Mind & Life Europe
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A catalyst for human flourishing: bridging contemplative practices and wisdom with up-to-date scientific research.
Don’t miss Dr Fernando Rosas’ talk this Thursday 27th Nov for a deep dive into emergence in complex systems. Available to all MLE Friends!
Learn more and register now: https://ow.ly/CMtt50XwLY2
#MindAndLifeEurope #ComputationalNeuroscience #Complexsystems #AI #Emergence #UpcomingEvents
Learn more and register now: https://ow.ly/CMtt50XwLY2
#MindAndLifeEurope #ComputationalNeuroscience #Complexsystems #AI #Emergence #UpcomingEvents
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Don’t miss Dr Fernando Rosas’ talk this Thursday 27th Nov for a deep dive into emergence in complex systems. Available to all MLE Friends!
Learn more and register now: https://ow.ly/CMtt50XwLY2
#MindAndLifeEurope #ComputationalNeuroscience #Complexsystems #AI #Emergence #UpcomingEvents
Learn more and register now: https://ow.ly/CMtt50XwLY2
#MindAndLifeEurope #ComputationalNeuroscience #Complexsystems #AI #Emergence #UpcomingEvents
New episode of The Enactive Fold out now! Poet, essayist, & Zen practitioner Jane Hirshfield reflects on poetry’s role in democracy, its dialogue with science, and the ethics at the heart of creative work.
Listen now: https://ow.ly/Wu6450XwKfs
#MindAndLifeEurope #Podcast #Poetry #Zen #Ethics
Listen now: https://ow.ly/Wu6450XwKfs
#MindAndLifeEurope #Podcast #Poetry #Zen #Ethics
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
New episode of The Enactive Fold out now! Poet, essayist, & Zen practitioner Jane Hirshfield reflects on poetry’s role in democracy, its dialogue with science, and the ethics at the heart of creative work.
Listen now: https://ow.ly/Wu6450XwKfs
#MindAndLifeEurope #Podcast #Poetry #Zen #Ethics
Listen now: https://ow.ly/Wu6450XwKfs
#MindAndLifeEurope #Podcast #Poetry #Zen #Ethics
Are you interested in models of embodied cognition or how participatory sense-making arises in social media?
Explore more questions on political agency and social philosophy at our upcoming international conference with UPF: https://ow.ly/Cn8A50XsK7Y
#Conference #Barcelona #Philosophy #Ethics
Explore more questions on political agency and social philosophy at our upcoming international conference with UPF: https://ow.ly/Cn8A50XsK7Y
#Conference #Barcelona #Philosophy #Ethics
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Are you interested in models of embodied cognition or how participatory sense-making arises in social media?
Explore more questions on political agency and social philosophy at our upcoming international conference with UPF: https://ow.ly/Cn8A50XsK7Y
#Conference #Barcelona #Philosophy #Ethics
Explore more questions on political agency and social philosophy at our upcoming international conference with UPF: https://ow.ly/Cn8A50XsK7Y
#Conference #Barcelona #Philosophy #Ethics
🧘♀️ Are you needing some time to pause and unwind?
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday 18th) at our Making Room for Contemplation session: https://ow.ly/k2LS50XsIss
#ZoomMeditation #MeditateOnline #Unwind #Contemplative #Contemplation #Breathe #Mindfulness #Community #CommunityEvents
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday 18th) at our Making Room for Contemplation session: https://ow.ly/k2LS50XsIss
#ZoomMeditation #MeditateOnline #Unwind #Contemplative #Contemplation #Breathe #Mindfulness #Community #CommunityEvents
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🧘♀️ Are you needing some time to pause and unwind?
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday 18th) at our Making Room for Contemplation session: https://ow.ly/k2LS50XsIss
#ZoomMeditation #MeditateOnline #Unwind #Contemplative #Contemplation #Breathe #Mindfulness #Community #CommunityEvents
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday 18th) at our Making Room for Contemplation session: https://ow.ly/k2LS50XsIss
#ZoomMeditation #MeditateOnline #Unwind #Contemplative #Contemplation #Breathe #Mindfulness #Community #CommunityEvents
Have you considered how our bodies are shaped by the worlds we inhabit?
Explore more questions on mind, body, and the sociopolitical shaping of experience on Day 2 of our upcoming international conference with UPF: https://ow.ly/wT4g50XqtJC
Explore more questions on mind, body, and the sociopolitical shaping of experience on Day 2 of our upcoming international conference with UPF: https://ow.ly/wT4g50XqtJC
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Have you considered how our bodies are shaped by the worlds we inhabit?
