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Date(s) - 03 Aug 2023 - 12 Oct 2023
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There are times in all our lives when we experience a sense of wonder, a moment of awe, when time stops and the world in and around us opens up in brilliance. We don’t need extraordinary circumstances to experience awe but we might need help discovering our personal gateways for connecting with awe. Science now shines a brighter light on the benefits of awe, illuminating timeless methods for accessing it by exploring the mind through meditation, creativity, and the arts.
How does the experience of awe and inquiry into its nature help us feel fully alive and able to cultivate kind connections in our global society?
Be part of a journey
The program will open on Thursday, August 3, with a teaching and exploration of awe by Mitra Mark Power, our host for this interconnected series of six conversations with authors, artists, actors, meditation instructors, explorers, storytellers, and more. Each guest will talk about their diverse and personal connection with awe, exposing similarities that might awaken curiosity about our own individual connection.
Throughout the series, in conversations with our guests, we will explore the themes of Awe, Creativity, Joy and the Present Moment, Curiosity, and Tender Heart. To support your inquiry, we will offer contemplations and practices, a chance to create your own Book of Awe, and provide time for your questions.
Our aspiration is for Be Wise Go Kind 2023: Awaken Awe to be an opportunity to deeply inquire into the nature of awe, going beyond hope and fear, and inviting you to make it a lifelong path.
Please join us on this experiential journey!
Timeline and recordings
The program will open on Thursday, August 3, with a teaching and exploration of awe by Mitra Mark Power, our host for this interconnected series of six conversations with authors, artists, actors, meditation instructors, explorers, storytellers, and more. Each guest will talk about their diverse and personal connection with awe, exposing similarities that might awaken curiosity about our own individual connection.
The series will feature a new talk every two weeks. You can find an easy overview of the schedule here. Following the series of six talks, there will be a day-long experiential program, with special guests, at Nalanda West in Seattle and online.
Recordings of the series of six talks will be made available until Thursday, December 14, 2023.
Pricing
The complete series of six talks:
$ 36 – Standard ticket
$ 50 – Sponsor ticket (this helps us offer scholarships to those in need)
It is also possible to register for each talk separately:
$ 7 – Standard ticket
$ 15 – Sponsor ticket (this helps us offer scholarships to those in need)
You can find an overview of all our speakers here.
Scholarships
If these prices are beyond your budget, please know we would still like to help you attend the program and would be happy to offer you a scholarship. Thanks to our many supporters around the world and their generous offerings, we are able to make this and many more programs available, regardless of one’s financial situation. If you need assistance, please click here to access our scholarship page and fill in the form to request a scholarship.
About Mitra Mark (presenter and host)
MARK POWER will open our series with an introductory talk and then host the following conversations with our guests. He is a longtime student of the Buddha’s teachings, studying with his teacher, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, since the early 1990s. Like so many, he came to this path seeking to engage a larger, kinder, more playful sense of being. His compassionate care for others shines throughout his leadership roles at Nalandabodhi and his work as a chaplain and life coach. Today, Mitra Mark joyfully explores the interplay of dharma, relationships, leadership and the arts, encouraging generosity of heart, humor and wisdom in every area of life.
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