Program Abstracts Eastern philosophies have used techniques for thousands of years to activate this primal energy because it can im-


prove vitality, strength and perception, bring one into transcendent states, open a person to mystical and metaphysi- cal phenomena, and ultimately off er the potential for liberation from the bondage of personal identity. Most people who experience a profound spiritual awakening will fi nd it accompanied by the energies of kundalini, whether or not they do specifi c practices to stimulate them. T e vibratory and energetic response can be mild, moderate or overwhelming, depending on many conditions. T is activation occurs because consciousness fl ows within this subtle cosmic energy, and when consciousness


changes a clearing process begins in our energy fi elds to free us from past patterns and make the body/mind more available to living in the present moment. T e more rigidly we hold to our points of view and attachments the more diffi cult this process becomes. Many people have kundalini awakenings without the support of a spiritual tradition and many have awakenings doing practices without a teacher who really understands the process triggered by these energies. T ese have primar- ily been the people I have interviewed and supported over the years.


 P. Multidimensional Entrainment of the Autonomic Nervous System, Dr. Reginald Humphreys <drrbh@compuserve.com>, and Kathleen Eagan-Detrez T e doctrine of intentional manipulation of the autonomic nervous system is a domain which is on the verge


of evolving from a weak science with limited clinical applications into the pre-eminent theoretical orientation for mind-body medicine practitioners. Of the various methods available for modifying the ANS, the method of entrain- ment holds the greatest promise for taking what is known about autonomic functioning and turning this knowledge into a multipurpose intervention approach. So far, intervention strategies within mind-body medicine have been focused on cultivation of activity within the parasympathetic branch of the ANS. While these processes involve parasympathetic entrainment, it is often overlooked that the sympathetic branch is simultaneously held in suspense at a limited level of activation. T is dual entrainment of the sympathetic and parasympathetic can be reversed in the direction of sympathetic dominance, in which the parasympathetic is concurrently held in suspense. T e positing of separable levels or channels of autonomic functioning provides an arena for the reiteration of this sympathetic-parasympathetic dynamism. Eight channels of autonomic functioning are described, residing within fi ve quantum dimensions. Each autonomic level constitutes a signal channel which is capable of becom- ing entrained. Multiple channels may exhibit entrainment simultaneously. Either sympathetic or parasympathetic activation (or reduction) may be fostered within any level, using specifi c hypnotic suggestions. Integration of the concept of channels of autonomic functioning allows for the precise planning and execution of specifi c hypnotic suggestions for phenomena within each channel.


 P. Always On, Always One or Oneness 3.0 T e philosophy, psychology and spirituality of collaboration in the wikifi ed world, Nick Jankel <nick@wecreate.cc> (Founder, wecreate) In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most


eff ectively have prevailed. — Charles Darwin Historians and archaeologists tell us that there are absolutely no precedents for the emerging ‘collaborative’ stage of our evolution. As our numbers have multiplied exponentially, so too have our needs, desires and demands. Fortunately, as our post-industrial ills have proliferated, so too have the number and variety of electrifying and electric opportunities for us to work together to heal them. In fact, the web might well be nature’s way of healing the alienation that technology itself created. However our brains have evolved to function well in small tribes not the teaming masses; and we are schooled to be competitive and individualistic by Western culture. Most of us are pro- foundly ill-equipped psychologically to collaborate - yet the experience of it, enabled and encouraged by the rise of the ‘twitterverse’, is I believe the most rapid, secular and contemporary way to salve all our existential suff ering with the balm of interdependent being, no matter whether we are ‘spiritual’ or not. Collaboration is a life philosophy that the businessman and politician alike can harness to achieve a sense of inter-subjective peace. I will look at ‘open heart’ projects healing the war-torn streets of modern Africa; online video games experiment- ing with trust-building between strangers; tribal gift economies that discourage fracture; the very latest neuro- scientifi c research on how our brain is wired to co-operate; and tools that the ancient Greeks employed to make their democracies work. And I will show how non-dual practice can help us overcome our entrained selfi shness so that we can harnesses the unique web 2.0 and web 3.0 opportunities for collective creativity and peace.


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SCIENCE AND NONDUALITY CONFERENCE 2010 | OCTOBER 20–24, 2010


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