulgarian sage Beinsa Douno (Peter Deunov): Prophet for our Times (1991\, 2015)\, The Circle of Sacred Dance\,and Gems of Love\,which is a translation of his prayers and formulas into English. His book on the ideas and work of the Prince of Wales – Radical Prince (2003) –has been translated into Dutch\, Spanish and French. His new book of essays\, A Quest for Wisdom was published in 2021. \n\n\n\nDavid is also Chair of the Galileo Commission (www.galileocommission.org) which seeks the expand the evidence base of science of consciousness beyond a materialistic worldview. \n\n\n\nIn 2020 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award as a Visionary Leader by the Visioneers International Network and the 2021 Aboca Human Ecology Prize. He is a Creative Member of the Club of Budapest. His website is www.davidlorimer.co.uk
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/book-a-month-club-the-passion-of-the-western-mind/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Future Mind – A Conversation with Carlos Eire
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGJCJ9DJfNI\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Carlos Eire and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday April 179:00am PDT  | 12:00pm EDT  | 5:00pm BST  |  6:00pm CEST  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nA monthly virtual encounter to reckon whence and whither humanity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarlos Eire is a historian of late medieval and early modern Europe at Yale University who focuses on the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; the history of the supernatural\, and the history of death. At Yale he has served as chair of the Religious Studies Department and the Renaissance Studies Program. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996\, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia\, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for two years. He is the author of War Against the Idols (1986); From Madrid to Purgatory(1995); A Very Brief History of Eternity (2010); Reformations: The Early Modern World (2016); The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (2019)\, and They Flew: A History of the Impossible (2023). He is also co-author of Jews\, Christians\, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (1997). In 2003 he won the National Book Award in Nonfiction for his first memoir\, Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003)\, which has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His second memoir\, Learning to Die in Miami (2010)\, explores his early years in exile. His book Reformations won the R.R.Hawkins Prize for Best Book of the Year from the American Publishers Association\, as well as the award for Best Book in the Humanities. It was also awarded the Jaroslav Pelikan Prize by Yale University Press. All of his books are banned in Cuba\, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state – a distinction he regards as the highest of all honors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÀlex Gómez-Marín is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time to the neurobiology of action-perception across species\, from flies and worms to mice and humans. Since 2016 he has been the head of the Behavior of Organisms Laboratory at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante\, where he is an Associate Professor of the Spanish Research Council. Combining computational biology and continental philosophy\, his current research concentrates on consciousness in the real world.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-mind-a-conversation-with-carlos-eire/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:It’s About Time
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRnig-KI2U\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s About Time: A Conversation on the Subject of Time \n\n\n\nWednesday April 24\, 20249:00am PDT  | 12:00pm EDT  | 5:00pm BST  |  6:00pm CEST  \n\n\n\nwith Bernard Carr and Jonathan Allday \n\n\n\nA free\, online\, live event at the Pari Center. \n\n\n\nTime is one of the central mysteries of existence. It is also a profound puzzle in physics. \n\n\n\nWe understand how the passage of time ‘expands’ or ‘contracts’ depending on how fast you are travelling compared to an observer. There is also conclusive evidence that time distorts in the presence of mass\, leading to the effects we used to ascribe to a force of gravity. Some even believe that they understand how time morphs into existence\, along with the universe\, out of some quantum pre-stuff. This\, however\, is all ‘physical time’; the relationship between the physics and the experience of ‘psychological time’ is far from clear. \n\n\n\nIs there a “block universe”\, where all of time is laid out to God’s eye-view\, with humans only perceiving a small slice as they advance along their world-lines? Or is the future not yet written\, but exists in some quantum level of possibility and probability?  \n\n\n\nIn this conversation we will touch upon the physical aspects of time\, attempting to make the physics clear to non-scientists. Undoubtedly\, this will lead us to psychological\, and perhaps spiritual time. Who knows where the thoughts will take us\, but it seems very likely that the specious present and the multiverse will also come up… \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBernard Carr is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London. His professional area of research is cosmology and astrophysics and includes such topics as the early universe\, dark matter\, black holes and the anthropic principle. For his PhD he studied the first second of the Universe\, working under the supervision of Stephen Hawking at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology. He was elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College\, Cambridge\, in 1975 and moved to Queen Mary College in 1985. He has also held Visiting Professorships at Kyoto University\, Tokyo University\, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics. He is the author of nearly three hundred scientific papers and the books Universe or Multiverse?and Quantum Black Holes. Beyond his professional field\, he is interested in the role of consciousness in physics and in an expanded paradigm which accommodates mind. He also has a long-standing interest in the relationship between science and religion. He was President of the Society for Psychical Research in 2000-2004 and is currently President of the Scientific and Medical Network. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Allday was born in Liverpool in 1960. He did his first degree in Natural Sciences at Cambridge in 1982 and then returned to Liverpool to complete a PhD in elementary particle physics. As part of this\, he was fortunate to spend some time working at the European particle physics centre\, CERN\, in Geneva. \n\n\n\nAlso\, during that time he was co-opted onto a working party looking at the teaching of particle physics in schools and universities. The upshot was a new syllabus in particle physics and cosmology to be added to UK A-level (16-18) physics qualifications. The first questions were set in 1992. \n\n\n\nOn the back of the work on this syllabus\, Jonathan wrote his first book Quarks\, Leptons and the Big Bang\, which was published in 1998 and is about to enter its fourth edition. Jonathan has also collaborated on a couple of textbooks and written his own books on Quantum Theory\, General Relativity and the Apollo moon missions. \n\n\n\nProfessionally\, Jonathan worked as a physics teacher for 30 years in a variety of independent day and boarding schools in the UK. He was a head of physics\, a head of science and latterly an academic deputy head. He retired in 2020 and now runs a consulting company providing training and educational advice for schools. \n\n\n\nJonathan is married to Carolyn\, and they have three sons all of whom are far better at sport than he was. Carolyn was a GB swimmer\, which explains how come the boys can do sport. Jonathan and Carolyn live in a hamlet not far from Worcester in the UK. When not writing or consulting\, Jonathan enjoys watching cricket\, James Bond movies and Formula 1 races.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/its-about-time/
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SUMMARY:Book-A-Month Club - The Anomaly
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf1Ylk6SXQA\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Anomalyby Hervé Le Tellier \n\n\n\nHosts: Beverley Zabriskie \n\n\n\nFriday May 3\, 20249:00am PST  | 12:00pm EST  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nAn informal monthly get-together to discuss books of significance for the Pari Center community. \n\n\n\nThe Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier\, winner of the 2020 Goncourt Prize and now an international phenomenon\, is a novel blends crime\, fantasy\, sci-fi\, and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight.Who would we be if we had made different choices? Told that secret\, left that relationship\, written that book? We all wonder—the passengers of Air France 006 will find out. About to start their descent to JFK\, they hit a shockingly violent patch of turbulence\, emerging on the other side to a reality both perfectly familiar and utterly strange. As it charts the fallout of this logic-defying event\, The Anomalytakes us on a journey from Lagos and Mumbai to the White House and a top-secret hangar. \n\n\n\nEach month we will meet with a guest presenter/moderator to discuss a book of their choice that probes important aspects of our focus—Physics and Philosophy\, the work of David Bohm\, Indigenous Ways of Knowing\, Jungian Concepts\, Gentle Action\, Creativity\, the Arts\, Ethics\, Community\, the Sacred. \n\n\n\nBeverley Zabriskie is a Jungian Analyst in New York City\, a founding faculty member and former President of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association (JPA)\, where she teaches Jungian theory and practice\, theories of emotion\, psychological interpretation of Egyptian Mythology\, and alchemical imagery. She is past Vice-President of the Philemon Foundation which produced The Red Book\, and other unpublished volumes by C.G. Jung. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Analytic Psychology\, and on The Helix Center for Interdisciplinary Investigation Executive Committee. Her publications include: ‘The Spectrums of Emotion\,’ in Volume 1\, Research in Analytical Psychology: Applications from Scientific\, Historical and Cross-Cultural Research (2018); ‘Time and Tao in Synchronicity’ in The Pauli-Jung Conjecture and Its Impact Today (2014); ‘Synchronicities: Riddles of Time and Emotion’ (2012); ‘Synchronicity and the I Ching: Jung\, Pauli\, and the Chinese Woman’ (2005); Imagination as Laboratory\,(2004); ‘A Meeting of Rare Minds.’ Preface to Atom and Archetype\, The Pauli-Jung Correspondence\, (2001).
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/book-a-month-club-the-anomaly/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Benign Anarchy!
