Are the Past and Future Real? The Physics and Philosophy of Time

By Elizabeth Fernandez

What is happening right now? Is your “now” the same as my “now”?

The Cosmic Web

By Becky Ferreira

Galaxies can move with each other across huge distances, and against the predictions of basic cosmological models.

2:00 – FREE

The End of Quantum Reality

With Wolfgang Smith

There is a mystery that has confounded scientists for a century.

Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math

By Natalie Wolchover

Three physicists wanted to calculate how neutrinos change. They ended up discovering an unexpected relationship between some of the most ubiquitous objects in math.

Real-Life Schrödinger’s Cats Probe the Boundary of the Quantum World

By Philip Ball

Recent experiments have put relatively large objects into quantum states, illuminating the processes by which the ordinary world emerges out of the quantum one.

22:00 – FREE

The Brain: A computer or Quantum Orchestra?

With Stuart Hameroff

The latest research into the relationship between the brain's neuronal firing and consciousness.

25:00 – FREE

SAND18 US - Inventing a Self

With Chris Fields

How the experienced self is put together out of memories and feelings.

34:00 – FREE

SAND18 US - Mushrooms, Mycelium & The Mycology of Consciousness - Part I

With Paul Stamets

An "immersion" lecture into the world of psylocibin, mycelium and evolution of consciousness

An important quantum algorithm may actually be a property of nature

By Emerging Technology from the arXiv

Evidence that quantum searches are an ordinary feature of electron behavior may explain the genetic code, one of the greatest puzzles in biology.

A Mathematical Model Unlocks the Secrets of Vision

By Kevin Hartnett

Mathematicians and neuroscientists have created the first anatomically accurate model that explains how vision is possible.

17:00 – FREE

SAND18 US - Mind, Matter, and Life

With Fritjof Capra

Cognition, or mind, is the very process of life itself, which requires neither a brain nor a nervous system

46:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Breaking the Cycle of Collective Trauma

With Thomas Hübl

How we can uncover the traumas embedded in our social body and work together to heal these wounds

22:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Wild Mercy: The Wisdom of the Feminine

With Mirabai Starr

Women mystics and wisdom beings across the spiritual traditions

The Four Essential Points of Letting Go in the Bardo

By Pema Khandro Rinpoche

It’s when we lose the illusion of control—when we’re most vulnerable and exposed—that we can discover the creative potential of our lives.

We are in the Death Phase Now: Do Not Run Away

By Jessica Hesser

Fear is raging, systems and structures are crumbling, much is being undone.

29:00 – FREE

Linking Diversity and Unity

Is it possible to live a life of activity while holding the perception of unity and fulfillment?

33:00 – FREE

The Discovery of Shakti

With Mark Dyczkowski

Everything in the universe is shakti and spiritual life is the discovery of shakti.

46:00 – FREE

Orgasmicness as Healing Force

With Sasha Cobra

We have been taught to forget our power and our sensual and sexual nature

The Kiss we have Always Wanted

By Ajaya Sommers

The revelation of Being Here while residing in a human body is infinite.

38:00 – FREE

Technology in Dating and Sexuality

With Justin Garcia

Justin Garcia discusses the changing role of technology in human sexuality and intimacy

The Goddess of Never Not Broken

By Julie JC Peters

You know that feeling when you have just gone through a breakup, or lost your job, and everything is terrible and terrifying and you don’t know what to do...

Intimate Relationship as a Spiritual Crucible

By John Welwood

Living with someone we love, with all the joys and challenges, is one of the best ways…

Rumi Was Once a Twelve-Year-Old Refugee

By Pouria Montazeri

Little do Rumi Western admirers know, he was once a twelve-year-old refugee when his family emigrated from Balkh (modern day Afghanistan).

1:11:00 – FREE

Social Justice: Are We One? SAND19 US

With Sará King, Caverly Morgan, Orland Bishop, and Konda Mason

The panelists invite SAND community members to explore privilege and consequences of racial and ontological identities.

The World is our Field of Practice

By On Being

Krista Tippett and Rev. angel Kyodo williams touch upon some of the richest themes of the zeitgeist

1:38:00 – FREE

SAND19 US - The Climate Crisis: Grief for Planet Earth

With Charles Eisenstein, Bayo Akomolafe, and Cynthia Jurs

Zaya Bennazzo asks panelists to share their insights about the climate crisis

43:00 – FREE

SAND18 US - Mushrooms, Mycelium & The Mycology of Consciousness - Part II

With Paul Stamets

Discover the world of magic mushrooms

Taste Your Life Now

By Ellen Emmet

There is a kind of thinking which keeps life separate from herself

Come Solstice Come

By Rainer Maria Rilke

All will come again into its strength: the fields undivided, the waters undammed,

When in the Soul of the Serene Disciple

By Thomas Merton

With no more Fathers to imitate, Poverty is a success

Wabi-Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence

By Shawn Radcliffe

Often in our world of mass-produced goods and machine-like cities, we strive for perfection,

Illness as Companion

By John O'Donohue

We never value or even see some things in our lives until we are just about to lose them.