Explore more questions on mind, body, and the sociopolitical shaping of experience on Day 2 of our upcoming international conference with UPF: https://ow.ly/wT4g50XqtJC
Explore more questions on mind, body, and the sociopolitical shaping of experience on Day 2 of our upcoming international conference with UPF: https://ow.ly/wT4g50XqtJC
A glimpse into what we’ll be exploring on the opening day of our upcoming international conference, hosted with Universitat Pompeu Fabra!
Click here for more info: https://ow.ly/K1fL50XqsMG
Click here for more info: https://ow.ly/K1fL50XqsMG
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A glimpse into what we’ll be exploring on the opening day of our upcoming international conference, hosted with Universitat Pompeu Fabra!
Click here for more info: https://ow.ly/K1fL50XqsMG
Click here for more info: https://ow.ly/K1fL50XqsMG
🤯 Do you feel like you’re juggling a million things at once? We invite you to take this opportunity to pause, slow down, disconnect from your to-do list, and attune to what’s within.
Join us next Tuesday 18th (18:00 CET) at our Making Room for Contemplation session: https://ow.ly/lFKH50Xqqbs
Join us next Tuesday 18th (18:00 CET) at our Making Room for Contemplation session: https://ow.ly/lFKH50Xqqbs
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🤯 Do you feel like you’re juggling a million things at once? We invite you to take this opportunity to pause, slow down, disconnect from your to-do list, and attune to what’s within.
Join us next Tuesday 18th (18:00 CET) at our Making Room for Contemplation session: https://ow.ly/lFKH50Xqqbs
Join us next Tuesday 18th (18:00 CET) at our Making Room for Contemplation session: https://ow.ly/lFKH50Xqqbs
How can we creatively respond to the crises of power in our world today?
Join us in Barcelona, 27-31 May 2026, for an international conference with UPF on “Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy”
Apply now (posters, talks, general attendees): https://ow.ly/rThp50XpYXO
Join us in Barcelona, 27-31 May 2026, for an international conference with UPF on “Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy”
Apply now (posters, talks, general attendees): https://ow.ly/rThp50XpYXO
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
How can we creatively respond to the crises of power in our world today?
Join us in Barcelona, 27-31 May 2026, for an international conference with UPF on “Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy”
Apply now (posters, talks, general attendees): https://ow.ly/rThp50XpYXO
Join us in Barcelona, 27-31 May 2026, for an international conference with UPF on “Power and Care: Enactive Approaches and Critical Social Philosophy”
Apply now (posters, talks, general attendees): https://ow.ly/rThp50XpYXO
How do caring interactions shape patient outcomes and practitioner wellbeing?
Join Dr Hanne De Jaegher for Participatory Sense-Making in Practice, a 10-week Mind & Life Europe course blending enactive & contemplative approaches to healthcare.
Apply by 25th November 2025: https://ow.ly/LXfn50XpVFZ
Join Dr Hanne De Jaegher for Participatory Sense-Making in Practice, a 10-week Mind & Life Europe course blending enactive & contemplative approaches to healthcare.
Apply by 25th November 2025: https://ow.ly/LXfn50XpVFZ
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How do caring interactions shape patient outcomes and practitioner wellbeing?
Join Dr Hanne De Jaegher for Participatory Sense-Making in Practice, a 10-week Mind & Life Europe course blending enactive & contemplative approaches to healthcare.
Apply by 25th November 2025: https://ow.ly/LXfn50XpVFZ
Join Dr Hanne De Jaegher for Participatory Sense-Making in Practice, a 10-week Mind & Life Europe course blending enactive & contemplative approaches to healthcare.
Apply by 25th November 2025: https://ow.ly/LXfn50XpVFZ
🎙️ We’re excited to share that the Mind & Life Europe Podcast is evolving... with a new name and a renewed focus!
👉 Find out more here: ow.ly/Zw6350XmFnx
#MindAndLifeEurope #Enaction #ContemplativeScience #CognitiveScience #Philosophy #Ethics #Interdisciplinary #Poetry
👉 Find out more here: ow.ly/Zw6350XmFnx
#MindAndLifeEurope #Enaction #ContemplativeScience #CognitiveScience #Philosophy #Ethics #Interdisciplinary #Poetry
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🎙️ We’re excited to share that the Mind & Life Europe Podcast is evolving... with a new name and a renewed focus!
