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0:00 theme of our conference is timeless wisdom timely action and we have you know workshops on systems change where the indigenous cultures and how they view what the self is and then you and I are starting on Saturday morning really diving deeply into inner practice and how that can bring out what we'll do in the afternoon with Diane Ackerman and Paul Hawken and Richard Schneider the issue of our relationship with nature and the planet so I'm so thrilled that
0:28 you're gonna be here with us and joining this journey well I'll just say that I'm really enthusiastic about it too I say no to virtually all the invitations that I get these days and this one I couldn't say no to I mean this is like right up my alley because it's about taking care of what most needs taking care of for us to have a future at all and to bring all these different people many of whom I've
0:56 known across my whole life and then many of whom I've never even heard of and bring us all together in a collective inquiry that really is non-dual in the sense of it honors the outer and it honors the inner but it doesn't make a separation between an artificial separation between inner and outer allows us to in some sense I think learned from each other and from nature and from the kind of wisdom traditions
1:29 and find a convergence so to speak in our own hearts and then discover our own hearts on not to they're not worn there completely interconnected and in my experience really infinitely so my deepest care is that as a species in the sapiens sapiens we will wake up to the name we gave ourselves of the species the species that is aware and knows that it's aware so I'm not metacognition but meta awareness and and that is to my
2:03 in my vocabulary the heart of of the cultivation of mindfulness and heartfulness and it's not something that one does on cellphones own benefit but it's a way of tapping into the beauty and the full dimensionality of the universe and then for the brief moments that we have on this planet contributing something that minimizes harm establishes a kinetic efficient and
2:37 maximizes wealthy thank you for that thank you for joining us and thank you all for joining us John and I look forward to seeing you April 26 7 & 8 in Marina del Rey for timeless wisdom timely action thanks John welcome
Summary
- The conference features workshops on systems change and indigenous cultures' views on self.
- Emphasis on the integration of inner practices with outer actions for environmental care.
- Key speakers include Diane Ackerman, Paul Hawken, and Richard Schneider.
- The goal is to honor both inner and outer experiences without creating artificial separations.
- Participants are encouraged to cultivate meta-awareness and mindfulness.
- The conference aims to foster connections among diverse individuals for collective learning.
- Focus on minimizing harm and maximizing well-being for future generations.
- Scheduled for April 26-28 in Marina del Rey.