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SUMMARY:Remembering Jacobo Grinberg at 30
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzede1Ho5M\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRemembering Jacobo Grinberg at 30Back to the Future of a Science of the Sacred \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday December 8\, 2024  \n\n\n\nStarting at 11:30am PST / 2:30pm EST / 7:30pm GMT / 8:30pm CET \n\n\n\nCurated and Chaired by Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Mexican neurophysiologist and psychologist Jacobo Grinberg-Zylberbaum disappeared in strange circumstances exactly thirty years ago. His theoretical\, empirical\, and experiential work on space\, the brain\, and consciousness would still be considered beyond cutting-edge today. In this free online event\, we will commemorate his legacy with a selected group of family\, friends\, and colleagues. Were Jacobo with us today\, he would certainly enjoy such company of top scientists\, creative artists\, deep mystics\, and original media curators. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\nAmit Goswami (head of Center for Quantum Activism) on communication without signaling \n\n\n\nEstusha Grinberg (Jacobo’s daughter) on music and Jacobo’s theory \n\n\n\nIain McGilchrist (author of The Matter with Things) on brain hemispheres and coherence \n\n\n\nIda Cuéllar (director of The Secret of Dr. Grinberg) on film\, science\, and science fiction \n\n\n\nInés Urdaneta (researcher at the International Space Federation) on post-modern physics \n\n\n\nJavier F. Alvarez-Leefmans (professor of neuropharmacology at Wright State University) on the beginnings of Jacobo’s career \n\n\n\nJanine Rodiles (PhD in cognitive Sciences\, clinical psychologist\, writer\, and Sufi whirling dervish) on wholeness and mysticism \n\n\n\nJeffrey Mishlove (creator and host of New Thinking Allowed) on healing and sensitive children \n\n\n\nJordi Imbert (head of Intuitu) on extra-ocular and intuitive vision \n\n\n\nLizette Arditti (Jacobo’s first wife) on painting and Jacobo’s life \n\n\n\nKehlan Morgan (creator and host at Formscapes) on phenomenology of space and perception \n\n\n\nManuel Delaflor (Jacobo’s former student and head of Metacognition Institute) on model dependent ontology \n\n\n\nMarina Weiler (neuroscientist at the Division of Perceptual Studies of the University of Virginia School of Medicine) on anomalous teleportation and materialization \n\n\n\nNatalia Rodríguez (editor at Penguin Random House) on books\, science\, and culture \n\n\n\nPavel Ibarra (host of Psicoativo Podcast) on media\, science\, and anomalous phenomena \n\n\n\nRichard Silberstein (professor of neuroscience at the Brain Sciences Institute of Swinburne University) on brain-to-brain communication between twins \n\n\n\nRobert Lawrence Kuhn (creator and host of Closer to Truth) on theories of consciousness \n\n\n\nand more..! \n\n\n\nSome related links: \n\n\n\nThe Brain and the Universe: The Jacobo Grinberg Story\, with Alex Gomez-Marin & Jeffrey Mishlove  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Landscape of Consciousness (see 17.10)\, research article by Robert Lawrence Kuhnhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079610723001128 \n\n\n\nThe Secret of Doctor Grinberg\, documentary by Ida Cuéllarhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt11898888 \n\n\n\nCiencia de la conciencia: un regreso al futuro\, artículo de Alex Gómez-Marínhttps://www.razon.com.mx/el-cultural/2022/10/28/ciencia-de-la-conciencia-un-regreso-al-futuro \n\n\n\nLeyendo a Jacobo Grinberg (introducción)\, con Alex Gómez-Marín
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SUMMARY:Beyond Jung 2024 - An Arc of Synchronicities
DESCRIPTION:An Arc of Synchronicities \n\n\n\nwith Dr Joe Cambray \n\n\n\nSaturday\, December 14\, 20249am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET \n\n\n\nBeyond Jung 2024\, Session 5 of 6 \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE. All participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAcross the span of my career as an analyst and academic\, experiences with synchronistic qualities have challenged the world view of my first\, scientific education. In this lecture I will detail a series of events\, personal and professional\, spanning my career that have led me to critically explore Jung’s synchronicity hypothesis on an on-going basis. Consequently\, I have found it useful to reformulate the concept in terms of complexity theory with a focus on complex adaptive systems\, which can spontaneously reorganize\, exhibiting emergent properties. The reframing of several categories of synchronicities in this manner has facilitated examination of the implicit interconnectedness underlying these phenomena. As a result\, a variety of cultural\, historical\, and environmental processes have been identified as having meaningful coincidence at multiple levels\, including individual\, collective and global dimensions\, often overlapping. Numerous examples will be offered to ground theory in observation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoe Cambray\, PhD\, is Past-President-CEO of Pacifica Graduate Institute; he is also Past-President of the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and has served as the U.S. Editor for The Journal of Analytical Psychology as well as being on various editorial boards. He was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital\, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies\, and former President of the C. G. Jung Institute of Boston. Dr. Cambray is a Jungian analyst currently living in the Santa Barbara area of California. His numerous publications include the book based on his Fay Lectures: Synchronicity: Nature and Psyche in an Interconnected Universe\, several edited volumes: one with Leslie Sawin\, Research in Analytical Psychology: Applications from Scientific\, Historical\, and (Cross)-Cultural Research\,and another with Linda Carter\, Analytical Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives in Jungian Psychology. He has published numerous papers in a range of international journals and books; he regularly teaches internationally.
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SUMMARY:Beyond Jung 2024 - Four Shillings and Sixpence: Synchronicity and Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Four Shillings and Sixpence: Synchronicity and Poetry \n\n\n\nwith Richard Berengarten \n\n\n\nSunday\, December 15\, 20249am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET \n\n\n\nBeyond Jung 2024\, Session 6 of 6 \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE. All participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a working poet\, Richard Berengarten is interested\, both theoretically and practically\, in how Jung’s theory of synchronicity—with all its connections of specificity in time and place—is entangled in our ideas and experiences of inspiration\, imagination\, discovery and creativity. This means that he’s interested in how Jung’s theory is intervolved in both the sciences and the arts\, and as much in our day-to-day experiences and dream-life as in\, say\, religious and visionary experience. To explore his themes and ideas\, and to broach some questions arising from them\, he’ll read a small selection of his own poems connected with synchronicity\, which he’ll open for discussion. He aims\, too\, to broach some conjectures about the fractal geometries and symbolic configurations of both four (as in the Christian cross and the quaternity favoured by Jung) and six (as in the hexagonal forms that often occur in nature\, in the hexagrams of the I Ching\, and in the Star of Solomon)\, and the ways in which configurations such as these connect with synchronistic experience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Berengarten (b. London\, 1943) is a poet who lives in Cambridge UK. He has also lived in Italy\, Greece\, the USA\, and former Yugoslavia. His poetry and poetics have been influenced by Jung for sixty years\, especially vis-à-vis synchronicity and the imagination. His long poem\, Changing (2016) is based on the I Ching and is a homage to this ancient classic. His ongoing series of chapbooks\, Imagems (2013\, 2019\, 2025)\, presents succinct 12-point statements on poetics\, and his monograph Keys to Transformation: Ceri Richards and Dylan Thomas (1980) engages with poetry and visual art in Jungian terms. He has published over 30 books and received many poetry awards\, and his work has been translated into more than 100 languages. He is a Bye-Fellow at Downing College\, Cambridge\, Academic Associate of Pembroke College\, Cambridge\, and Fellow of the English Association. 
