Pre-conference Workshops

Pre-conference Workshops

Pre-conference Workshops

Pre-conference Workshops

Pre-conference Workshops

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PL1. The Nature of Perception

Opening remarks, Maurizio & Zaya Benazzo, Conference Founders and Organizers
Quantum Physics, Non-Duality and Mysticism, Lothar Schäfer, Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) of Physical Chemistry, University of Arkansas
The Essence of Perception, Rupert Spira, Artist and Non-duality Teacher

FILM

In the Living Moment - film and live performance, Filippo Carli and Maike Hutjes

Meditation led by Rupert Spira

SAND Cafe

Community meet and greet led by Paul Smit

C1. Who is Perceiving?

The Thinker is a Thought, Éric Baret
Truth Story Transformation: The Art of Self-Inquiry, Mark Matousek

C2. Perception and Psychedelics

Psychedelic research and the science and mystery of perception, Joost Breeksema, researcher
How Nondual Awakening and Psychedelics Generate Similar Mystical Perceptions, Gary Weber Ph.D., researcher, author

Experiential Room

Yoga with Ellen Emmet
Transdance, Emma Devi

Lunch

SPL1. Waking up to Oneness

Mysteries of Seeing, Susan Blackmore, Freelance writer, Lecturer and Broadcaster
Awakening, a shift of perspective, Prajnaparamita
Break
Music performance by Jarrah
Panel: Awakening and the Body, with Ellen Emmett, David Ellzey and Igor Kufayev, facilitated by Conscious TV

C3. Seeing and Perciving Reality

The Mystery of Seeing, Brendan Smith
From high-energy physics to our minds: the importance of self-knowledge, Wolfgang Lukas, Physicist
Conscious Spacetime, Jan Pilotti, psychiatrist
Consciousness Goes to the Movies: From Perception to Reality, Nick Day, film-maker
Break

Clear Perception - Natural Perception, Antal Szalay M.D., author and musician
Spiritual Awakening, the Easy Way, Tim van der Vliet, author

Experiential Room

Overtone Chanting and the Inner Vibration of OM, Peter Littlejohn Cook
Breema: The Art of Being Present, Yasmin Bar-dor

Dinner

Poster Session:

PL 2. The Mystery of Perception

‘The mystery of perception during NDE’, Pim van Lommel, cardiologist, NDE-researcher, author
I am ... The Great Mystery, ShantiMayi

Evening Program

Live Concert with Matthew Schoening (electric cello)
Film: "Freedom" and Q&A with the director Pieter-Jan Ardies

Meditation led by Rupert Spira

C4. Beyond Perception

No Speaker, No Listener, No Words, Paul van der Sterren
Behind A Countless Names, Nukunu
Enlightment for lazy people, Paul Smit
The Real World Behind the Perception of the World: You are Oneness, Roeland de Loof
Living the Paradox of Freedom, Unmani

C5. The Science and Somatics of Perception

Does the universe confirm the presence of God?, Alon Retter , Ph.D., Physics
Toward a Quantum Theory of Perception, Catherine PepinTheoretical Physicist
Idealism Reloaded: The End of the Perception-Imagination Duality, Bernardo Kastrup
Parmenides and the impossibility to perceive not-being, Chiara Robbiano
Radical Awakening Amidst Radical Times, Amoda Maa Jeevan

C6. Universal Reality

Workshop "Quantum Reality and the Spiritual Mind" by Lothar Schäfer
Panel: Exploring the Universal Feminine, with Marlies Cocheret, Catherine Pepin, Galitta Tassa, Unmani moderated Femke Wijdekop
Panel: What is Enlightenment, with Paul Smit, Tim Freke and Gary Weber, moderated by Conscious TV

Experiential Room

Yoga with Ellen Emmet, Licensed Movement and Transpersonal Psychotherapist
Circle of Awareness, Willem and Sultana Fonteijn, mindfulness trainers
Laughing Meditation, Dick Sinnige
5 Rhythms Dance, Annelies Verseveld certified 5 rythm teacher