DESCRIPTION:Benign Anarchy! \n\n\n\nA gathering of members of AA and NA but open to anyone interested in Dialogue..as developed by David Bohm and also Martin Bubers “I-Thou“ \n\n\n\nDates: May 25 – June 1\, 2024 \n\n\n\nOrganizers: Tom C.\,  Rose R.\,  Jim C. \n\n\n\nLocation: Pari\, Italy \n\n\n\nPrice: 890 euros for single occupancy730 euros for shared occupancy (two-bedroom apartment\, shared bathroom)645 euros each for a couple sharing a room  \n\n\n\nwhich includes: \n\n\n\n\na 7-night stay in private accommodation;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\nrefreshments provided at mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks.\n\n\n\n\nEvent: The event starts on Saturday May 25 at 19:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Saturday June 1 after lunch. \n\n\n\nRegistration and Information: Please contact Tom tcallagyp@gmail.com or Eleanor eleanor@paricenter.com or Chiara chiara@paricenter.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event: \n\n\n\nThe second gathering of members of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and NA (Narcotics Anonymous) will be held in Pari\, May 25 – June 1. The week’s structure is freeform and anarchistic! There will be closed and open meetings\, visits to the hot springs\, long hours at the bar/restaurant talking\, and wonderful food. There will also be visits to Florence and Siena for those who wish to go further afield. \n\n\n\nIt is not necessary to be a member of either fellowship in order to attend. And we hope that this year\, the group will include a few friends and partners. This is also an invitation to anyone interested in Dialogue—note that the 12 Steps and the 12 Traditions for nearly 100 years ‘contain all the wisdom of all the ages.’  \n\n\n\nIt is hoped to have discussion groups/workshops on the history of AA and NA; the influence of Carl Jung on Bill W; a talk on Bill W. and Jimmy K. by Irene C.; the deep wisdom of the 12 Steps and the profundity of the 12 traditions. \n\n\n\nIt is hoped the golden thread running through our week will be‘The Language of the Heart.’ \n\n\n\nAll of the above in magical Pari—the creation of David Peat and Maureen Doolan. Here we will have wonderful Italian food—and—talk\, talk\, talk in the outdoor café\, with music and dancing in the square\, soaking in the sulphur springs\, and joy and laughter! \n\n\n\nParticipating in an event at the Pari Center means not only attending meetings but living for a week in a medieval village\, mingling with the local population\, eating local dishes\, appreciating the beauty of the surrounding countryside\, and participating in a very gentle way of life far from the frenzy of work and city living. David Peat compared Pari to an alchemical vessel—a place where transformation can come about—as well as an opportunity to pause for a moment and re-assess one’s life. \n\n\n\nAdditional information about the Pari Center – pdf
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/benign-anarchy-2/
LOCATION:Pari\, Italy
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SUMMARY:The Future Mind – A Conversation with Ida Cuéllar
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-WObKDgxXc\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Ida Cuéllar and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nThursday May 309:00am PDT  | 12:00pm EDT  | 5:00pm BST  |  6:00pm CEST  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIda Cuéllar is a filmmaker and musician living between Barcelona and Mexico City. He has worked all over the world as a director and screenwriter. His work in advertising has won numerous awards at Cannes\, San Sebastián FIAP and the Ojo de Iberoamérica\, among others. Ida has directed multiple short films\, such as La muerte de Otilia Ruiz (2011) and the experimental fashion film Phasmata (2014)\, selected for numerous international festivals. Among other relevant commissions\, he directed the pilot episode of the series Magnum Opus (2016)\, with James Cosmos\, Arly Jover\, Timothy Gibbs\, Jamie Anderson and Sam Douglas. In his works\, Ida explores the nature of imagination and consciousness. Hence one of his latest and greatly acclaimed works\, on which he has been researching for a decade\, is The Secret of Dr. Grinberg (2020). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÀlex Gómez-Marín is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time to the neurobiology of action-perception across species\, from flies and worms to mice and humans. Since 2016 he has been the head of the Behavior of Organisms Laboratory at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante\, where he is an Associate Professor of the Spanish Research Council. Combining computational biology and continental philosophy\, his current research concentrates on consciousness in the real world.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-mind-a-conversation-with-federico-faggin/
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SUMMARY:Consciousness for Real