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/beyond-jung-2024-four-shillings-and-sixpence-synchronicity-and-poetry/
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SUMMARY:The Future Mind - A conversation with Jonathan Rowson
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfSBWupp2wg\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Jonathan Rowson and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nThursday\, December 199:00am 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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Perspectiva\, a publishing house and praxis collective based primarily in London. Perspectiva describes itself as an urgent one-hundred-year project to improve the relationship between systems\, souls\, and society in theory and practice. Jonathan is a philosopher and social scientist by academic training and has degrees from Oxford\, Harvard and Bristol Universities. He has written extensively on the idea of metacrisis as our multi-faceted delusion\, and he is increasingly focused on experiments in community and spiritual praxis to help shift socio-economic immunity to change. He is an Open Society Fellow and a Fellow at The Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity at the University of Surrey. In his prior role as Director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts he authored influential research reports including A New Agenda on Climate Change\, Money Talks\, and Spiritualise\, and curated and chaired related events. He is also a Chess Grandmaster and three-time British Champion (2004–6) and views the game as a continuing source of insight and inspiration. His book\, The Moves that Matter – A Grandmaster on the Game of Life was published by Bloomsbury in 2019. He hails from Aberdeen in Scotland\, and now lives in Putney\, London\, with his wife Siva\, and their two sons\, Kailash and Vishnu. You can find Jonathan on his substack\, The Joyous Struggle.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-mind-a-conversation-with-jonathan-rowson/
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SUMMARY:Book-a-Month Club - Verifying Spiritual Reality
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbvK4NYrsZ0\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerifying Spiritual Realityby Robert Traer  \n\n\n\nHost: Dr Jeffrey Dunne \n\n\n\nThursday\, January 9\, 20259:00am 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\n\n\n\n\nThe precepts of materialism—that we are fundamentally a clever arrangement of particles and that consciousness is an emergent self-delusion—is a comparatively modern hypothesis\, and one that does not hold up well in the face of evidence\, neither logical nor experiential.  Robert Traer’s newly released book\, Verifying Spiritual Reality\, brings together a wealth of information that disproves that hypothesis of materialism\, painting a much older\, enduring perspective on the nature of humanity: that we are spiritual beings within a much deeper reality\, one grounded in love and interconnectedness. There are\, of course\, numerous books that relate experiences supporting that conclusion\, but if one seeks a single\, comparatively short overview\, Traer’s book\, which provides an overview/survey of the evidence\, provides enough specific information to convince any reader that our spiritual nature is undeniable. \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-verifying-spiritual-reality/
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SUMMARY:The Future World - A Conversation with John Vervaeke
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxTFAeoUPfI\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between John Vervaeke and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday\, January 159:00am 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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. John Vervaeke\, an award-winning professor of psychology\, cognitive science\, and Buddhist psychology at the University of Toronto\, brings a wealth of academic expertise to his courses. With a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto\, Dr. Vervaeke served as the former Director of Cognitive Science and holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. He has won and been nominated for several teaching awards and has published articles on relevance realization\, general intelligence\, mindfulness\, flow\, metaphor\, and wisdom. With expertise in both Eastern and Western philosophy\, Dr. Vervaeke guides learners through a transformative journey\, integrating ancient wisdom with modern scientific insights. Dr. Vervaeke’s courses are a captivating blend of theoretical knowledge and practical wisdom\, and his dynamic teaching style engages students in exploring the depths of the mind and its implications for personal growth and societal change\, illuminating the path to a deeper understanding of oneself and the world.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-world-a-conversation-with-john-vervaeke/
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SUMMARY:Spaced Out - Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Spaced Out \n\n\n\nA Two-Part Series on that Nature of Space\, Higher Dimensions and the Multiverse \n\n\n\nWith Jonathan Allday and Bernard Carr \n\n\n\nThursday January 16 and 23\, 2025 \n\n\n\n9:00am PST  | 12:00pm EST  | 5:00pm GMT  |  6:00pm CET \n\n\n\nA two-session series – each session will last two hours. \n\n\n\nAll registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart 1\n\n\n\nThursday January 16\, 2025 \n\n\n\nA Gentle Introduction to the Physics of Space with Jonathan Allday \n\n\n\nThis talk is intended to be a grounding in the physicists’ conception of space. It will discuss the relativity of space and time\, how we distinguish between spatial and temporal dimensions\, space-time\, the curvature of space and what we mean by (various) forms of higher dimensions. \n\n\n\nPart 2\n\n\n\nThursday January 23\, 2025 \n\n\n\nSpaced Out: A Conversation Between Bernard Carr and Jonathan Allday \n\n\n\nThe conversation is designed to be a follow-up to their earlier discussion ‘It’s About Time.’ Themes will include space-time\, the curvature of space around a black hole\, higher dimensions in their various forms\, and the multiverse. We will also touch upon the anthropic principle\, cosmology and Bernard’s conception of higher dimensions and the mind. \n\n\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\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/spaced-out-part-1/
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SUMMARY:Is Idealism Enough?
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr93mW3QmWo\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs Idealism Enough?A dialogue between Bernardo Kastrup and Rupert Sheldrake \n\n\n\nTuesday\, January 21\, 20259:00am 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\n\n\n\n\n\nRupert Sheldrake recently made a series of criticisms of Bernardo Kastrup’s Analytic Idealism on Curt Jaimungal’s Theories of Everything channel. Kastrup soon responded to Rupert’s points and subsequently Rupert sent Kastrup a rejoinder. Here\, in a spirit of true collegiality and intellectual pursuit\, we will turn this clash into an opportunity to better understand each other’s position and inquire further into the nature of reality itself. The trialogue between Kastrup\, Sheldrake\, and Gomez-Marin will be followed by Q&A from the audience.  \n\n\n\nLinks\n\n\n\n1. Sheldrake’s criticisms \n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM_SoCa7t-c\n\n\n\n\n2. Kastrup’s responses \n\n\n\nhttps://www.bernardokastrup.com/2024/11/response-to-rupert-sheldrakes.html \n\n\n\n3. Sheldrake’s rejoinder \n\n\n\nhttps://www.bernardokastrup.com/2024/12/rupert-sheldrakes-rejoinder.html \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than 100 technical papers and twelve books\, including Science and Spiritual Practices. A former Research Fellow of the Royal Society\, he studied natural sciences at Cambridge University\, where he took a Ph.D. in biochemistry\, and philosophy at Harvard University\, where he was a Frank Knox Fellow. He was a fellow of Clare College\, Cambridge\, and director of studies in cell biology. From 2005-2010 he was director of the Perrott-Warrick Project\, funded by Trinity College\, Cambridge\, for research on unexplained human and animal abilities. He is currently a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences\, near San Francisco\, and also of Schumacher College\, in Devon. For more information\, please visit https://www.sheldrake.org/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has set off the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism\, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology\, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing\, artificial intelligence). As a scientist\, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect‘ of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years now\, having co-founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Bernardo has most recently started AI hardware company Syncthetics B.V.\, currently in stealth mode. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books\, Bernardo’s ideas have been featured on Scientific American\, the Institute of Art and Ideas\, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association\, and Big Think\, among others. Bernardo’s 11th book\, coming in 2024\, is Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century’s only plausible metaphysics. For more information\, freely downloadable papers\, videos\, etc.\, please visit www.bernardokastrup.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÀlex Gómez-Marín (Barcelona\, 1981) is a Spanish scientist\, a theoretical physicist turned neuroscientist investigating human consciousness. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics\, a masters in biophysics\, and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Barcelona (cum laude by unanimity and Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award in 2009). He was then a postdoctoral research fellow at the Systems Biology Unit of the EMBL-CRG Center for Genomic Regulation and at the Neuroscience Programme of the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. Since 2016\, he has been the director of the Organism Behavior Laboratory at the Institute of Neuroscience in Alicante\, where he is currently an associate professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Since 2022\, Alex is also the director of the Pari Center in Tuscany\, Italy.  Amongst other duties\, Alex is an associate editor of Organisms: Journal of Biological Sciences\, a member of the history committee of the Spanish Society for Neuroscience\, a member of the science advisory committee of the Cobb Institute\, a member of the scientific advisory board of the Dutch Brain Interface Initiative\, a member of the Global Consciousness Project 2.0 research team\, a team member of the Terminal Lucidity Research Group\, a faculty member at the Icloby International Consciousness Lobby Foundation\, a member of the research committee of the Wake Up Institute\, an external advisor of UAP Digital\, and a member of the postmaterialist Open Sciences group. His research encompasses the origins of the arrow of time (inert matter)\, neuroethological principles of action and perception across species from flies and worms to mice and humans (living matter)\, and robotic and artificial intelligence applied to human stupidity (so-called artificial life & mind).  Alex had a near-death experience in March of 2021. He then decided to devote his research efforts to the scientific study of human minds in the real world\, concentrating on what he calls “the edges” of consciousness – a wild\, weird\, wonderful field where great enigma meets gross stigma. In 2023 he was awarded the first Linda G O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize. In 2024 Alex was selected as one of the world’s most inspiring people by OOOM 100. He has recently been nominated as one of ten revolutionary scientists by Feed Your Head. Since 2005\, Alex has published about one hundred research articles which have been cited over four thousand times in total. Alex has given countless talks and interviews too. You can find most of his material here: https://behavior-of-organisms.org/ Alex lives in sunny Alicante\, Spain\, with his wife\, two daughters\, and a cat.
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SUMMARY:Spaced Out - Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Spaced Out \n\n\n\nA Two-Part Series on that Nature of Space\, Higher Dimensions and the Multiverse \n\n\n\nWith Jonathan Allday and Bernard Carr \n\n\n\nThursday January 16 and 23\, 2025 \n\n\n\nA two-session series – each session will last two hours. \n\n\n\nAll registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart 1\n\n\n\nThursday January 16\, 2025 \n\n\n\nA Gentle Introduction to the Physics of Space with Jonathan Allday \n\n\n\nThis talk is intended to be a grounding in the physicists’ conception of space. It will discuss the relativity of space and time\, how we distinguish between spatial and temporal dimensions\, space-time\, the curvature of space and what we mean by (various) forms of higher dimensions. \n\n\n\nPart 2\n\n\n\nThursday January 23\, 2025 \n\n\n\nSpaced Out: A Conversation Between Bernard Carr and Jonathan Allday \n\n\n\nThe conversation is designed to be a follow-up to their earlier discussion ‘It’s About Time.’ Themes will include space-time\, the curvature of space around a black hole\, higher dimensions in their various forms\, and the multiverse. We will also touch upon the anthropic principle\, cosmology and Bernard’s conception of higher dimensions and the mind. \n\n\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\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.