👉 Find out more here: ow.ly/Zw6350XmFnx
#MindAndLifeEurope #Enaction #ContemplativeScience #CognitiveScience #Philosophy #Ethics #Interdisciplinary #Poetry
👉 Find out more here: ow.ly/Zw6350XmFnx
#MindAndLifeEurope #Enaction #ContemplativeScience #CognitiveScience #Philosophy #Ethics #Interdisciplinary #Poetry
We’re excited to continue our Mind Matters series this fall with Buddhist monk, author, humanitarian, and photographer, Matthieu Ricard. Taking place on 12th November at 6pm CET!
Check it out here: mindandlife-europe.org/events/mind-...
Check it out here: mindandlife-europe.org/events/mind-...
Mind and Life Europe | Mind Matters Talk with Matthieu Ricard
“Painting with Light” Art and Aesthetics in the Enactive Fold Register here! From the Introduction to Matthieu Ricard’s new book of photography, Lumière, available as a bilingual edition from Allary.....
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November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We’re excited to continue our Mind Matters series this fall with Buddhist monk, author, humanitarian, and photographer, Matthieu Ricard. Taking place on 12th November at 6pm CET!
Check it out here: mindandlife-europe.org/events/mind-...
Check it out here: mindandlife-europe.org/events/mind-...
Beautiful to see this special moment between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Marieke van Vugt at our recent Mind & Life Dialogue, "Minds, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics" at Dharamsala, India!
I also had a very special meeting last week at the @mindandlife.bsky.social @mindandlifeeu.bsky.social dialogue on AI
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Beautiful to see this special moment between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Marieke van Vugt at our recent Mind & Life Dialogue, "Minds, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics" at Dharamsala, India!
Can reading a book make you a better person? 🤔
Read more in the Power of Us newsletter, featuring insights from social psychologist Rémi Thériault and NYU Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, Jay Van Bavel!
Read more in the Power of Us newsletter, featuring insights from social psychologist Rémi Thériault and NYU Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, Jay Van Bavel!
Can reading a book make you a better person?
Reading books is declining. But people who read weekly book excerpts & podcasts instead of meditating had the greatest reductions in aggression and growth in compassionate love, positive attitudes & altruism
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/can-readin...
Reading books is declining. But people who read weekly book excerpts & podcasts instead of meditating had the greatest reductions in aggression and growth in compassionate love, positive attitudes & altruism
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/can-readin...
Can reading a book make you a better person?
Research from our lab investigates if reading non-fiction books can make us more prosocial and less polarized.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Can reading a book make you a better person? 🤔
Read more in the Power of Us newsletter, featuring insights from social psychologist Rémi Thériault and NYU Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, Jay Van Bavel!
Read more in the Power of Us newsletter, featuring insights from social psychologist Rémi Thériault and NYU Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, Jay Van Bavel!
As avid booklovers, we're excited to see the progress of 2024 EVA awardee Rémi Thériault! His research explores how nonfiction books — especially in pop psychology — might influence prosociality and polarisation. 👏
Has a book ever changed your life?
While the benefits of reading fiction are well-studied, the impact of nonfiction is largely unexplored @remi-theriault.com will see if nonfiction can foster inclusive social identities, reduce polarization & promote cooperation
www.mindandlife.org/media/readin...
While the benefits of reading fiction are well-studied, the impact of nonfiction is largely unexplored @remi-theriault.com will see if nonfiction can foster inclusive social identities, reduce polarization & promote cooperation
www.mindandlife.org/media/readin...
Reading and Repair: Tackling Social Division Through Contemplative Research
Researchers are exploring how reading nonfiction books can reduce polarization, build compassion, and inspire social change.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As avid booklovers, we're excited to see the progress of 2024 EVA awardee Rémi Thériault! His research explores how nonfiction books — especially in pop psychology — might influence prosociality and polarisation. 👏
Mindful Researchers are relaunching Mindful Presentations — a welcoming space to share projects, ideas, and practices in 90-min sessions with grounding, presentations, and dialogue every 6-8 weeks.
Submit a 15-min talk by Nov 3 to [email protected]
More info: https://ow.ly/NvmK50XjfvQ
Submit a 15-min talk by Nov 3 to [email protected]
More info: https://ow.ly/NvmK50XjfvQ
Mindful Researchers - Mindful Researchers
The “Mindful Researchers” initiative emerged in August 2020, by a collaboration of participants in the ESRI 2020 hosted by Mind & Life Europe. We are an
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October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Mindful Researchers are relaunching Mindful Presentations — a welcoming space to share projects, ideas, and practices in 90-min sessions with grounding, presentations, and dialogue every 6-8 weeks.
