The Science and Wisdom of Emotions Summit
Note: This event occurred in 2021, before the now viral video of the Dalai Lama behaving inappropriately with a young boy. With the strongest words possible, I denounce his behavior and pray for the young boy and his family.
I was invited as a featured practice leader for the Science and Wisdom of Emotions Summit, a global event where The Dalai Lama is the keynote. Over 40,000 participants from 90 countries are expected to attend this four day event. Of course, since we’re still in the midst of a pandemic the conference is completely virtual so I’ll be appearing from the comfort of my office in California.
As a Christian I only initially understood meditation as a spiritual discipline. But through my journey with anxiety I learned how to use it as a tool to navigate anxiety and get to a better sense of well-being. It’s interesting and humbling to be a Baptist preacher invited into this event where people of all faiths are represented under a Buddhist umbrella.
So, no I’m not exactly chillin’ with The Dalai Lama but I am leading a meditation on intergenerational trauma on day 3 of the event which is focused on well-being. Check out the deets below…
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About the conference:
Registration is now open for the FREE Science & Wisdom of Emotions Summit co-produced by the Mind & Life Institute and The Awake Network Foundation.
Join His Holiness the Dalai Lama and 30+ leading scientists and world renowned teachers in exploring how to cultivate emotional well-being, work with challenging emotions, increase our capacity to love and care for others, and participate in the creation of a more interconnected and compassionate world.
Twenty years ago the Mind & Life Institute held the seminal “Destructive Emotions” Dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama exploring how we can overcome our negative emotions and cultivate our best human qualities. That gathering proved to be a catalyst for a revolution in the western conception of emotions and helped springboard the study of compassion within the scientific literature.
Now, through the Science & Wisdom of Emotions Summit, many of the visionary scientists from the original dialogue, along with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, are gathering with a new generation of inspired voices to offer the latest scientific insights, share best practices for cultivating emotional well-being and emotional intelligence, and explore the role that emotional wisdom can play in addressing the many challenges our world now faces and the profound crisis of disconnection that underlies so many of them.
Register for the free online summit, airing May 2-5, 2021 here: https://www.scienceandwisdomofemotions.com