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SUMMARY:PSI: Back to the Future
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktRJ7PKF9ws&t=371s\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPSI: Back to the Future \n\n\n\nSunday February 9\, 202511:30am PST  | 2:30pm EST  | 7:30pm GMT  |  8:30pm CET (and ending about four hours later) \n\n\n\nCurated and chaired by: Alex Gomez-Marin \n\n\n\nWith: Damon Abraham\, David Acunzo\, Cedric Cannard\, Dani Caputi\, Adam Curry\, Maaneli Derakhshani\, Ed Kelly\, David Luke\, Jeffrey Mishlove\, Julia Mossbridge\, Roger Nelson\, Dean Radin\, Stephen Schwartz\, James Spottiswoode\, Mario Varvoglis\, Marina Weiler\, George Williams \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the recording. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe scientific study of psychic (or PSI) phenomena –which includes extrasensory perception\, precognition\, synchronicity\, direct mind-to-mind communication\, or mind-matter interactions– has been going on for more than a century now. Its results are fascinating\, puzzling\, and often controversial. In this event some of the greatest active researchers in the field will present their own work while reflecting on where PSI has been\, where we think it is now\, and where we wish it to go. We hope to create an unprecedented audiovisual gathering for current and future generations to get perspective\, clarity\, and inspiration.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/psi-back-to-the-future/
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SUMMARY:The Future World - A Conversation with Michael Levin
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWT3dMZrqw0\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Michael Levin and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nFriday\, February 219:00am 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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Levin is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor of Biology at Tufts University\, and associate faculty at Harvard’s Wyss Institute. He serves as the director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts (https://allencenter.ufts.edu/) and the co-director of the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms at Tufts/UVM (https://icdorgs.org). He received dual B.S. degrees in computer science and biology\, followed by a Ph.D. from Harvard with Clifford Tabin. He did post-doctoral training at Harvard School of Medicine in cell biology\, and started his independent lab in 2000\, developing the first molecular tools to read and write bioelectric prepatterns in non-neural tissue. The Levin lab studies the natural bioelectric gradients in tissue as the cognitive glue that holds together not only the neural Self but the somatic mind of the body. \n\n\n\nHis group at Tufts (https://drmichaellevin.org/) works to understand information processing and problem-solving across scales\, in a range of naturally evolved\, synthetically engineered\, and hybrid living systems. They are interested in understanding how highly diverse minds are embodied in the physical world\, and how cognition and intelligence scales and projects into new problems spaces. One of the model systems they use is morphogenesis during embryonic development and regeneration; by modeling this navigation of anatomical space as the behavior of a collective intelligence\, they have developed novel applications in  organ regeneration\, birth defects repair\, cancer reprogramming\, and the engineering of novel living proto-organisms. Using tools from behavioral\, life\, and computer sciences\, Dr. Levin seeks to develop an empirically useful conceptual framework for identifying and ethically relating to a very wide range of possible minds. This work impacts regenerative medicine\, AI\, and bioengineering\, as well as deep questions about the origin and future of natural and artificial intelligence. Dr. Levin’s science outreach is at https://www.youtube.com/@drmichaellevin/videos\, and his personal thoughts on these questions are at https://thoughtforms.life/.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-world-a-conversation-with-michael-levin/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Looking-Glass
DESCRIPTION:Beyond the Looking-Glass: Wholeness in Modern Science \n\n\n\nWith Jonathan Allday\, Vasileios Basios\, John Briggs\, Jeff Dunne\, Stuart Kauffman\, Katherine Peil Kauffman\, Paavo Pylkkänen. \n\n\n\nMarch 1 – 16\, 20259am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET \n\n\n\n6 two-hour sessions every Saturday and Sunday  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn exploration of themes from the book Looking-Glass Universe by F. David Peat and John Briggs. \n\n\n\nLooking-Glass Universe takes a fascinating look at the wholeness revolution in physics\, mathematics\, chemistry\, biology and neurophysiology\, and the scientists whose converging theories are changing our understanding of how the universe works. The series will explore how far the themes of the book Looking-Glass Universe have developed since it was first published.  \n\n\n\nThe ‘looking-glass’ theories propose that we are at this very moment living in an Alice-in-Wonderland universe where each part is in fact the whole\, where scientists conducting an experiment are themselves the experiment\, and even inanimate objects contain consciousness. These theories give scientific meaning to the ancient mystical idea that the universe is One. \n\n\n\nLooking-Glass Universe by John Briggs and F. David Peat will be released in a new edition this year with physicist Jonathan Allday filling in readers on how science has evolved in the 40 years since the book first appeared. He reviews the progress towards a looking-glass view of the universe and updating aspects of the text in line with current scientific thinking. \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to announce that two of the authors\, John Briggs and Jonathan Allday\, will be presenting during this series. \n\n\n\nSessions\n\n\n\nLooking Glass UniverseWith Jonathan Allday and John BriggsSaturday March 1 \n\n\n\nDavid BohmWith Jonathan Allday and Paavo PylkkänenSunday March 2 \n\n\n\nObjectivity: The Mythical Border Between Science and ScientistsWith Jeff DunneSaturday March 8 \n\n\n\nEppur Si Muove! The Sudden–and persistent–Vortex of Ilya Prigogine and their descendantsWith Vasileios BasiosSunday March 9 \n\n\n\nHeisenberg’s Potentia: Toward a Theory of ConsciousnessWith Stuart KauffmanSaturday March 15 \n\n\n\nThe Tao of Emotional Sentience With Katherine Peil KauffmanSunday December 16
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Looking-Glass - Looking-Glass Universe
DESCRIPTION:Looking Glass Universe \n\n\n\nwith Jonathan Allday and John Briggs \n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 1\, 20259am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET \n\n\n\nBeyond the Looking-Glass\, Session 1 of 6 \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE. All participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Briggs and David Peat wrote Looking Glass Universe in the wake of publishing events such as The Tao of Physics. At the time\, physics was cool and popular\, especially among New Age adherents looking to science to provide a context for their beliefs. The authors wanted to take different approach—to show how a range of sciences\, not just physics\, were converging on a new way of viewing the world: as a whole. In this context\, they wanted to pose and answer the question: is a science of wholeness possible? \n\n\n\nNow that the book is about to be re-released\, it is interesting to review how things stood at the time\, with one of the original authors\, so that progress\, or lack of\, since then can but seen in context. \n\n\n\nThis will act as an introduction to the whole series. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Briggs\, PhD\, taught for 25 years at Western Connecticut State University. He has taught aesthetics\, journalism\, and creative writing and served as co-chair of the English Department; he was one of the founders of the Department of Writing\, Linguistics and Creative Process and one of the principal developers of the MFA in Professional and Creative Writing. He is now Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Writing and Aesthetics at WCSU. Among his many publications are three books he co-authored with David Peat\, Looking Glass Universe(1984)\, Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos Theory and the Science of Wholeness (1989)\, and Seven Life Lessons of Chaos (1999). He lives in the New England town of Granville\, Massachusetts. \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/beyond-the-looking-glass-looking-glass-universe/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Looking-Glass - David Bohm
DESCRIPTION:David Bohm \n\n\n\nwith Jonathan Allday and Paavo Pylkkänen \n\n\n\nSunday\, March 2\, 20259am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET \n\n\n\nBeyond the Looking-Glass\, Session 2 of 6 \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE. All participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of the key scientists featured in the book Looking Glass Universe was David Bohm. One of the original authors\, David Peat\, was a friend and collaborator of Bohm. The philosopher\, Paavo Pylkkänen\, also knew Bohm and has worked on developments of his ideas.  \n\n\n\nIn this conversation\, we will discuss Bohm’s life\, his personality\, important aspects of his work and view of wholeness and how the work continues to be developed. Inevitably\, we will also talk about our mutual friend and Bohm collaborator\, Basil Hiley\, who died recently. \n\n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaavo Pylkkänen\, PhD\, is Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Philosophy and Director of the Bachelor’s Program in Philosophy at the University of Helsinki\, Finland. He is also Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy (currently on leave) at the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy\, University of Skövde\, Sweden\, where he initiated a Consciousness Studies Programme. His main research areas are philosophy of mind\, philosophy of physics and their intersection. In his book Mind\, Matter and the Implicate Order (Springer) he proposed that new notions emerging from quantum physics (especially Bohm and Hiley’s interpretation) provide new ways of approaching key problems in philosophy of mind\, such as mental causation and time consciousness.  In 2018-2020 working as the Vice Dean of Research at the Faculty of Arts he had the main responsibility for developing the new profiling area Mind and Matter for the University of Helsinki https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/mind-and-matter.  \n\n\n\nPaavo Pylkkänen has been a visiting researcher in Stanford University\, Oxford University\, London University\, Charles University Prague and Gothenburg University and was a member of the Academy of Finland Center of Excellence in the Philosophy of Social Sciences (TINT). 