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to the generous funding from a European foundation\, we now have the opportunity to offer three full scholarships\, preferably to young minds\, for this event. For more information: \n\n\n\n\nScholarship Programme\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConsciousness for Real:Towards a New Science of Human Experience \n\n\n\nJune 4 – 11\, 2024 \n\n\n\nSpeakers: Owen A. Barfield\, Edi Bilimoria\, David Glowacki\, Marcello Massimini (on zoom)\, Jonathan Rowson\, Vandana Shiva\, Angela Volpini\, Marjorie Woollacott  \n\n\n\nCurated and Chaired by: Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nLocation: Pari\, Italy \n\n\n\nTicket Prices: \n\n\n\nPrivate AccommodationPrice: 2175.00 euros \n\n\n\nShared Accommodation – Private Room with shared bathroomPrice: 1875.00 euros \n\n\n\nwhich includes: \n\n\n\n\na 7-night stay;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nwater\, wine\, and coffee are provided with lunch and dinner;\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\nrefreshments provided at mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks.\n\n\n\n\nThere is a limited amount of accommodation in Pari and you will be placed on a first-come\, first-served basis. We will also be using accommodation just outside of the village—within 3 kilometres. If you are housed outside Pari\, a shuttle to and from the village will be provided. \n\n\n\nEvent: The event starts on Tuesday June 4 at 19:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Tuesday June 11 after lunch. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nJoin us at the Pari Center with world-renowned leaders in consciousness studies as we deepen our insights into the many facets that such an intimate mystery entails.  \n\n\n\nThis will be an informal meeting with presentations by experts followed by roundtable discussions. \n\n\n\nParticipating in an event at the Pari Center means not only meeting with scholars and experts but living for a week in a medieval village\, mingling with the tiny local population\, eating local dishes and drinking local wines\, appreciating the beauty of the surrounding countryside\, and participating in a very gentle way of life far from the frenzy of work and city living. David Peat compared Pari to an alchemical vessel—a place where transformation can come about—as well as an opportunity to pause for a moment and re-assess one’s life. It’s a unique opportunity open to everyone. \n\n\n\nPlease contact Eleanor if you would like more information about this event at: eleanor@paricenter.com \n\n\n\nThrough in-depth presentations and informal discussions in a convivial atmosphere you will learn about\, and have opportunities to discuss\, the insights and research findings of world-renowned experts on current consciousness research and its future. \n\n\n\nSuch a multifaceted field is currently enjoying a huge renaissance in terms of general interest and academic momentum. Consciousness is more than a ‘hard problem’—and also less. It’s the intimate mystery of our very existence. Its study thus requires an integrative and conscious approach beyond short-sighted abstractions.  \n\n\n\nFrom phenomenology and neuroscience to biology and sociology\, we will weave together a spectrum of approaches to consciousness that have\, up till now\, been largely disconnected\, if not avoided\, by academia and left to lie beyond the border of what is typically explored scientifically or discussed in public. \n\n\n\nWe can now more openly and rigorously ask whether such approaches can actually inform us about ‘consciousness for real\,’ truly advancing its scientific study as well as transforming science as we know it and\, more importantly\, our very understanding of the nature of reality and our collective and individual place in it. \n\n\n\nMindfully drawing from orthodox\, heterodox\, and heretic views on consciousness\, our humble ambition is to tackle it ‘for real\,’ overcoming our ingrained limiting habits of thought and grasping the roots of human experience and its evolutionary future. \n\n\n\nWe at the Pari Center seek to bring together world-renowned experts from a great range of disciplines\, approaches\, and sensibilities to meet together in person and deepen our insights on the workings and origin of human experience\, while also exploring creative and rigorous frameworks to integrate such wonderful mysteries hidden in plain sight into a coherent evolutionary understanding. You are cordially invited to join us. \n\n\n\n\nInformation\n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the program (PDF) \n\n\n\nTerms and conditions for this course (PDF) \n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the Pari Center (PDF)
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/consciousness-for-real/
LOCATION:Pari\, Italy
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SUMMARY:Gentle Action: A Gathering of Shared Experience