Lunch

SPL2. The Paradox of Perception

Is Consciousness the Unified Field? A Field Theorist’s Perspective, John Hagelin, Ph.D.
PARALOGICAL PERCEPTION The paradoxical both/and perspective, Tim Freke, author and facilitator

Break

Film "Not to Be" and Q&A with the director Tom Bolton
Panel: Seeming is Believing? - What Quantum Physics tells us about Perception, with John Hagelin, Menas Kafatos and Lothar Schäfer moderated by Nick Day

C7. Perspectives on Consciousness

A new perception of collective – The Wisdom of the Crowd, Hagai Folkman, Ph.D.
The Noosphere, Altered States and Consciousness Evolution, Paul Evans
Quantum physics touches the ultimate Freedom and Oneness of the Observer, Gerard Blommestijn
Our One Voice, Shahbaz Alexander
Break
Does consciousness and electrons exist in water - a necessity for all forms of life?, Ingrid Fredriksson
The Physics of Fractal Consciousness, Jamie Perrelet
Could dropping the ‘separate self assumption’ start a revolution in psychology?, Eric Van Lente

Experiential Room

WHY DRAW?, Meriel Gold, artist (please sign at the registration desk since space is limited)
Continue WHY DRAW?, Meriel Gold, artist

Dinner

PL 3. Perception and the Self

Tony Parsons
Perception and the Self: Mystery and Amazement, Menas Kafatos, Professor of Computational Physics

Evening Program

Live Performance with Rik Spann
Live Performances with David Ellzey and Tang
Live Performance with James Parker
Dance with DJ Shanto (Club Lite Amsterdam)

Meditation led by Rupert Spira

C8. The Wonder of Perception

Perception and the mystery of the Unknown, Mauro Bergonzi, non-dual author
The Nature of Perception, Nathalie Delay
Is there a Feminine Face of the Infinite?, Marlies Cocheret
The World is as You See It, Igor Kufayev, Artist and Advaita Tantra Teacher

C9. Science, Philosophy and Experience of Perception

Metaphysical Insights & the Screen Which Never Changes, Alexandre Quaranta
The New Laws in Epigenetics Mirroring to Us That We ARE the Way We Live, Emmanuel Drouet, Ph.D.
From atoms to perception, Francoise Tibika Ph.D. Institute of Chemistry The Hebrew University
Quantum physics and Eastern philosophy, Tarja Kallio-Tamminen
Tribute to Douwe Tiemersma

C10. Absolute perspective in a Relative World

Workshop: Quantum Reality and the Spiritual Mind, Lothar Schäfer

Panel: Filling In the Details,Tim Freke, Gary Weber, Lisa Cairnes, Meriel Gold moderated by Jeff Warren
Panel: So, Now We Are Awake, Are We Going To Save The Planet?, Elisabet Sahtouris, John Hagelin, Jeff Warren facilitated by Conscious TV

Experiential Room

Yoga with Ellen Emmet, Licensed Movement and Transpersonal Psychotherapist
Sufi Whirling workshop
Ecstatic Dance, Tom Goldhand with music by DJ Shanto

Lunch

SPL3. Nature of Perception/ Perception of Nature

Experiencing the Nature of Mind in Buddhism, Han de Wit
"Nonduality: Time for the World's Most Boring Genre to Grow up”, Jeff Warren
Break
Music
Nature of Perception/ Perception of Nature, Elisabet Sahtouris , evolution biologist and futurist

C11. The Ultimate Seer

Radical Gratitude, Will Pye
Resonances in the inner and outer worlds, Paul Dominique
Everyone can perceive, interpret and enhance the life energy of a company and forest, Hans Anderweg, director of the Center for ECOtherapy
The Ultimate SEER and the I AM-Perception / Expression as a Real Human Being in Spacious Light Experience, Gerhard Strauss

Break

One-twoness: the face of duality and the heart of oneness or Seeing the forest and the trees, Stephano Sabetti, Spiritual teacher and Author
Quantum Thoughts viewed through the perceptual nature of the mind, Tracy Dyson

Closing
Closing Dinner with staff, speakers and attendees
Film "Kumare"