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/beyond-the-looking-glass-david-bohm/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Looking-Glass - Objectivity: The Mythical Border Between Science and Scientists
DESCRIPTION:Objectivity: The Mythical Border Between Science and Scientists \n\n\n\nwith Jeffrey Dunne \n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 8\, 20259am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET \n\n\n\nBeyond the Looking-Glass\, Session 3 of 6 \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE. All participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe premise of modern science is that it focuses on studying objective aspects of reality. It is on this basis that the scientific community claims that science is a sieve for fundamental ‘truth\,’ i.e. establishing fact and weeding out subjective opinion. What has been forgotten along the way over the past few centuries is that the concept of the ‘objective’ is itself subjective. To wit\, the measure of objectivity is consensus\, i.e. things upon which the majority of people agree are considered ‘objectively true\,’ with the remaining perspectives treated as ‘subjective\,’ or even ‘subjectively biased.’ As a consequence\, the defining of ‘objective truth’ and ‘objective reality’ is actually a process of sharpening the delineation between what is considered acceptable observations and experiences versus those which are rare and consequently shunned\, even to the point of calling them false and claiming the people who have them must be either lying or insane. Yet uncommon experiences\, whether one calls them anomalous or denies them entirely\, continue to occur\, and the body of documented evidence of their legitimacy is now overwhelming. If we are to move science forward—in fact\, if we are to recover from the growing disfunction of a global society being told that people are nothing more than biological computers—we must open the aperture of what phenomena are deemed worthy of scientific study and recognize that the distinction between the objective and the subjective is nothing more than an arbitrary line in the sands of statistics. \n\n\n\n\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/beyond-the-looking-glass-objectivity-the-mythical-border-between-science-and-scientists/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Looking-Glass - Eppur Si Muove! The Sudden -and persistent- Vortex of Ilya Prigogine and their descendants
DESCRIPTION:Eppur Si Muove! The Sudden–and persistent–Vortex of Ilya Prigogine and their descendants \n\n\n\nwith Vasileios Basios \n\n\n\nSunday\, March 9\, 20259am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET \n\n\n\nBeyond the Looking-Glass\, Session 4 of 6 \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE. All participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince Ilya Prigogine’s ‘sudden Vortex’ was reflected in the ‘Looking Glass Universe\,’ complexity theory has advanced by leaps and bounds. From a marginal theory in the corners of physics\, it has become the cornerstone of many advanced new sciences.  \n\n\n\nFrom physics\, physical chemistry\, biological systems and ecology to social networks and leadership in organisations\, the very ideas he developed and put into practice—emergence\, entropy\, self-organisation\, spontaneous symmetry breaking\, bifurcations and chaos—are today’s bread and butter and central. The focus has shifted towards understanding how order and chaos lead to new structures and behaviours at higher levels of complexity\, adaptivity and extended domains. We now know that Life is unpredictable\, but not an accident. It cannot emerge from total randomness\, nor can intelligence and consciousness. \n\n\n\n We need to establish a new discipline: self-reflexive interdisciplinary studies of consciousness. Such studies will empower science by extending it beyond naive reductionism and to become more useful in exploring reality\, both within and without. It will also empower society to shed more light on the root causes of some of its major problems\, including suggestions on how best to deal with them. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Vasileios Basios is a senior researcher in the Physics of Complex Systems at the University of Brussels\, with over 25 years of experience in research and coaching. His interdisciplinary work focuses on self-organisation\, emergence in complex matter\, complementarity and the foundations of complex systems. \n\n\n\nMentored by Nobel laureates Ilya Prigogine and Grégoire Nicolis\, Dr Basios received his Ph.D. from the University of Brussels after studying cybernetics with John S. Nicolis. His research interests include foundations of complexity science\, emergence in complex matter\, nonlinear dynamics and chaos in biological information processing\, computability and the logic of extended Bayesian inference. Dr Basios has participated in several research initiatives\, including the European Space Agency’s Complex Matter programme and EU projects such as Pythagoras I&II and Thales I&II.  \n\n\n\nHe is deeply interested in the history of scientific ideas and their role in transforming science beyond the mechanistic worldview. His work aims to bring insights from complex systems science to consciousness studies\, working towards an inclusive and self-reflexive interdisciplinary science of consciousness. In 2023\, his research team received the inaugural Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize for their study on detecting deviations from random activity as indicators of nonlocal consciousness correlates beyond the brain. \n\n\n\nDr Basios serves in various capacities\, including as a speaker for the Scientific & Medical Network after a period as its co-Chair and board member\, as a member of the Galileo Commission Steering Team\, and as a Trustee of the International Consciousness Research Laboratories (ICRL). By contributing to complexity and consciousness research in a variety of formats\, from podcasts to books to peer-reviewed papers\, he aspires to advance knowledge in this evolving field.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/beyond-the-looking-glass-eppur-si-muove-the-sudden-and-persistent-vortex-of-ilya-prigogine-and-their-descendants/
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SUMMARY:The Future World - A Conversation with Carissa Véliz
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6DOEIowrG4\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Carissa Véliz and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday\, March 1210:00am 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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarissa Véliz is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Institute for Ethics in AI\, and a Fellow at Hertford College at the University of Oxford. She is the recipient of the 2021 Herbert A. Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy. She is the author of the highly-acclaimed Privacy Is Power (an Economist book of the year\, 2020) and the editor of the Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics. She is a member of UNESCO’s Women 4 Ethical AI. She advises companies and policymakers around the world on privacy and the ethics of AI. 
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-world-a-conversation-with-carissa-veliz/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Looking-Glass - Heisenberg’s Potentia: Toward a Theory of Consciousness
DESCRIPTION:Heisenberg’s Potentia: Toward a Theory of Consciousness \n\n\n\nwith Stuart Kauffman \n\n\n\nSaturday\, March 15\, 202510am PDT / 1pm EDT / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET \n\n\n\nBeyond the Looking-Glass\, Session 5 of 6 \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE. All participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWerner Heisenberg in 1958 proposed that quantum states are ‘potentia standing ghost-like between a dream and reality.’  The proposal of ontologically real potentia not obeying Aristotle’s Laws of the Excluded Middle and Non-Contradiction provides an interpretation of superpositions and answers the six mysteries of Quantum Mechanics. This suggest that potentia are real and that quantum measurement converts Possibles to Actuals.  \n\n\n\nRadin’s work with colleagues is evidence at 6.49 sigma that mind can play a role in collapse of the wave function—the conversion of Possibles to Actuals. Qualia are never in superposition. These facts suggest that conscious qualia arise upon mind’s conversion of Possibles to Actuals.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStuart Kauffman is an American medical doctor\, theoretical biologist\, and complex systems  researcher who studies the origin of life on Earth. He was a professor at the University of Chicago\, University of Pennsylvania\, and Universitry of Calgary. He is currently emeritus professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and affiliate faculty at the Institute of Systems Biology. He has a number of awards including a MacArthur Fellowship and a Wiener Medal. He is best known for arguing that the complexity of biological systems and organisms might result as much from delf-organization and far-from-equilibrium dynamics as from Darwinian natural selection\, as discussed in his book Origins of Order (1993). \n\n\n\n He has published over 350 articles and 6 books: The Origins of Order (1993)\, At Home in the Universe (1995)\, Investigations (2000)\, Reinventing the Sacred (2008)\, Humanity in a Creative Universe (2016)\, and A World Beyond Physics (2019). \n\n\n\nIn 2017\, exploring the concept that reality consists of both ontologically real ‘possibles’ (res potentia) and ontologically real ‘actuals’ (res extensa)\, Kauffman co-authored\, with Ruth Kastner and Michael Epperson\, ‘Taking Heisenberg’s Potentia Seriously.’
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/beyond-the-looking-glass-heisenbergs-potentia-toward-a-theory-of-consciousness/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Looking-Glass - The Tao of Emotional Sentience
DESCRIPTION:The Tao of Emotional Sentience \n\n\n\nwith Katherine Peil Kauffman \n\n\n\nSunday\, March 16\, 202510am PDT / 1pm EDT / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET \n\n\n\nBeyond the Looking-Glass\, Session 6 of 6 \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE. All participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding upon Bohmian (and Kauffmanian) physics\, the Eastern metaphor of The Tao is employed to introduce the new emotion science. In this context\, emotional sentience—from its simple binary evaluations to its complex informational content—is not only central to the ‘self-regulatory’ behavioral hardware and learning software of living systems but may be integral to the in-forming and trans-forming process of reality creation itself. To distinguish emotion as a separate and more ancient system than ‘cognition’ proper\, is to honor the ‘agent in the machine\,’ to discover the untold wonders embodied in the physical organism\, and to reclaim the divine attributes of human being and becoming. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatherine T. Peil Kauffman is the founding Director of non-profit EFS International\, whose mission is fostering global emotional wisdom. From a background in Pantheistic spirituality and clinical and social psychology\, her lengthy interdisciplinary inquiry into the biophysical substrates of emotion led to the identification of its previously mysterious biological function: as an ancient ‘self-regulatory sense’—an evaluative perceptual mechanism through which living systems directly participate in self-organizing and evolutionary processes\, and one that invites deeper inquiries into the physics of consciousness. This new science also casts light upon innate ‘biovalues\,’ which scientific methodology has long avoided\, as well as vital processes that in-form common spiritual experiences\, and the healthy development of empathic moral conscience. It provides a biophysically informed vision of ‘naturalistic spiritualty\,’ one that echoes the common wisdom across the great religious traditions\, while challenging such time honored assumptions as ‘sin’ and the ‘good and evil’ dichotomy.A former affiliate of Northeastern University and the Harvard Divinity School\, Ms. Kauffman has spoken internationally on the function\, evolution\, physio-chemical\, and informational nature of emotion\, as well as its central role in optimal health\, human development\, moral reasoning\, universal spiritual experiences\, and its informative value toward creating nonviolence in a global village.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/beyond-the-looking-glass-the-tao-of-emotional-sentience/
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SUMMARY:Edge of Belief: Faith\, Imagination\, and Science
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCqy4UxmY88\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdge of Belief: Faith\, Imagination\, and Science \n\n\n\nSunday March 23\, 2025 \n\n\n\nStarting at 12:30pm PDT  | 3:30pm EDT  | 7:30pm GMT  |  8:30pm CET \n\n\n\nCurated and chaired by: Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWith Robert Duncan and Brett Robinson \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE online and FREE. All registered participants will receive the recording. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScience can explain many things about reality but the addition of theology\, literature\, and art deepens our understanding and makes for a much richer appreciation of life on this weird and wonderful planet. How can Religion respond to evolving scientific discoveries? How should the Church think about UFOs? What are the boundaries for Catholic belief? The McGrath Institute for Church Life is proud to present “Edge of Belief: UFOs\, Technology & The Catholic Imagination”\, a documentary short that explores the outer limits of belief. \n\n\n\n“The Edge of Belief” is a documentary film about the interplay of faith\, imagination and science. The film looks at the modern UFO phenomenon through the lens of the Catholic theological\, scientific and literary tradition. This impactful documentary gives viewers a holistic framework for thinking about the mysteries of the universe and dealing with the claims that we are not alone in it. “The Edge of Belief” features interviews with CS Lewis scholar and Oxford professor Michael Ward\, religious studies researcher and author of American Cosmic\, Diana Pasulka\, icon artist and host of “The Symbolic World\,” Jonathan Pageau\, Notre Dame theologian Christopher Baglow\, and Chair of Astronomy at Cornell\, Jonathan Lunine\, among others. \n\n\n\nLink to the film (31 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA0ah6Xmqus \n\n\n\nSchedule: \n\n\n\n08:30pm CET – Introduction \n\n\n\n08:45pm CET – Live film watch \n\n\n\n09:15pm CET – Conversation between Robert\, Brett\, and Alex  \n\n\n\n10:00pm CET – Q&A from the audience \n\n\n\n10:30pm CET – End \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Duncan\, a native of North Carolina\, is a filmmaker and communications professional who has spent over a decade producing documentaries and news videos on the Vatican and Catholic life in Rome. He has worked extensively as a journalist covering Vatican affairs and as a communications consultant for various non-profit religious organizations\, particularly in the areas of fundraising and strategic media. Robert graduated from NYU’s film program and has consulted for the U.S. State Department\, creating media for the U.S. embassies in Rome. He has lectured on communication strategy for Vatican employees and assisted with media projects for Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’. Robert lives near Rome with his family\, enjoying hiking and sailing.  \n\n\n\nBrett Robinson\, Executive Producer Brett Robinson serves as the Associate Director for Outreach and Associate Professor of the Practice at the McGrath Institute for Church Life. In his role\, he oversees outreach efforts for the institute while conducting research at the intersection of religion\, technology and culture. Brett studied marketing and English at the University of Notre Dame and received his Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of Georgia. He has taught media studies courses at Duquesne University\, the University of Georgia\, Saint Vincent College and Notre Dame. Brett is the author of Appletopia: Media Technology and the Religious Imagination of Steve Jobs and his essays and commentary on technology and culture have been featured in Wired Magazine\, CNN\, the LA Times and Catholic News Service. \n\n\n\nÀlex Gómez-Marín\, theoretical physicist turned neuroscientist studying the edges of consciousness in the real world. He is an associate professor at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante\, Spain\, and director of the Pari Center in Tuscany\, Italy. 