Submit a 15-min talk by Nov 3 to [email protected]
More info: https://ow.ly/NvmK50XjfvQ
Submit a 15-min talk by Nov 3 to [email protected]
More info: https://ow.ly/NvmK50XjfvQ
There is still time to register for the MLE Friends book launch event tomorrow at 12pm CET with Prof Jay Garfield and Ven Gendun Losang. Join us to learn more about the ethical undercurrents in Mādhyamika Buddhism!
Register here: https://ow.ly/b4Vg50XjcEL
Register here: https://ow.ly/b4Vg50XjcEL
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
There is still time to register for the MLE Friends book launch event tomorrow at 12pm CET with Prof Jay Garfield and Ven Gendun Losang. Join us to learn more about the ethical undercurrents in Mādhyamika Buddhism!
Register here: https://ow.ly/b4Vg50XjcEL
Register here: https://ow.ly/b4Vg50XjcEL
🥳 Are you an early-career researcher exploring the science of contemplative practice? Applications for Mind & Life Europe's 2025 European Varela Awards, with grants of up to €23,500, are now open!
Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Ssci50Xg7vs
#MindAndLifeEurope #ContemplativeScience #ResearchFunding
Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Ssci50Xg7vs
#MindAndLifeEurope #ContemplativeScience #ResearchFunding
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🥳 Are you an early-career researcher exploring the science of contemplative practice? Applications for Mind & Life Europe's 2025 European Varela Awards, with grants of up to €23,500, are now open!
Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Ssci50Xg7vs
#MindAndLifeEurope #ContemplativeScience #ResearchFunding
Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Ssci50Xg7vs
#MindAndLifeEurope #ContemplativeScience #ResearchFunding
We’re delighted to welcome Prof Jay Garfield for an MLE Friends Book Launch next Wednesday 29th October, 12pm CET, celebrating his two new books on ethics and interdependence in the Madhyamaka tradition, in dialogue with Ven Losang Gendun. Open to all!
Find out more: https://ow.ly/TEeW50Xgbal
Find out more: https://ow.ly/TEeW50Xgbal
October 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We’re delighted to welcome Prof Jay Garfield for an MLE Friends Book Launch next Wednesday 29th October, 12pm CET, celebrating his two new books on ethics and interdependence in the Madhyamaka tradition, in dialogue with Ven Losang Gendun. Open to all!
Find out more: https://ow.ly/TEeW50Xgbal
Find out more: https://ow.ly/TEeW50Xgbal
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🌿 Are you new to meditation — or a long-time practitioner? Wherever you are on your journey, our next Making Room for Contemplation session offers a space to pause, breathe, and connect.
Find out more here:
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Mind and Life Europe | Making Room for Contemplation
Register here ! In these extremely challenging times, making the time for contemplation and community is essential for our well-being. Contemplation evokes carving out a time and a space to become…
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October 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌿 Are you new to meditation — or a long-time practitioner? Wherever you are on your journey, our next Making Room for Contemplation session offers a space to pause, breathe, and connect.
Find out more here:
Find out more here:
🌿 Are you new to meditation — or a long-time practitioner? Wherever you are on your journey, our next Making Room for Contemplation session offers a space to pause, breathe, and connect.
Find out more here:
Find out more here:
Mind and Life Europe | Making Room for Contemplation
Register here ! In these extremely challenging times, making the time for contemplation and community is essential for our well-being. Contemplation evokes carving out a time and a space to become…
mindandlife-europe.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌿 Are you new to meditation — or a long-time practitioner? Wherever you are on your journey, our next Making Room for Contemplation session offers a space to pause, breathe, and connect.
Find out more here:
Find out more here:
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AI is reshaping how we live, work & connect. How can it deepen compassion? 🌏
Join us live from Dharamsala, Oct 14–16 for Minds, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics with The Dalai Lama Trust & Mind & Life Europe.
👉 http://mindand.life/4tWl50X8I26
#MindsAIEthics #AI #Ethics #Compassion
Join us live from Dharamsala, Oct 14–16 for Minds, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics with The Dalai Lama Trust & Mind & Life Europe.