DESCRIPTION:Gentle Action: A Gathering of Shared Experience \n\n\n\nDates: June 13 – 20\, 2024 \n\n\n\nLocation: Pari\, Italy \n\n\n\nPrice: 950.00 euros\, which includes: \n\n\n\n\na 7-night stay in private accommodation;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nwater\, wine\, and coffee served with lunch and dinner;\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\nrefreshments provided at mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks.\n\n\n\n\nEvent: The event starts on Thursday June 13 at 19:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Thursday June 20 after lunch. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nJoin us for a week of living moment by moment\, in Pari\, Italy surrounded by the peaceful hills of the Tuscan landscape. With its beautiful palazzo\, rustic bar\, and numerous quiet places\, the medieval village of Pari acts as an alchemical vessel for transformations to take place. \n\n\n\nThroughout the week you will have ample opportunities to connect with Nature\, others\, and—perhaps most importantly—yourself. Experience the power of dialogue and active listening in an atmosphere that cultivates intimacy in everyday interactions. \n\n\n\nEmbracing the present and choosing to act more gently\, allows insights and interconnections to emerge and bubble up in a natural and playful manner. Such moments are often accompanied by experiences of openness\, trust\, joy\, and a childlike sense of wonder. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Story\n\n\n\nSeveral years ago\, a small group of us were sitting outside the bar in Pari\, Italy when the idea came up to bring a group of very open-minded people together for a gathering without any agenda\, topic\, intention\, or specific purpose.  \n\n\n\nAfter leaving Pari\, we continued to meet monthly through an online Zoom dialogue\, where our small group of three individuals gradually grew in a most organic manner. More than a year of online meetings led to our first Gentle Action Gathering back at Pari in September of 2022.  \n\n\n\nOur original group of Jena\, Manfred\, and Tom\, who hail from New York\, Germany\, and Ireland has gradually grown into a thriving community. Members of our online community have traveled from throughout the world to meet one another in person. Similarly\, new participants who meet during our in-person Gentle Action Gatherings\, frequently wish to stay in touch through our online dialogues.  \n\n\n\nOver the course of time we have come to discover that we have much to share with one another. Somewhat paradoxically\, many of us believe that this is due to—rather than despite—our differing backgrounds. Throughout our interactions\, we have also found that we have much in common. Perhaps most importantly\, we all share a genuine interest in one another’s perspectives on the world\, quite reminiscent of Rumi’s quote:  \n\n\n\nOut beyond the ideas of right and wrong\, there is a field. I will meet you there. \n\n\n\nThis June we have chosen to meet once again in Pari\, Italy. The medieval village of Pari\, nestled in the Tuscan landscape\, provides the perfect backdrop for new insights and explorations. During our Gentle Action Gatherings\, participants are largely free to roam around as they please. They can meet in the newly renovated palazzo\, take part in a yoga class\, explore the area’s hot springs\, or just sit down to have an espresso at the charming and peaceful square. Many find that leaving their daily routine behind and setting aside the expectations of the outer world allows them to reconnect with their innermost nature.  \n\n\n\nTaking the time to communicate and interact in the moment\, for the moment\, provides a unique opportunity to engage with the world in a much more playful manner—deepening participants relationships with themselves\, others\, and the world around them.  \n\n\n\nMany participants notice that an almost childlike curiosity tends to emerge\, unforced and unbidden\, ‘beyond the ideas of right and wrong’ allowing them to experience the innate beauty of the present moment.  \n\n\n\nMore than anything\, our gatherings have given us a deep sense of connection and friendships that endure beyond the limits of time and space.  \n\n\n\nThis June we get to come home again. It would be wonderful if you could join us. \n\n\n\nJena\, Lisa\, Manfred\, Michael\, Todd\, and Tom  \n\n\n\n\nInformation\n\n\n\nAdditional Information about this Event (PDF) \n\n\n\nTerms and conditions for this course (PDF) \n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the Pari Center (PDF)
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/gentle-action-a-gathering-of-shared-experience/
LOCATION:Pari\, Italy
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SUMMARY:The Future Mind – A Conversation with Patrick Harpur
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Patrick Harpur and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 199:00am PDT  | 12:00pm EDT  | 5:00pm BST  |  6:00pm CEST  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Harpur grew up in Surrey\, attended Cranleigh School and travelled for a year in Africa before going to St Catharine’s College\, Cambridge\, to read English. Subsequently he did much of the reading and research which he would eventually use in his books\, and wrote poetry\, stories and plays by way of practice\, while supporting himself with part-time jobs\, such as teaching\, market research\, gardening\, computer personnel etc. For five years he worked in London as a researcher and then as an editor for a book-packaging company. His first book was a ‘theological thriller’ entitled The Serpent’s Circle (UK Macmillan\, 1985; Coronet\, 1986\, and US St Martin’s Press\, 1985; Warner\, 1986). His second was a novel about an autistic child\, The Rapture (Macmillan\, 1986; Coronet\, 1986). Mercurius; or\, the Marriage of Heaven and Earth\, a partly fictional account of the Great Work of alchemy\, was published by Macmillan in 1990 and re-issued by The Squeeze Press in 2008. His first attempt at complete non-fiction was Daimonic Reality: A Field Guide to the Otherworld (UK Viking\, 1995; Penguin\, 1996 and US Penguin\, 1995\, 1996; re-issued by Pine Winds Press\, Idyll Arbor\, 2003) which attempted to make sense of visions and apparitions by recourse to Platonic philosophy\, Jungian psychology\, and the Romantic notion of imagination. The Philosophers’ Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination (UK Penguin\, 2002 and US Ivan R. Dee\, 2003; re-issued by The Squeeze Press\, 2009) outlined an esoteric Western way of seeing the world which has been largely neglected. In 2010\, Rider published the rather ambitiously titled A Complete Guide to the Soul which appeared a year later in the US as The Secret Tradition of the Soul (Evolver Editions\, an imprint of North Atlantic Books). The Savoy Truffle (Skylight Press\, 2013) is a highly autobiographical\, blackish comedy set in the Home Counties of the 1960s.  