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/edge-of-belief-faith-imagination-and-science/
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SUMMARY:The Future World - A conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/gtFdA6vh_QI?si=zUaCZ96DVKx71ZQ0\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Jeffrey Mishlove and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nFriday April 119:00am 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\n\n\n\n\n\nHost and producer of the New Thinking Allowed channel on YouTube\, Jeffrey Mishlove\, PhD\, is also author of The Roots of Consciousness\, Psi Development Systems\, and The PK Man. He is the recipient of a doctorate in “Parapsychology” from the University of California\, Berkeley. He is the Grand Prize winner of the Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding postmortem survival of human consciousness. He currently serves as Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-world-a-conversation-with-jeffrey-mishlove/
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SUMMARY:SURVIVAL: Re-Appraising the Evidence for Life After Death
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/UrzcZfp-mV8?si=xAijmeVaHLNJDoWb\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSURVIVAL: Re-Appraising the Evidence for Life After Death \n\n\n\nSunday April 13\, 2025 \n\n\n\n11:30am PDT\, 2:30pm EDT\, 7:30pm BST\, 8:30pm CEST (and ending about four hours later) \n\n\n\nWith: Alejandro Agudo\, Eben Alexander\, John Ballard\, Stafford Betty\, Bernard Carr\, Jeff Dunne\, Bruce Greyson\, Stanley Krippner\, Jeffrey Long\, David Lorimer\, Janice Miner Holden\, Jeffrey Mishlove\, Alexander Moreira-Almeida\, Leo Ruickbie\, Gary Schwartz\, Steve Taylor\, Stephan Schwartz\, Pim Van Lommel\, Helane Wahbeh\, Marjorie Woollacott \n\n\n\nIn memoriam: Peter Fenwick (1935-2024)\, Charles Tart (1937-2025)\, and Allan Leslie Combs (1942-2025) \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the recording. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Rigorous Open-Minded Exploration \n\n\n\nUnderstanding whether consciousness continues after death is one of the most profound scientific and philosophical questions of our time. A rigorous\, evidence-based\, but also open-minded\, exploratory\, approach to this mystery has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of human identity\, the nature of consciousness\, and the boundaries of life itself. What\, if anything\, survives bodily death? In what form\, and for how long? These are questions that demand a trans-disciplinary investigation\, not just for their scientific implications but for their profound impact on culture\, ethics\, and human experience. SURVIVAL: Re-Appraising the Evidence for Life After Death brings together world-renowned experts to explore the latest research\, theories\, and firsthand accounts that challenge conventional assumptions. This online event is an essential opportunity to engage with cutting-edge insights into what might lie beyond the final frontier. \n\n\n\nA Bold New Conference Format\n\n\n\nWe are pioneering a dynamic\, high-impact online conference format via Zoom that maximizes efficiency and engagement. These live-recorded events feature a series of fast-paced\, 15-minute “science nuggets”—concise\, content-rich presentations from leading researchers\, with or without slides\, without lengthy introductions or Q&A. This streamlined approach keeps the momentum strong\, allowing us to cover in a few hours what a traditional in-person conference might take a week to accomplish. The result? A free\, to-the-point\, and comprehensive snapshot of the latest advancements in our field\, offering a pluralistic advanced testament to where we stand—and where we’re headed.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/survival-re-appraising-the-evidence-for-life-after-death/
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SUMMARY:Martin Buber’s I and Thou
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/WDObxvA5xvg?si=pw8AIiDYK3ecVgdf\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartin Buber’s I and Thou \n\n\n\nHost: Nicholas Colloff \n\n\n\nMonday\, April 14\, 20259:00am 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\nMartin Buber wrote\, ‘There is something that can only be found in one place. It is a great treasure\, which may e called the fulfilment of existence. The place where this treasure can be found is the place on which one stands.’  HIs first attempt to lay out a pathway to this fulfilment was in his seminal book\, I and Thou\, written in six weeks under an intense sense of inspiration\, and which he would spend the next forty years developing into the practice of living dialogue\, revealing that ‘all real living is meeting.’ But what does it mean to be truly present in the world\, engaged in relationships of wholeness and meaning? How does this relate to the equal imperative to know about the world and to use it to achieve our specific purposes? And what might either have to do with God or ultimate reality?  \n\n\n\nFor those familiar with the work of Ian McGilchrist\, we could frame this as how might my Master and my Emissary achieve a more harmonious relationship in the light of a deeper unity waiting to address me\, now\, just where I am\, standing in a world that waits to greet me?  I have now been reading Buber for forty years—and whether it is mastering my impatience in the queue at the Sainsbury checkout\, answering a colleague’s question openly and honestly\, making a decision with hoped for love and justice or thinking about the nature of God\, I found that Buber is part of the weft on which my thinking and acting has been woven. I hope to share something of his life\, the book’s meanings and why they might matter deeply. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNICHOLAS COLLOFF\, when not posting art on Facebook or walking through the woods\, is the Director of the Argidius Foundation\, a Swiss family foundation that helps develop social and environmental enterprises\, principally in Africa and Latin America. He studied theology\, philosophy and the psychology of religion at university\, after which he helped found the Prison Phoenix Trust that teaches meditation and yoga to people in prison\, and from this discovered a gift for starting things (and leaving them in better hands so they flourished). This has included a microfinance bank in the Balkans\, a charity focused on community mental health in poor communities in the Global South and a social investment fund. In between launches\, he is also to be found in contemplative communities recovering! 
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/martin-bubers-i-and-thou/
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SUMMARY:Unbreaking the World
DESCRIPTION:Unbreaking the WorldAwakening from the Meaning Crisis and the Return of the Sacred \n\n\n\nPari\, Italy\, May 9-12\, 2025 \n\n\n\nSpeaker: John Vervaeke \n\n\n\nCurated and chaired by Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nThe event will start on Friday May 9 at 16:00 and end on Monday May 12 after lunch. \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\n\n\n\n\n\nDr John Vervaeke’s Advent of the Sacred develops the sense of convergence and transformation as a response to the Meaning Crisis that the world is experiencing. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions for this course. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nUnbreaking the World invites us to pause and think about the cluster of crises we are globally facing. John argues that these problems aren’t just about the media\, politics\, or even the economy… the roots of this malaise are problems that are deeply historical\, cultural\, and cognitive. It’s what he calls the Meaning Crisis. Yet the word ‘crisis\,’ etymologically means ‘decision.’ \n\n\n\nDuring this weekend we will trace the history of what led to the contemporary malaise which leaves us cut off from our past\, disconnected from ourselves in the present\, and incapable of reimagining a viable future. We will examine the anxiety\, alienation and absurdity of our age\, and seek a deep transformation of our modes of knowing and being. \n\n\n\nThis transformation is not only urgent but indeed possible. John will be our guide tapping into a rich well of resources—from Socrates to Jung\, from cognitive psychology to neuroscience\, from mystical experiences to artificial intelligence. He will offer a coherent and clear approach that integrates scientific and philosophical threads with spiritual practice to ensure the development of the transformative wisdom necessary to cultivate a meaningful life. \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\nIn addition to his lectures\, John will offer meditation\, contemplation\, tai chi and dialogical practices. \n\n\n\nPart I: Introduction \n\n\n\nSession 1 (Friday afternoon): The Current Meta-Crisis and Trust in a Post-Truth World \n\n\n\nPart II: Awakening From the Meaning Crisis \n\n\n\nSession 2 (Saturday morning): Part I: Origins \n\n\n\nSession 3 (Saturday afternoon): Part II: Structure and Function of Meaning \n\n\n\nPart III: The Advent of the Sacred \n\n\n\nSession 4 (Sunday morning): Unbreaking the Spell of Modernity \n\n\n\nSession 5 (Sunday afternoon): Mentoring the Machines: Wisdom in the Age of AI \n\n\n\nPart IV: The Philosophical Silk Road \n\n\n\nSession 6 (Monday morning): A Pilgrimage to Lost Ways of Knowing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Vervaeke\, an award-winning professor of psychology\, cognitive science\, and Buddhist psychology at the University of Toronto\, brings a wealth of academic expertise to his courses. \n\n\n\nWith a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Toronto\, Dr Vervaeke served as the former Director of Cognitive Science and holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. \n\n\n\nHe has won and been nominated for several teaching awards and has published articles on relevance realization\, general intelligence\, mindfulness\, flow\, metaphor\, and wisdom. \n\n\n\nWith expertise in both Eastern and Western philosophy\, Dr Vervaeke guides learners through a transformative journey\, integrating ancient wisdom with modern scientific insights. \n\n\n\nDr Vervaeke’s courses are a captivating blend of theoretical knowledge and practical wisdom\, and his dynamic teaching style engages students in exploring the depths of the mind and its implications for personal growth and societal change\, illuminating the path to a deeper understanding of oneself and the world. \n\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)
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SUMMARY:Book-a-month Club - Choosing my Goethe