👉 http://mindand.life/4tWl50X8I26
#MindsAIEthics #AI #Ethics #Compassion
Minds, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics
October 14, 15, and 16, 2025 What is the potential of AI to alleviate suffering, advance equity, and support human and planetary flourishing—and what risks does it pose to health, work, education, politics, and climate action? And how might we infuse AI with ethical values so that it benefits the well-being of all life on Earth? … Continue reading "Minds, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethics"
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October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AI is reshaping how we live, work & connect. How can it deepen compassion? 🌏
Join us live from Dharamsala, Oct 14–16 for Minds, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics with The Dalai Lama Trust & Mind & Life Europe.
👉 http://mindand.life/4tWl50X8I26
#MindsAIEthics #AI #Ethics #Compassion
Join us live from Dharamsala, Oct 14–16 for Minds, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics with The Dalai Lama Trust & Mind & Life Europe.
👉 http://mindand.life/4tWl50X8I26
#MindsAIEthics #AI #Ethics #Compassion
🌿When was the last time you paused — not to escape the world, but to stand in it more fully?🌿
Join us for our final contemplative session with Ven Losang Gendun this season on Tues 24 June, 6-7pm CEST. Free and open to all!
Register now: ow.ly/mhEj50W6ngl
#Mindfulness #Meditation #Contemplation
Join us for our final contemplative session with Ven Losang Gendun this season on Tues 24 June, 6-7pm CEST. Free and open to all!
Register now: ow.ly/mhEj50W6ngl
#Mindfulness #Meditation #Contemplation
June 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🌿When was the last time you paused — not to escape the world, but to stand in it more fully?🌿
Join us for our final contemplative session with Ven Losang Gendun this season on Tues 24 June, 6-7pm CEST. Free and open to all!
Register now: ow.ly/mhEj50W6ngl
#Mindfulness #Meditation #Contemplation
Join us for our final contemplative session with Ven Losang Gendun this season on Tues 24 June, 6-7pm CEST. Free and open to all!
Register now: ow.ly/mhEj50W6ngl
#Mindfulness #Meditation #Contemplation
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Today is publication day! A new edition of Francisco J. Varela's (long hard-to-obtain) 1979 classic Principles of Biological Autonomy in a new annotated edition by Ezequiel Di Paolo and Evan Thompson, with a Foreword by Amy Cohen Varela. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255140...
Principles of Biological Autonomy
Francisco Varela’s Principles of Biological Autonomy was a groundbreaking text when it was first published in 1979, putting forth a novel theory of how...
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May 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today is publication day! A new edition of Francisco J. Varela's (long hard-to-obtain) 1979 classic Principles of Biological Autonomy in a new annotated edition by Ezequiel Di Paolo and Evan Thompson, with a Foreword by Amy Cohen Varela. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255140...
🌱 What is biological autonomy — and why does it matter?
Starting our new series with insights from recent events, we explore biological autonomy and autopoiesis, challenging traditional views on control and reductionism.
Discover more: www.instagram.com/p/DJ_cKcnzdO...
Share your thoughts below!👇
Starting our new series with insights from recent events, we explore biological autonomy and autopoiesis, challenging traditional views on control and reductionism.
Discover more: www.instagram.com/p/DJ_cKcnzdO...
Share your thoughts below!👇
June 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🌱 What is biological autonomy — and why does it matter?
Starting our new series with insights from recent events, we explore biological autonomy and autopoiesis, challenging traditional views on control and reductionism.
Discover more: www.instagram.com/p/DJ_cKcnzdO...
Share your thoughts below!👇
Starting our new series with insights from recent events, we explore biological autonomy and autopoiesis, challenging traditional views on control and reductionism.
Discover more: www.instagram.com/p/DJ_cKcnzdO...
Share your thoughts below!👇
👋 Welcome to the official Bluesky account of Mind & Life Europe!
We explore the intersection of science, contemplative wisdom, and human flourishing.
Follow us for research, reflections, and events bridging mind and life. 🌱🧠🌍
We explore the intersection of science, contemplative wisdom, and human flourishing.
Follow us for research, reflections, and events bridging mind and life. 🌱🧠🌍
May 20, 2025 at 4:38 AM
👋 Welcome to the official Bluesky account of Mind & Life Europe!
We explore the intersection of science, contemplative wisdom, and human flourishing.
Follow us for research, reflections, and events bridging mind and life. 🌱🧠🌍
We explore the intersection of science, contemplative wisdom, and human flourishing.
Follow us for research, reflections, and events bridging mind and life. 🌱🧠🌍