The Good People (Strange Attractor Press\, 2017) is a modern fairytale and a sort of fictional companion-volume to Daimonic Reality. The Stormy Petrel (The Squeeze Press\, 2017) is a novel based on the life and work of the Danish thinker Soren Kierkegaard whose writings have gripped Patrick for years. His four non-fiction books have been translated into Spanish and published by Ediciones Atalanta. At the same time as he was writing these\, Patrick was commissioned by BBC television to write an adaptation of The Rapture; plus\, he has written pieces for such publications as The Guardian\, Fortean Times\, Gnosis\, Resurgence\, the New Statesman and the Independent on Sunday. He’s often invited to give talks in the UK\, in Spain and in America; he’s taught post-graduate students at Schumacher College (Dartington). Patrick lives in West Dorset. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÀlex Gómez-Marín is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time to the neurobiology of action-perception across species\, from flies and worms to mice and humans. Since 2016 he has been the head of the Behavior of Organisms Laboratory at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante\, where he is an Associate Professor of the Spanish Research Council. Combining computational biology and continental philosophy\, his current research concentrates on consciousness in the real world.
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SUMMARY:How to Think Impossibly
DESCRIPTION:How to Think Impossibly:A mind-bending invitation to experience the impossible as fundamentally human \n\n\n\nJune 28 – July 1\, 2024 \n\n\n\nSpeakers: Jeffrey J. Kripal \n\n\n\nCurated and Chaired by: Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nLocation: Pari\, Italy \n\n\n\nPrice: 725.00 euros\, which includes: \n\n\n\n\na 3-night stay in private accommodation;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nwater\, wine\, and coffee are provided with lunch and dinner;\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\nrefreshments provided at mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks.\n\n\n\n\nEvent: The event starts on Friday June 28 at 16:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Monday July 1 after lunch. \n\n\n\nFrom precognitive dreams and telepathic visions to near-death experiences\, UFO encounters\, and beyond\, so-called impossible phenomena are not supposed to happen. But they do happen—all the time. Jeffrey J. Kripal asserts that the impossible is a function not of reality\, but of our everchanging assumptions about what is real. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions for this course. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nHow to Think Impossibly invites us to think about these fantastic (yet commonplace) experiences as an essential part of being human\, expressive of a deeply shared reality that is neither mental nor material but gives rise to both.  \n\n\n\nThinking with specific individuals and their extraordinary experiences in vulnerable\, open\, and often humorous ways\, Kripal interweaves humanistic and scientific inquiry to develop an awareness that the fantastic is real\, the supernatural is super natural\, and the impossible is possible. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Kripal’s new book\, How to Think Impossibly\, will be published on July 3rd\, 2024. \n\n\n\nAs complimentary preparation material\, participants will receive an exclusive digital copy of the Prologue and Introduction of the book before its publication\, as well as a signed physical copy of the book while in Pari. \n\n\n\nParticipating in an event at the Pari Center means living for a week in a medieval village\, mingling with the tiny local population\, eating local dishes and drinking local wines\, appreciating the beauty of the surrounding countryside\, and participating in a very gentle way of life far from the frenzy of work and city living. David Peat compared Pari to an alchemical vessel—a place where transformation can come about—as well as an opportunity to pause for a moment and re-assess one’s life. It’s a unique opportunity open to everyone. \n\n\n\nPlease contact Eleanor if you would like more information about this event at: eleanor@paricenter.com \n\n\n\nSCHEDULE \n\n\n\nIntro (Friday afternoon): Thinking-with experiencers… \n\n\n\nPart 1 (Saturday morning): World of the dead and the nature of soul \n\n\n\nPart 2 (Saturday afternoon): Praying mantises\, flying sauces and professional comedians \n\n\n\nPart 3 (Sunday morning): Neuro-diversity and multi-verses \n\n\n\nPart 4 (Sunday afternoon): Time travel\, quantum physics  \n\n\n\nOutro (Monday morning): How to pull it all together \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeffrey J. