1. 16th July 2013 7-9pm Dialogue with Dr Peter Fenwick and Dr Alan Wallace
2. 18th July 2013 7-9pm Lecture by Dr B Alan Wallace
These Lectures are being organised in collaboration with The Study Society.Colet House, 151 Talgarth Road, London W14 9DA
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1. Dr Peter Fenwick and B Alan Wallace on the Ultimate Nature of Reality
Science is now telling us that the Universe is one interconnected whole. There are questions about whether our Universe is just the latest in a cyclical sequence in time or one bubble in a spatial multiverse. Experientially, the universe we live in is but a small fraction of the reality we may experience. There are many systems for clearing the mind and leading us to experience this ultimate reality. In this dialogue, Alan Wallace and Peter Fenwick look at these perennial questions from the Buddhist, scientific and Vedanta perspectives.
Dr Peter Fenwick is Emeritus Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, and Honorary Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist at St Thomas’ Hospital and Broadmoor Hospital. Dr Fenwick is President of the Horizon Research Foundation, an organisation that supports research into end-of-life experiences and President of The Scientific and Medical Network, an organisation that explores science beyond materialism. He is also Chairman of the Study Society.
Dr Fenwick has been part of the editorial board for a number of journals, including the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, the Journal of Consciousness Studies and the Journal of Epilepsy and Behaviour. Research interests include brain function in relation to normal and abnormal states of consciousness. Lectures widely on brain disorders throughout the world, and has written numerous papers including some on EEG changes in mantra meditation, and metabolic changes during TM. Books: 'The Truth in the Light' (1995). 'Living With Epilepsy (1996); 'The Hidden Door Reincarnation' (1997); 'Past Lives' (1999); The Art of Dying (2008). |
Dr Alan Wallace is a dynamic lecturer, progressive scholar, and one of the most prolific writers and translators of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, B. Alan Wallace, Ph.D., continually seeks innovative ways to integrate Buddhist contemplative practices with Western science to advance the study of the mind.
Dr. Wallace, a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism since 1970, has taught Buddhist theory and meditation worldwide since 1976. His undergraduate degree at Amherst College is in physics and the philosophy of science. His doctorate from Stanford is in religious studies . During the spring and fall of 2007, 70 people participated in two 3-month, intensive meditation retreats, during which the effects of their 8-10 hours per day of practice were meticulously studied by a team of psychologists and neuroscientists. With a wide array of psychological and physiological measurements taken toward the beginning, middle, and end of this training, this was the first longitudinal scientific study of its kind. Alan Wallace originally conceived of this project and has been working closely with this team of cognitive scientists for four years, and he served as the resident instructor for these retreats. |
2. Lecture: "Discovering Spiritual Health and Well-Being" by Dr B Alan Wallace
Since the mid-twentieth century, clinical psychology has focused its attention primarily on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, while defining mental health and well-being largely as the simple absence of mental disease. Over the past ten years, a new trend in “Positive Psychology” has sought to shift this emphasis to more dynamic elements of mental health and well-being, for example through the cultivation of learned optimism. Buddhism, too, is known for its detailed analysis of mental imbalances and their resultant miseries, but it has also focused on the cultivation of wholesome desires, refined attention, mindfulness, and benevolent emotions that are indispensable to spiritual health and well-being. In this lecture, four types of mental balance will be discussed, which together lead to a sense of well-being that arises from a mind settled in its own luminous equilibrium.
Venue: The Study Society, Colet House, 151 Talgarth Rd. Barons Court. 7:00pm - 9.00pmAbout 3 mins walk from Barons Court Tube Station. For more information on the Study Society and direction go to: http://www.studysociety.org/contactus.html
Cost: £15 with concessions of £8 for those on Low income.
£25 for both lectures with concessions of £10
To Book:
Cost: £15 with concessions of £8 for those on Low income.
£25 for both lectures with concessions of £10
To Book:
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If you do not want to book on line then please email [email protected] for a form for postal bookings.
If you do not want to book on line then please email [email protected] for a form for postal bookings.