Dr Kevin Ashbridge – Metaphysics in the 21st Century: Insta-Gurus, Marketing Millionaires and 8-Second Enlightenment

 
How can we help the self-help movement help itself? 

For much of the younger generation, living East or West, gone are proverbial 40-nights in the desert and neglected are the ancient tomes of perennial wisdom. These have been replaced by an electronic universe of information and opinion; and, yes, it can be for the better. Never before have people been so interconnected at a social level. For the young, these connections may not be as deep as the older generation might have experienced but they are, indeed, wide. Within the next decade there is more to come.

Research into miniaturising personal devices, neural lace, avatars, holograms and, of course, artificial intelligence mean that the interfacing with the ‘internet of everything’ will become a part of you. And yet within this digital milieu is the same desire for enlightenment that humankind has always sought. The question is, how do we share and teach the perennial wisdom in a world where the average attention span has dropped to just 8 seconds? Who is doing this successfully? What role is today’s media playing? What is swirling around the social networks? And, how can you ‘plug yourself in’ to learn, to teach and to grow?

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About the speaker:

Dr Kevin Ashbridge was awarded a PhD in immunology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1991. He co-developed with Dr Roger Booth a new model for mind-body medicine before moving on to careers in technology and the media. He now lives with his wife and ‘tween-age’ daughter in the wilds of North Yorkshire. Kevin was previously Deputy Director of the Scientific and Medical Network. 

 His website is: https://spiritualapprentice.net/.

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