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. He also helps direct the Center for Theory and Research at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur\, California and sits on numerous advisory boards in the U.S. and Europe involving the nature of consciousness and the human\, social\, and natural sciences. Most recently\, Jeff is the author of The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents\, Moral Objections\, New Realities (Chicago\, 2022)\, where he intuits an emerging order of knowledge that can engage in robust moral criticism but also affirm the superhuman or nonhuman dimensions of our histories and futures. His forthcoming book is How to Think Impossibly: About Souls\, UFOs\, Time\, Belief\, and Everything Else (Chicago\, 2024). He is presently working on a three-volume study of paranormal currents in the sciences\, modern esoteric literature\, and the hidden history of science fiction collectively entitled The Super Story: Science (Fiction) and Some Emergent Mythologies. His full body of work can be seen at http://jeffreyjkripal.com  He thinks he may be Spider-Man.  \n\n\n\n\nInformation\n\n\n\nAdditional information on this program (PDF) \n\n\n\nTerms and conditions (PDF) \n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the Pari Center (PDF)
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/how-to-think-impossibly/
LOCATION:Pari\, Italy
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SUMMARY:Book-A-Month Club - Syntropy: The Spirit of Love
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSOwD8r3S0o\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSyntropy: The Spirit of Loveby Ulisse Di Corpo and Antonella Vannini \n\n\n\nHosts: Dr. Jeffrey Dunne \n\n\n\nFriday July 5\, 20249:00am PDT  | 12:00pm EDT  | 5:00pm BST  |  6:00pm CEST  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\nAn informal monthly get-together to discuss books of significance for the Pari Center community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMany people are familiar with the concept of entropy\, the dissipative process that indicates the degree of disorder or uncertainty in a closed physical system. Entropy is sometimes called ‘the arrow of time’\, and describes a forward-in-time causal universe\, but fails to account for many scientific paradoxes… such as life itself. The subject of this book is a complementary\, albeit less well known\, principle called syntropy. Syntropy describes aspects of reality that follow an increase in complexity through the action of attractors in the future\, explaining the relationship of systems with their purposes. Rather than progressing towards disintegrated disorder\, syntropy “draws together” through commonality and intertwined purposes. In a way\, syntropy can be regarded as the life force that emanates from the unifying action of love. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Jeffrey Dunne is President of the International Consciousness Research Laboratories (ICRL\, www.icrl.org)\, an organization dedicated to understanding the nature of consciousness for the betterment of humanity.  Beyond his work with ICRL and several decades of research at the Johns Hopkins University in fields ranging from acoustics to data science and AI\, Dr. Dunne is an award-winning playwright and author.  His recently published novel\, Nexus\, weaves the concept of syntropy with the implications of the nature of consciousness into a story that speaks to the challenges humanity is facing\, sharing a vision for finding a healthier\, more balanced future.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/book-a-month-club-syntropy-the-spirit-of-love/
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SUMMARY:Beyond Bohm 2024
DESCRIPTION:Solidarity tickets available. Click for Part 1 and Part 2 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond Bohm 2024  \n\n\n\nSaturday July 13 – Sunday August 25\, 2024 The Beyond Bohm 2024 series is oriented toward sharing unique and unusual perspectives that complement and amplify the work of David Bohm. Now in our fourth year\, we are continuing that tradition with an array of new faces and presenters that we are especially excited about. \n\n\n\nPart 1 \n\n\n\nOur first weekend begins with some “basics”: a roundtable discussion of a foundational Bohm text\, Thought as a System. We are pleased to welcome members of the David Bohm Society into this discussion. The following day\, we will hear from Dr. Elizabeth Henderson\, whose 40 years of work in education suggest multiple perspectives for establishing wholeness in human beings\, from their earliest years. Dr. Henderson uses autoethnography to help illustrate the possibilities and tensions facing practitioners as they try to help children build their interior worlds. \n\n\n\nOur second weekend opens by taking us directly into the “deep time” geology of Dr. Marcia Bjornerud. Here we are asked to sense Earth through the fourth dimension of time\, as a living\, moving\, process-oriented phenomenon. The next day\, abstract artist Pam Harris shares with us the nature of her experience in contemplating scientific and philosophical questions\, and how that experience translates to canvas. \n\n\n\nOur third weekend continues the thread of artistic and scientific complementarity. Artist-engineer Cheryl Brant walks us through the unfolding of her own 40-year artistic process\, and its culmination in questions of consciousness and the living world. Finally\, closing out the series\, Melissa Nelson (Turtle Mountain Chippewa / Métis) and friends will share indigenous perspectives on a variety of culturally-oriented issues and concerns.  \n\n\n\nPart 2 \n\n\n\nAfter an introduction to Bohm’s physics\, we will explore the relations between Russellian monism\, William James’s radical empiricism and Bohm’s implicate order; some traditional and recent (e.g.\, Johanna Seibt’s) work on process philosophy and how it connects with Bohm’s ideas; the idea of quantum properties of matter as potentialities in Bohm’s early thought; the influence of Hegel on Bohm’s ideas about fragmentation and wholeness; and whether Bohm’s notion of active information is a candidate for a unifying notionof information. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvery session will have openings for question / answer and discussion with presenters.Tickets are available for the whole series\, for three presentations of your choice\, or for single presentations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram of Event\n\n\n\nPart 1 \n\n\n\nSaturday July 13Thought as a Systemwith Matthew Capowski\, Melissa Nelson\, Igor Topilsky and Aja Bulla Zamastil \n\n\n\nSunday July 14Inner Freedom and Early Childhoodwith Elizabeth Henderson \n\n\n\nSaturday July 20Discovering the Deep Logic of Earthwith Marcia Bjornerud \n\n\n\nSunday July 21Finding David Bohm – and Beyondwith Pam Harris \n\n\n\nSaturday July 27Science and Art: Squaring the Circlewith Cheryl Brant \n\n\n\nSunday July 28Vortex of Indigenous CosmologiesWith Melissa Nelson and Friends \n\n\n\nPart 2 \n\n\n\nSunday August 4Introduction to Bohm’s PhysicsJonathan AlldaySunday August 11The Relations Between Russellian Monism\, James’s Radical Empiricism and Bohm’s Implicate OrderWilliam Seager \n\n\n\nSaturday August 17A Comparative Overview of Process Metaphysics and Substance Metaphysics & Indeterminate Concrete Individuals in Johanna Seibt’s General Process TheorySamuli Isotalo and Thelma Nylund\, with comments by Paavo PylkkänenSunday August 18Quantum Properties of Matter as Potentialities in Bohm’s 1951 Book Quantum TheoryPaavo Pylkkänen \n\n\n\nSaturday August 24Fragmentation and Wholeness: Bohm and G.W.F. HegelBoris Koznjak \n\n\n\nSunday August 25 Is There a Unifying Notion of Information?  Jens Allwood\, with comments by Michael Richter and Paavo Pylkkänen
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/beyond-bohm-2024/
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SUMMARY:Beyond Bohm 2024 - Part 1
DESCRIPTION:The Beyond Bohm series is oriented toward sharing unique and unusual perspectives that complement and amplify the work of David Bohm. Now in our fourth year\, we are continuing that tradition with an array of new faces and presenters that we are especially excited about. \n\n\n\nPart 1 \n\n\n\nOur first weekend begins with some “basics”: a roundtable discussion of a foundational Bohm text\, Thought as a System. We are pleased to welcome members of the David Bohm Society into this discussion. The following day\, we will hear from Dr. Elizabeth Henderson\, whose 40 years of work in education suggest multiple perspectives for establishing wholeness in human beings\, from their earliest years. Dr. Henderson uses autoethnography to help illustrate the possibilities and tensions facing practitioners as they try to help children build their interior worlds. \n\n\n\nOur second weekend opens by taking us directly into the “deep time” geology of Dr. Marcia Bjornerud. Here we are asked to sense Earth through the fourth dimension of time\, as a living\, moving\, process-oriented phenomenon. The next day\, abstract artist Pam Harris shares with us the nature of her experience in contemplating scientific and philosophical questions\, and how that experience translates to canvas. \n\n\n\nOur third weekend continues the thread of artistic and scientific complementarity. Artist-engineer Cheryl Brant walks us through the unfolding of her own 40-year artistic process\, and its culmination in questions of consciousness and the living world. Finally\, closing out the series\, Melissa Nelson (Turtle Mountain Chippewa / Métis) and friends will share indigenous perspectives on a variety of culturally-oriented issues and concerns.  \n\n\n\nEvery session will have openings for question / answer and discussion with presenters.Tickets are available for the whole series\, for three presentations of your choice\, or for single presentations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram of Event\n\n\n\nSaturday July 13Thought as a Systemwith Matthew Capowski\, Melissa Nelson\, Igor Topilsky and Aja Bulla Zamastil \n\n\n\nSunday July 14Inner Freedom and Early Childhoodwith Elizabeth Henderson \n\n\n\nSaturday July 20Discovering the Deep Logic of Earthwith Marcia Bjornerud \n\n\n\nSunday July 21Finding David Bohm – and Beyondwith Pam Harris \n\n\n\nSaturday July 27Science and Art: Squaring the Circlewith Cheryl Brant \n\n\n\nSunday July 28Vortex of Indigenous CosmologiesWith Melissa Nelson and Friends
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