Program Abstracts
Dialog: T e Evolution of Enlightenment: Understanding Enlightenment in the Context of States, Stages, and Evolution, Ken Wilber (live audio) and Andrew Cohen 2:45pm–4:00pm
Understanding Enlightenment in the Context of States, Stages, and Evolution. In this compelling
dialogue, spiritual pioneer Andrew Cohen and acclaimed philosopher Ken Wilber, T e Guru & the Pandit, will create the next installment of their ten+ year public conversation about our higher spiritual potentials. When Wilber‚ ‘integral theory’ and Cohen‚ ‘evolutionary mysticism’ meet, the results are always enlighten- ing. T eir dynamic interplay never fails to give rise to mutual insight, pointing the way forward for serious- minded seekers and scientists around the world.
SPL2. Freedom in Timeless Presence
T e Kabbalah of God-ing; Time and Timelessness, Rabbi David A. Cooper 2:00pm–2:35pm
CORTE MADERA ROOM
T e meaning and essence of time has intrigued philosophers and theologians for thousands of years, with some conclusions that interestingly parallel certain ideas that have been discussed in modern science. One of the most diffi cult ideas arose when exploring the deeper meanings of the opening phrase of the Bible ‘In the beginning...’. T e ancient sages questioned, ‘T e beginning of what?’ T ey also questioned ‘What existed be- fore the beginning?’ T e same inquiry in modern terms is ‘What existed before the Big Bang?’, which today's thinkers have proposed is absurd because it is posited that nothing existed before the Big Bang, including time itself. T e Kabbalah proposes that the concept of beginningness refers to the idea that something can appear out of nothing, whereas the ancient Greeks had strong opinions that depended upon causality.
Timeless Essence, Infi nite Being, Peter Russell, M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P. Author 2:40pm–3:15pm
CORTE MADERA ROOM
With his distinctive blend of physics, psychology, and philosophy, Peter Russell presents a new worldview in which the fundamental essence of the cosmos is not matter but mind. Despite the remarkable success of modern science in so many areas, it encounters great diffi culty around
the fundamental questions of consciousness. Western science is based on the assumption that the ultimate essence of the cosmos is matter-energy, in some shape or form. In this talk, Peter will share his latest thinking on why consciousness is the fundamental essence of the cosmos. Many have claimed this from metaphysical perspectives; what makes Peter's model unique is that he arrives at this conclusion using contemporary physics and psychology. With consciousness as primary, everything remains the same and everything changes. Time and timeless- ness co-exist. And our own inner essence is known to be the essence of what is.
Timeless Presence: moment-by-moment buddhamind, Peter Fenner, PhD 3:20pm–4:00pm
CORTE MADERA ROOM
In this dialogue we will discover and rest in the very same state that realized sages in all nondual tradi- tions have enjoyed since time without a beginning. T e magical thing about entering this state is that when are here‚ we share in a timeless, transcultural dimension that is absolutely identical for every one‚ no matter which body, country or epoch we inhabit. Yet this state of buddhamind is also totally unique and individual in that it happens for us‚ for you and me, right now in this moment. For as long as we abide in this state of moment-by-moment buddhamind, we are fulfi lled in the most complete and comprehensive way possible. We are at a point where consciousness is beyond any further refi nement. T is is indeed wonderful because it gives us a point of reference‚ direct immersion in the ground-of-being itself‚ that we can revisit, extend, and ultimately live our lives from.
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