i am not enlightened... we are!!
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5 minute presentation I gave for Ignite Chicago. Thursday 22nd October 2009 at UIC. Premiss: Is that Enlightenment is happening in the world around us and we can connect with this even if we individually are not enlightened.TRANSCRIPT
I am not Enlightened…butWe are!
Paul CaswellWeaveThePeople.com@paulcaswell
I am Paul Caswell
Born 43 years ago in England
Started writing code 30 years ago
Danced at the Haçienda 20 years ago
Moved to Chicago 14 years ago
Founded WeaveThePeople 5 years ago
Wants to talk about Enlightenment tonight
☒ And I am Not Enlightened
? Why am I talking about about this then ?
What is Enlightenment?
Enlightenment
Wisdom of Emptiness
Satori
The End of Suffering
aka Nirvana
What is Enlightenment?
Philosophy
Quantum Physics
Neurobiology
The Age of Enlightenment
Rene Descartes
• What can one know as true without any doubt
1600s
1700s
Isaac Newton
•Use our own rational powers to achieve perfection(in this life!)
Immanuel Kant
• 1782 - “What is Enlightenment”
• Freedom to use one’s own intelligence
1800s
Dare To
Know
1800s
1900s
Now
Subject & Object Deterministic & Mechanical
The Age of Quantum Physics
1800s
1900s
Now
Form
is
Emptiness
Emptiness
is
Form
The Mindful Brain
Dan
Siegel
Harvard MD
Mirror Neurons
Mindfullness
Dan
Siegel
Jack
Kornfield
So What Do I
Really Know?
Thank YouPaul Caswell
WeaveThePeople.com@paulcaswell
Dare To Know
Know We Cannot Know
Experience Directly…We are Enlightened!