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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.
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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.
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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.
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/spaced-out-part-2/
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