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/oVDq82fttYQ?si=9I_EpGOZPsGufMe7\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChoosing my Goethe:R. Safranski’s Goethe: Life as a Work of Art (2017) and A. N. Wilson’s Goethe: A Faustian Life (2024) \n\n\n\nHost: Alison Liebling \n\n\n\nMonday\, May 19\, 20259:00am 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\n\nWhen I came across the term ‘delicate empiricism\,’ several years ago\, I felt I had found a concept that helped describe my approach to social science research in prisons—something I was writing a chapter about. I fell in love with this intriguing genius: prolific author\, attentive scientist\, and ‘lover of what is alive.’ Encounters in Pari fueled the flames. As a result of my new love\, I emerged from Topping and Company’s independent bookshop in Bath in October 2024 more fully alive than when I had entered\, with these two great biographies under my arm. I wasn’t aware that I was looking (except\, perhaps\, for Faust\, Part 1)\, or that they existed\, but something drew me to the right shelf. The bookshop itself\, I discovered later\, sees itself as a ‘world-opening\,’ face-to-face\, carefully curated book sanctuary. I spent a delightful time with my bookshop companion in Beckford Bottle Shop wine bar that evening feeling exuberant\, expectant\, and somehow sure of my ground. Once home\, I found my opportunity and read them avidly.  \n\n\n\nIn this informal get together for book lovers\, I reflect on the meaning of my encounters with Goethe and his two recent biographers. Drawing on my own work\, as well as these two books\, I explore two main Goethe-inspired ideas: the role of the human observer\, and the concept of the life force. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlison Liebling is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Cambridge and the Director of the Institute of Criminology’s Prisons Research Centre. She has carried out research on life in prison for over 30 years. Her projects have included suicide and self-harm in prisons\, close supervision centres for difficult prisoners\, incentives and earned privileges\, staff-prisoner relationships\, the location and building of trust in high security prisons\, the work of prison officers\, and conceptualizing and measuring the moral quality of prison life\, including comparisons between public and private sector prisons. She has evaluated shared reading programmes in Psychologically-Informed Planned Environments for prisoners with personality disorders\, and is currently exploring the differences between survivable and unsurvivable prisons. Her books include Prisons and their Moral Performance: A Study of Values\, Quality and Prison Life (2004)\, The Effects of Imprisonment (2005\, with Shadd Maruna)\, Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration (2013\, with Justice Tankebe); and The Prison Officer (2001\, 2nd edition 2010). She has just completed a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship\, carrying out the project\, ‘Moral rules\, social science and forms of order in prison’. She is finishing a book arising from that project\, tentatively called Aristotle’s Prison: A Search for Humanity and Justice. She argues that what keeps people alive in prison is feeling part of a moral universe. She was made a member of the British Academy in 2018. She is involved in an advisory capacity in projects on penal reform and evaluating prison quality in countries including Latvia\, Lithuania\, Romania\, Poland\, Bulgaria\, Germany and Switzerland.
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SUMMARY:The Future World - A conversation with Rebecca Tarnas
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/AtvFLF0PP9I?si=ojluXWTExbPJNUtD\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Rebecca Tarnas and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 219:00am 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\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Tarnas\, PhD\, is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy\, Cosmology\, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her doctoral dissertation was titled The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien\, and her research interests include depth psychology\, archetypal studies\, literature\, philosophy\, and the ecological imagination. Becca is an editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology and author of the book Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. She is currently researching and writing a biography of Stanislav Grof\, a co-founder of transpersonal psychology.
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SUMMARY:Radical Visions
DESCRIPTION:Radical Visions \n\n\n\nCelebrating the Lives and Work of the Two Davids\, David Bohm and David Peat.In memory of Basil J. Hiley (1935-2025) \n\n\n\nPari\, ItalyMay 23-30\, 2025 \n\n\n\nA special event celebrating 25 years at the Pari Center \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor the Pari Center’s 25th anniversary we are holding a week-long celebration dedicated to examining the legacy of the two Davids—David Bohm and David Peat. We have gathered a group of presenters from physics\, philosophy\, the Indigenous world\, dialogue\, synchronicity\, Gentle Action\, and the sacred\, who will discuss the life’s work of the two men and how their influence has extended well beyond the confines of physics.  \n\n\n\nThe presenters—former colleagues\, friends\, and scholars—will illuminate the wide-ranging work and interests of the two physicists during their talks\, workshops and roundtable discussions\, and will share their personal stories and anecdotes.   \n\n\n\nIt is with great sadness that we announce the death of Basil Hiley\, who was to be a presenter at this event. Radical Visions will now be dedicated to his memory.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\nJonathan Allday\, Harald Atmanspacher\, John Briggs\, Andrew Fellows\, Isabel Hawkins\, Paul Howard\, Melissa Nelson\, Paavo Pylkkänen\, Shantena Augusto Sabbadini\, Godelieve Spaas \n\n\n\nVirtually: Àlex Gómez-Marín\, Sakej Henderson\, Leroy Little Bear\, Lee Nichol\, David Schrum \n\n\n\nChaired by: Melissa Nelson \n\n\n\nSee a list of presentations for this event \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\nPrices include: \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 lectures\, activities and materials.\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\nThe event starts on Friday May 23 at 19:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Friday May 30 after lunch. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions for this course. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nFor the Pari Center’s 25th anniversary we are holding a week-long celebration dedicated to examining the legacy of the two Davids—David Bohm and David Peat. We have gathered a group of presenters from physics\, philosophy\, the Indigenous world\, dialogue\, synchronicity\, Gentle Action\, and the sacred\, who will discuss the life’s work of the two men and how their influence has extended well beyond the confines of physics.  \n\n\n\nThe presenters—former colleagues\, friends\, and scholars—will illuminate the wide-ranging work and interests of the two physicists during their talks\, workshops and roundtable discussions\, and will share their personal stories and anecdotes.   \n\n\n\nWho This Event Is For:This event is open to everyone but especially those who have an interest in: \n\n\n\nWholeness and the Implicate OrderThought and ConsciousnessIndigenous KnowledgeSynchronicity—the Jung/Pauli connection Gentle Action and ethical valuesCreativity and metaphorBohm’s rheosomaThe Lives of the Two Davids \n\n\n\nIncluded are two special evenings with the outdoor screening of Infinite Potential: The Life and Ideas of David Bohm and Quantum Convergence with filmmaker Paul Howard. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nDavid Bohm was the maverick physicist who proposed an alternative approach to the conventional version of quantum theory\, as well as suggesting that a new Implicate Order lay behind what could be thought of as our surface perception of reality. But Bohm’s ideas extended well beyond theoretical physics and included reflections on the nature of creativity and the order of society and the individual. The presenters we have gathered will also look at the personal life of David Bohm\, his relationship with J. Robert Oppenheimer\, his encounter with the House Un-American Activities and his subsequent exile to Brazil; his friendship with Krishnamurti which led to a series of discussions between the two men and is considered one of the most important encounters of his life; the dialogue process he proposed which he felt could bring about a transformation in the individual and society; and his crucial meeting with the indigenous people of North America at the end of his life. \n\n\n\nF. David Peat was a researcher in theoretical physics when he opted to take a life-changing sabbatical year with David Bohm at Birkbeck College\, University of London. From that time on he was profoundly influenced by the work of David Bohm\, their relationship deepened\, and the Peat and Bohm families became friends. This led to Bohm and Peat’s Science\, Order and Creativity and Peat eventually writing the biography of Bohm Infinite Potential. Peat also wrote more than 20 books and numerous essays on a wide range of topics. In 2000 he founded the Pari Center as a congenial location where people can meet to think\, learn and explore while advancing the integration of knowledge\, the arts\, science\, ethical values\, community and spirituality within the ambience of a medieval village. \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\nPresentations\n\n\n\nClick to see a list of the presentations for this event\nDavid Bohm’s Physicswith Jonathan Allday \n\n\n\nThe Role of the Unknowable and The Universe as a Work of Artwith John Briggs \n\n\n\nJoined up thinking… and why it matterswith Andrew Fellows \n\n\n\nBohm’s Gift of Somawith Lee Nichol \n\n\n\n25 years with the Davidswith Shantena Augusto Sabbadini \n\n\n\nTimes with David Peat and David Bohm; and Bohm’s Journey into Subtle Mindwith David Schrum \n\n\n\nSmall Things Making Big Differenceswith Godelieve Spaas \n\n\n\nMany Faces of Synchronicitywith Harald Atmanspacher \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Bohm\n\n\n\nDavid Bohm and his wife\, Sarah\n\n\n\nDAVID BOHM has been described as one of the most significant and original thinkers of the twentieth century whose interests and influence extend well beyond the fields of physics to include philosophy\, psychology\, language\, religion\, art\, dialogue\, thought and education. Underlying his innovative approach to these many different disciplines was the fundamental idea that beyond the visible\, tangible world there lies a deeper\, implicate order of undivided wholeness. \n\n\n\nAs a physicist Bohm’s radical theories challenged the orthodox Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory and in its place made the alternative proposal of Hidden Variables\, as well as his later developments of the Quantum Potential. He was also an explorer of mind and consciousness\, language\, perception\, creativity and dialogue. He had close relationships with the Indian teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti and\, later in life\, the Dalai Lama\, who called him his ‘science guru.’ In the 1960s\, he exchanged four thousand pages of correspondence with the American abstract artist Charles Biederman that discussed the nature of the creative process and questions of order\, perception and consciousness. In the final year of his life\, he was invited to join a circle of Native American elders and Western scientists. This meeting was of great significance for Bohm. As he listened to the First Nations’ participants describing their strongly verb-based Algonkian family of languages\, he recognized that here was a society that practiced what he had envisioned for his ‘rheomode’—a hypothetical verb-based language. He was also struck by their process-based worldview of constant flux and change whose metaphysics strongly mirrored his own. \n\n\n\nFinding Cartesian duality limited\, he believed that the same principles which underlie the behaviour of matter also operate in the realms of consciousness\, society and culture. In 1980 he published his seminal work Wholeness and the Implicate Order in which he suggested that all the phenomena that appear in the world—whether fundamental particles or thoughts in the mind—emerge out of a deeper order of reality\, their character varying according to the context. At its deepest level\, he maintained\, reality is an ‘unbroken whole\,’ and he made this the basis of his work in every sphere. In later life he felt that transformation in society could be brought about by dialogue and today Bohmian dialogues are held throughout the world. \n\n\n\nF. David Peat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF. DAVID PEAT was a theoretical physicist\, writer\, and teacher who founded the Pari Center in 2000. He wrote more than 20 books on such diverse topics as quantum physics\, synchronicity\, superstrings\, artificial intelligence\, film and reality\, creativity\, chaos theory\, indigenous knowledge\, and his original concepts of Gentle Action and Creative Suspension\, a new form of intelligent\, compassionate and mild action that flows from the entire field of meaning in which a particular individual\, society or organization is a part. His books have been translated into 24 languages and his numerous essays and articles are freely available in the online library on the Pari Center website. \n\n\n\nHe was a researcher at the National Research Council of Canada when he spent a sabbatical year\, 1971-72 with David Bohm at Birkbeck College\, University of London. Thereafter his research focused on the foundations of quantum theory and a non-unitary approach to the quantum measurement problem. Bohm and Peat became friends and colleagues and eventually co-authored the book Science\, Order and Creativity and were working on a second book\, The Order Between and Beyond\, at the time of Bohm’s death. \n\n\n\nPeat continued to promote the work of David Bohm in seminars and courses at the Pari Center and in his writings. In 1997 he published the biography Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm and subsequently worked hard to obtain funding for a film based on the biography. In 2020 with the generous sponsorship of the Fetzer Foundation the film\, Infinite Potential: The Life and Work of David Bohm\, was brought to fruition by Paul Howard and Imagine Films of Dublin. Peat did not live to see its release\, but he is acknowledged as the co-writer of the script and the film is dedicated to him. \n\n\n\nWhile living in Canada\, Peat organized discussion circles between Western scientists and Native American Elders to which David Bohm was invited. While living in London he spent much of his time talking to artists and psychologists and organized a conference between artists and scientists which was instrumental in his founding of the Pari Center. The Center\, housed in a medieval village in Tuscany\, fosters an interdisciplinary approach linking science\, arts\, ethics\, community and the sacred. \n\n\n\nPeat was adjunct professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies\, a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science\, Fellow of the International Futures Forum\, Distinguished Fellow at the University of South Africa\, and a corresponding Member of the European Academy of Arts\, Science and the Humanities. David Peat died in Pari in 2017 and is buried in the village cemetery. \n\n\n\nPlease contact Eleanor if you would like more information about this event at: eleanor@paricenter.com \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)
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SUMMARY:Consciousness 2.0
DESCRIPTION:Science of Consciousness Series \n\n\n\n\nConsciousness 2.0 \n\n\n\nSeeing the theoretical forest for the empirical trees \n\n\n\nPari\, ItalyJune 3-10\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are living a profound moment of transformation that is happening within the field of consciousness studies\, drawing an intriguing parallel to the revolutions that occurred in physics a century ago.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nJessica Bockler\, Sean Esbjörn-Hargens\, Robert Lawrence-Kuhn (virtually)\, Lucia Melloni\, Kehlan Morgan\, Liad Mudrik\, Koncha Pinos \n\n\n\nChaired and curated by: Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nSee a list of presentations for this event. \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\nPrices include: \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 lectures\, activities and materials.\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\nThe event starts on Tuesday June 3 at 19:00 and ends after lunch on Tuesday June 10. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions for this course. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nModern Physics\, a Century Ago \n\n\n\nIn the early 20th century\, modern physics underwent a revolutionary transformation with the advent of quantum mechanics and relativity. The established\, classical Newtonian worldview\, which had dominated for centuries\, began to unravel in the face of new experimental evidence. This was a time of great upheaval—scientists like Albert Einstein\, Niels Bohr\, Werner Heisenberg\, and others pushed the boundaries of human understanding\, introducing concepts that defied common sense (challenging the very ideas of space\, time\, causality\, locality and objective reality) and our everyday experience of reality.  \n\n\n\nSuch revolutions were not just a series of empirical discoveries; they entailed a meta-theoretical shift that opened the door to new kinds of experience and understanding. In the process\, physicists had to embrace a new way of thinking—one that was less about absolute certainties and more about probabilities\, perspectives\, and the complex nature of reality itself. These developments are often referred to as the ‘foundations of modern physics\,’ and they marked the dawn of an entirely new era in science. \n\n\n\nConsciousness Studies: the Next Revolution? \n\n\n\nToday\, consciousness studies seems to be undergoing a similar upheaval\, though the field is in some ways even more complex because it deals directly with subjective experience. We are grappling not just with theories of the physical world\, but with the nature of awareness itself\, the qualities that make us experience the world\, perceive it\, and reflect on it. \n\n\n\nIn many ways\, consciousness studies has been constrained by our inability to bridge the gap between subjective experience (the ‘what it is like’ aspect of consciousness) and objective scientific analysis. Theories of consciousness range from materialist metaphors\, models\, and metaphysics\, which claim that consciousness arises solely from brain activity\, to more radical proposals like panpsychism\, which suggests that consciousness is a fundamental property of the universe itself. Within this spectrum\, there are competing schools of thought\, such as cognitive science\, quantum consciousness theories\, integrated information theory (IIT)\, and various forms of phenomenology and philosophy of mind. \n\n\n\nLike physics in the early 20th century\, we find ourselves in a moment where the old paradigms are increasingly inadequate to explain the full scope of consciousness. Traditional\, reductionist models of mind and brain are being challenged by new\, more complex theories that attempt to account for the mystery of subjective experience—something that is elusive to scientific observation and analysis. And just as physicists had to grapple with the unsettling nature of quantum mechanics and relativity\, those of us in consciousness studies must contend with the disorienting\, mysterious quality of conscious experience itself. \n\n\n\nThe Challenge: Empirical Trees and Theoretical Forests \n\n\n\nDespite the progress being made\, a crucial issue remains: many of us within the field of consciousness studies remain attached to particular theories\, often to the point of dogma\, which can limit our capacity to integrate the vast range of data available to us. Some scientists and philosophers stubbornly cling to reductive models\, insisting that consciousness will eventually be fully explained by neuroscience. Others\, meanwhile\, explore more speculative or metaphysical theories\, sometimes neglecting the empirical rigor that has characterized the most successful scientific endeavors. As much as pluralism is welcome (even necessary)\, the divide between these camps can lead to confusion\, fragmentation\, and a lack of consensus\, leaving us stuck in a kind of theoretical paralysis. \n\n\n\nThis is where the ‘reckoning’ comes in—the realization that we must move beyond entrenched positions and truly confront the complexity of consciousness. It is not enough to insist on a particular theory or model; we need to develop a truly interdisciplinary approach that draws on insights from neuroscience\, psychology\, philosophy\, phenomenology\, physics\, and even the arts. It is time to seek integration and synthesis\, embracing diversity while avoiding division. \n\n\n\nA Science of Experience for the 21st Century \n\n\n\nWhat would such integration look like? First\, it means acknowledging that consciousness is a multi-dimensional phenomenon that cannot be fully captured by any single theory or discipline. Like the revolution in physics a century ago\, we need a new language—a more inclusive\, flexible framework that can accommodate the diversity of human experience and the complexities of the systems that give rise to it. \n\n\n\nIn practical terms\, this could involve greater collaboration between neuroscientists and philosophers of mind\, or the incorporation of phenomenological insights into experimental design. New methodologies—such as neurophenomenology—are already emerging\, which attempt to correlate subjective experience with objective neural data\, creating a bridge between ‘what it’s like’ and the brain processes that underlie it. But this will require the humility to accept that the very nature of experience may defy the kind of reductionist models that have so often dominated science. We must also be open to the possibility that the field of consciousness studies\, like physics\, may require new tools\, new conceptual frameworks\, or even a new understanding of reality itself to truly understand the nature of experience. \n\n\n\nThis means cultivating an openness to mystery—something we may have lost sight of in the quest for certainty. Unlike the hard\, measurable phenomena of physics\, consciousness resists being neatly packaged or fully explained by any one theory. However\, that does not mean we should shy away from the challenge; rather\, it invites us to deepen our inquiry and embrace the richness of experience. \n\n\n\nThe Road Ahead \n\n\n\nThe ‘reckoning’ that is needed in consciousness studies is one of intellectual humility\, bold exploration\, and interdisciplinary collaboration. It is about transcending the boundaries that currently divide us—amongst the different ‘isms\,’ between objective and subjective\, between science and spirit—and creating a field that acknowledges the complexity of human consciousness while embracing rigorous\, empirical methods. \n\n\n\nIf we can do that\, we may be poised to uncover insights about the nature of experience that are as transformative for the 21st century as the breakthroughs in physics were for the 20th century. The key will be to approach consciousness not merely as a set of theories or data points but as a profound mystery that we can experience\, reflect upon\, and\, in time\, understand in new ways. \n\n\n\nConsciousness for Real \n\n\n\nFinally\, to move beyond ‘mere’ theoretical models and into the realm of ‘consciousness for real\,’ we must make the study of consciousness not just an intellectual pursuit but a lived experience that anyone can access\, explore\, and understand. This means creating bridges between abstract theories and the concrete\, everyday experiences that shape our lives. The technologies and methodologies emerging in neuroscience\, psychology\, and even virtual reality offer exciting new ways to immerse ourselves in the study of consciousness. But these must be grounded in real\, subjective experiences—whether through meditative practices\, altered states of awareness\, or simply cultivating our attention and perception while walking in the forest—that allow individuals to directly engage with the mysteries of their own minds.  \n\n\n\nThe field of consciousness must find ways to make its insights accessible to the public\, so that consciousness is not something relegated to academic debate or laboratory experiments\, but a tangible and transformative aspect of our collective human experience. This ‘consciousness for real’ approach has the potential to democratize the study of mind\, allowing all of us to participate in the unfolding revolution\, fostering a deeper understanding of what it means to be conscious\, and ultimately helping us harness the profound potential of awareness in our everyday lives. \n\n\n\n\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\n\n\n\n\nPresentations\n\n\n\nClick to see a list of the presentations for this event\nThe Science of Beauty: How Art Generates\, Expands and Alters Consciousness. Neuroaestheticwith Koncha Pinos \n\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/consciousness-2-0/
