Media - SAND

35:00 – FREE

Clear Teachings from the Tibetan Tradition

With Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Q&A session from SAND 18

17:00 – FREE

TEDx talk: Epigenetics

With Moshe Szyf

The study of epigenetics has changed how we look at the effect that our genetic inheritance has on our physical and mental health, as well as on that of our children and grandchildren.

$0.99

SAND18 - Opening

With Zaya Benazzo and Maurizio Benazzo

$0.99

Soul Tech

With Federico Faggin, Kate Stockly, Carole Griggs, Vincent Horn, and Mikey Siegel

An Unpanel discussion facilitated by Mikey Siegel

FREE

Bringing Your Shadow Out of the Dark

With Robert Augustus Masters

A podcast interview

$2.99

Rest in Natural Great Peace

With Peter Russell

Peter Russell explains that most human beings—unlike animals—focus on the past and the future, which means they spend their time in a state of discontent.

The Mystery of Life

With Francis Lucille

Francis Lucille answers questions from the audience at SAND 18, bringing his intelligence and wit to a variety of topics

Be Your Humanity: Know Your Divinity

With Science and Nonduality

SAND conference presenters and participants give us their thoughts

The Remarkable Results of Microdosing

With James Fadiman

In this entertaining talk from SAND18, James Fadiman, "America's wisest and most respected authority on psychedelics.

Emotional and Spiritual Maturity

With Gabor Maté and Adyashanti

In a rare meeting of minds, and a rare exploration of whether there is a predilection for spirituality, Gabor Mate asks Adyashanti to expand on passages from his recent book My Secret Is Silence.

Being Human is a Development

With Karen Johnson

Karen Johnson, Co-founder of the Diamond Approach, reminds us that "human" comes from humus, the earth - and "being"...

Connecting with the Heart's Intelligence

With Rollin McCraty

Rollin McCraty, Research Director of the HeartMath Institute’s Global Coherence Initiative, summarizes recent data which shows that our hearts are in sync with the earth.

The Paradox of Awakening

With David Ellzey

At the 2018 SAND Conference, David Ellzey physically and wordlessly tells the story that resolves the seeming paradox of being both human and transcendent.

11:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Nadeshwari Joythimayananda

With Nadeshwari Joythimayananda

8:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

With Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

20:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — The White Lions: Substantiating the Science and Sacred Science

In the midst of a global lion crisis that treats Africa’s most sacred animals as a killing commodity in cross-border trade, Linda Tucker and specialist lion ecologist, Jason A. Turner, have dedicated their lives to the solution

10:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — The Geometry of Consciousness

With James Tagg

This talk explains current research into the structures within the brain

9:45:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — The Fundamental Differences Between Natural And Artificial Intelligence

With Federico Faggin

How can there be intelligence without consciousness?

93:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Panel: Awakening to the Divine Feminine

With Mirabai Starr, Francis Bennett, Zhenzan Dao, Vera de Chalambert, and Nadeshwari Joythimayananda

As the outdated patriarchal structures rise up in backlash to their inevitable downfall, the need for a more sustainable world paradigm couldn’t be greater

22:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — The Relative is the Absolute: Touching Race, Injustice, and Love

With Caverly Morgan

When we know ourselves as this whole which subsumes everything, we cease to diminish or dismiss the mystery of being human

20:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Our Greater Yet to Be

With Deborah Johnson

What if we put into every day practice the scientific truths that we know?

21:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Is Nondual Awareness at War with our Humanity?

With Dorothy Hunt

Awakened living realizes that the Absolute and the relative dimensions of our Being are simply “not-two.”

20:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Being Human in the Engine of Creation

With Bruce Damer

A four-billion-year-old cycling evolutionary engine of creation lifted us improbable and beautiful human beings into existence.

22:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — The Ecological Initiation

With Charles Eisenstein

Will we choose life, or continued death?

24:30:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Psychic Abilities and Awakening

With Jac O’Keeffe

This presentation will explore the nature of the psychic realm, where it fits into the spiritual spectrum, and how to avoid the common pitfalls and potential to get stuck there.

94:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — The Human Being in Spiritual Traditions

With A. H. Almaas and Robert Thurman

How do the different spiritual traditions view being human?

6:51:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Being Human is a Development, Not a Given

With Karen Johnson

What does it take to recognize our true human qualities and express them in the world?

22:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Wild Mercy: The Wisdom of the Feminine

With Mirabai Starr

Women mystics and wisdom beings across the spiritual traditions

8:42:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Interlude with Maya Luna

With Maya Luna

22:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Exploring Consciousness: Dreaming And Awakening

With Stephen LaBerge

Overview of lucid dreaming

21:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — The Challenge of Transhumanism

With Kabir Helminski

Our human-ness will become more and more threatened by AI

92:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Panel: Appreciating The Human

With A. H. Almaas, Robert Thurman, and Robert Sapolsky

What is it to be a human being, both biologically and spiritually?

53:20:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — The Human as the Wormhole to the Mysteries of Existence

With A. H. Almaas

To think of the human stage as simply for enlightenment shortchanges the potential of humanity.

43:00:00 – FREE

SAND18 US — Spirituality, Archetypes, and Trauma

With Peter Levine

The treatment of trauma is fraught with many pitfalls and “tight corners.” Generally overlooked, however, is an innate relationship between trauma, archetypes and spirituality.

The Human Being in Spiritual Traditions

With A. H. Almaas and Robert Thurman

How do the different spiritual traditions view being human? How do they differ in their appreciation of the human individual and the place of the human in the total scheme of reality? A dialogue in depth that may help us see our value for the universe.

Human Potential Is Infinite: A.H. Almaas

At his SAND18 appearance A.H. Almaas talks about the importance and mystery of being human, and of the great opportunity and potential of human beings.

Action on the Bee Crisis: Paul Stamets

Paul Stamets, author, mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, talks about the extraordinary role that fungi play in the health of people and planet

Christianity and Unknowing

With Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr, as a Catholic priest and Franciscan Friar, will offer a concise history of how Western Christianity once had, soon lost, tried to retrieve, and now is roundly rediscovering its own traditional understanding of unitive consciousness

Healing Trauma and Spiritual Growth: Peter Levine & Thomas Huebl

With Science and Nonduality

In this memorable conversation from SAND 18 Peter Levine, the father of trauma therapy work, and Thomas Huebl, a spiritual teacher known for his work integrating healing of collective trauma, discuss the relationship between healing trauma and...

Exclusive interview with Dr. Alan Wallace

With Science and Nonduality

In this exclusive interview with Dr. Alan Wallace we discuss consciousness, mathematics, practicing deep sleep states and meditation as preparation for dying consciously.

Yoga is a Celebration of Life

With Éric Baret

Eric Baret points out that there are no sculptures of yogic asanas in Indian temples before the modern era. He describes today’s yoga as a commercial project...

Alan Watts: The Dream of Life

An inspiring and profound speech by Alan Watts, from his lecture Out of Your Mind.

The Psychology of Spiritual Seeking

With Gabor Maté

Gabor Maté shares his perspective on the psychology of spiritual seeking in this interview

What is a Healthy Mind? Daniel Siegel

Daniel Siegel introduces the Wheel of Awareness, a representation of the structure of mind. Research…

The Science of Consciousness: Stuart Hameroff

Stuart Hameroff, co-founder of the Toward a Science of Consciousness conference, follows a brief overview…

Reclaiming Emotion: Zhen Dao

In a passionate presentation in praise of emotion, Zhen Dao offers a reframe of the traditional dichotomy…

Buddha's Message: Have Some fun! Bob Thurman

Bob Thurman delights the audience at SAND 2018 with his lighthearted approach to the wisdom and the…

28:00:00 – FREE

Are We Just Another Primate?

With Robert Sapolsky

Is there any behavior that we can say for certain is unique to humans?

You Are The One You've Been Waiting For: Jean Houston

Philosopher, scholar and longtime observer of culture and behavior the world over, Jean Houston shares…

The Foundation of World Peace: Rupert Spira

AMA

Healing Collective Trauma: a video with Thomas Huebl

Let's Wake Up: a video with Deepak Chopra

Treat Yourself with Kindness: video with Peter Russell

When Shakti Meets Shiva

With Nadeshwari Joythimayananda

Nadeshwari Joythimayananda describes the image and the symbolism and the energy of the goddess Tripura Sundari

There Is No Moon If We Close Our Eyes: Chris Fields and Riccardo Manzotti

A Semantic Map of the Brain

Scientists at UC Berkeley have placed volunteers in an fMRI scanner and monitored blood flow in their brain activity for two hours, while having them listen to stories. The result: they were able to map which areas respond to different words.

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