The Meditative Life 2016: Consciousness, Spirituality…and the Kitchen Sink

May 6–25, 2016

An exploration of thinking, being, loving, and living—and the ways ideas about consciousness and spirituality are seeping into our understanding of health, ecology, and life in general.

SERIES TRAILER

Taïga Oct. 6, 2016 Q&A filmmaker Hamid Sardar via Skype This breathtaking documentary is an intimate portrait of a group of sheep herders who live a nomadic life on the…
On Meditation May 25, 2016 On Meditation works like a meditation itself, at once profound and simple. It is a quiet and thoughtful compilation of…
Holy Hell May 24, 2016 Beginning in the 1980s, a group of idealistic, devoted California hippies banded together to live in harmony under the leadership…
Paths of the Soul May 23, 2016 A physical and spiritual journey of redemption, faith, and devotion. Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yang (Shower, Getting Home) blurs the…
Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy May 19, 2016 Q&A NYT writer Jeff Gordinier and poets Poet Robert Bly stands out among the revolutionary generation of American artists who burst forth in the 1950s. Robert Bly:…
Journey of the Universe May 18, 2016 Q&A Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim Five years ago we hosted a memorable evening with two remarkable thinkers out of Yale: Mary Evelyn Tucker and John…
Gurukulam May 17, 2016 In a remote forest ashram in southern India, students from around the world gather to learn from Swami Dayananda Saraswati,…
States of Grace May 9, 2016 States of Grace intimately captures the profound transformation of a revered physician and her family in the wake of a…
Dying To Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary May 6, 2016 Q&A filmmaker Gay Dillingham with Reception A special preview screening and reception! In the early 1960s, Harvard psychology professors Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert began probing…

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