LOCATION:Pari\, Italy
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SUMMARY:Gentle Action 2025
DESCRIPTION:Gentle Action 2025 \n\n\n\nA Gathering of Shared Experience \n\n\n\nPari\, ItalyJune 12-19\, 2025 \n\n\n\n25 years at the Pari Center \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket Prices\n\n\n\n950.00 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\n\nThe event starts on Thursday June 12 at 19:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Thursday June 19  after lunch. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions for this course. \n\n\n\nAbout the event\n\n\n\nA weeklong interaction through dialogue at the Pari Center based on F. David Peat’s concept of Gentle Action. \n\n\n\n\nOut beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing\, there is a field and I will meet you there. Rumi \n\n\n\n\nOn Gentle Action \n\n\n\n\nUndoubtedly\, we are faced by problems of great complexity. The environment\, society and even life on earth\, is under threat and\, as a result\, the human race is struggling with feelings of anger\, frustration and helplessness. Something\, we urge\, must be done; some action must be taken. Tomorrow\, we sense\, will be too late. Yet it is these very feelings and reactions that have become part of the problem. The urge to change and control\, to analyze\, priorize\, plan and act are all aspects of the same pattern that\, in the first place\, drove us to the edge of this crisis. What is needed is a radical change in human consciousness\, in organizations and governments\, if we are to survive into the second half of the 21st century. This I have called Gentle Action. F. David Peat \n\n\n\n\nOn Dialogue \n\n\n\n\nIn our modern culture men and women are able to interact with one another in many ways: they can sing\, dance or play together with little difficulty but their ability to talk together about subjects that matter deeply to them seems invariably to lead to dispute\, division and often to violence. This condition points to a deep and pervasive defect in the process of human thought. Because the nature of Dialogue is exploratory\, its meaning and its methods continue to unfold. No firm rules can be laid down for conducting a Dialogue because its essence is learning—not as the result of consuming a body of information or doctrine imparted by an authority\, nor as a means of examining or criticizing a particular theory or programme\, but rather as part of an unfolding process of creative participation between peers. David Bohm \n\n\n\n\nEmbracing the present and choosing to act more gently\, allows insights and interconnections to emerge and bubble up in a natural manner. Such moments are often accompanied by experiences of openness\, trust\, joy\, and a childlike sense of wonder. In the beautiful and peaceful setting of a medieval village\, participants in our Gentle Action gathering will have ample opportunities to connect with nature\, their fellow dialoguers\, and—perhaps most importantly—themselves. Experience the power of dialogue\, creative suspension\, and active listening in an open and supportive atmosphere. \n\n\n\nDuring out Gentle Action Gathering\, participants are encouraged to explore the village and its surroundings. We will meet in the newly renovated palazzo for our dialogues which will include sessions with the whole group as well as participating in smaller groups. A variety of activities will be offered which might include taking part in a yoga class\, exploring the wisdom of Tarot or I Ching\, creating a mandala\, walking in the countryside\, visiting the local hot springs—or just relaxing with an espresso in Pari’s piazza. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a week of living in Pari—the alchemical vessel where transformations take place. Practice living in the moment for the moment\, while acting and speaking in more gentle ways. \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\, reminiscent of Rumi’s quote:  \n\n\n\n\nOut beyond the ideas of right and wrong\, there is a field. I will meet you there. \n\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 the 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\nPARTICIPANTS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES\n\n\n\nManfredBased on the ideas of David Bohm’s Dialogue\, we had dialogues that included all the participants and in groups of four to five people. People sat in a circle with a talking stone in the middle. A person talks only when she or he has taken the talking stone. All others listen deeply without interruption. This gives the speaker the freedom to talk as long as they want\, but at the same time to take the responsibility to stop when it is appropriate for the group. I’ve participated in this kind of dialogue for more than twenty years\, but in this Gathering there was from the beginning an attitude which I had never experienced before. The level of sensitivity was so high that most of the time a talking stone was not necessary.  \n\n\n\nTimThe depth of integrated experience\, wisdom and special talents of our lovely group became increasingly clear. There were moments of true Alchemy which were enduring\, fruitful and uplifting. Love\, generosity of spirit\, deep listening\, laughter\, and pain became manifest. Five words coalesced for me: PRESENCE\, OPEN-NESS\, COMMUNION\, INTENTION\, ACCEPTANCE. Eternal thanks to you all. \n\n\n\nTomOur get together of many people and nationalities in Pari was a joy. There are many positives to our Western ways\, but deep human alienation is a price we often pay. I think in Pari we paid homage to Martin Buber’s great insight: I and Thou. In harmony with you…beyond our egos…we get glimpses of deeper truths. \n\n\n\nArturIt is always very difficult to describe a rich experience that impacts many different dimensions of Being. First of all because any kind of description will always be unfair\, incomplete\, and inaccurate…  With that in mind\, the experience was extremely rich in connections with incredible people who were available to open up\, exchange and think together without the obligation to agree or have to appear intelligent\, smart or sophisticated to the Other.  Being present and simply letting your Presence happen in the way the Soul chose was what touched me the most.  \n\n\n\nCiara Some thoughts\, but no words can really convey what it meant to me. There was something about the implicit nature to the information about the Gathering\, an invitation\, a Gentle one at that. It created a hope in me that this might be a gathering that would allow the time and space needed for truth (in all its complex beauty) to emerge. It was that and more. I am both changed and restored by the deep relationships that formed over the week. Relationships with each other\, with place\, with reality and with a way of being I thought had got lost in the noise of modern life. Eternally grateful\, Ciara  \n\n\n\nDaniela When I go to events\, I often feel overstimulated and\, in the end\, flooded with information—often welcome or sought out deliberately—but when I go home\, I carry with me too much data to handle. Such a relief to find a place\, where something new can emerge merely by people sharing time together and being in dialogue. In the Gentle Gathering I have found a co-creative place of exploration where genuinely new ideas can come into the world just because they want to and there are people who are present with them. \n\n\n\nJenaI don’t think I’ve ever seen a group coalesce so quickly into respectful dialogue; I’ve never seen a dialogue group begin with so few rules and definitions on what dialogue is. That may not exactly be a paradox but feels a bit like a Zen koan to me at the moment. \n\n\n\nAngelicaI felt connected and present. I could be who I am\, not trying to fit in\, and yet felt that I was very welcome and appreciated. That gave me an inner space to go deeper into myself and understand more about me\, without being taught or lectured to. The experience of love among participants was spectacular and that gave me confidence about a worldview I carry with me\, which is: we are all loving humans who can express that love\, be that love\, be conscious and connect with consciousness\, given the circumstances for that. \n\n\n\nAlistairMy first response is that of gratitude. Firstly\, to the six of you who have carried the flame and brought it to this point so others could share your dream. Thank you for drawing us in. It felt like sacred ground. And gratitude to all of you who were there. I gained so much from so many. In the dialogues\, over meals\, late at night after one more bottle of wine. Long conversations\, snatches of insight\, pithy one liners and stories\, overheard conversations\, moments of gracious input into my life\, observing your ways of being\, I absorbed so much. Thank you! \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/gentle-action-2025/
LOCATION:Pari\, Italy
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SUMMARY:The Future World – A conversation with Sergi Torres
DESCRIPTION:Event registration\n\n\n\nClick on the Going button below to register for this event; enter your full name and email address and then press Submit RSVP. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate to the Pari Center\n\n\n\nWe could not exist without the generosity of our supporters\, sponsors and friends. Donate even a small amount\, to help support us financially and enable us to continue our work. \n\n\n\nBy clicking on the Donate button\, you will be taken to the payment screen. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Sergi Torres and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday June 259:00am 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\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn in Barcelona in 1975\, Sergi Torres is a contemporary mystic. His focus is self-knowledge\, starting from the Mystery from which our conscious human experience arises. His approach takes the form of a constant invitation to self-inquiry: “Know yourself.” He is the author of several books (A Bridge to Reality\, Jump into the Void\, Will You Join Me?\, The IntroHeroes\, The Biology of the Present (with David del Rosario)\, Aurum\, and Humanitas (with Xavier Ginesta)\, all centered around this call to self-inquiry.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/the-future-world-a-conversation-with-sergi-torres/
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