• The need to question all assumptions we make about reality
  
• How humans differ from machines
• Holographic theory of black holes and what it possibly means for humanity
  
• Current theories around consciousness

• How our visual perception creates every aspect of our everyday reality.
  

Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist, professor and author of more than 90 scientific papers and three books, including Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See.

He received his Bachelor’s degree from UCLA in Quantitative Psychology and his Ph.D. from MIT in Computational Psychology. He is now a professor at UC Irvine and consults for major corporations.

TED Talk: Do We See Reality As It Really Is?
Website: Donald Hoffman

• How 3 heart surgeries in one week at age 30 was a catalyst for a journey of a lifetime
  
• The profound message Karen received while living in an ashram in India
  
• 3 truths she learned about life from her near death experience
  
• The books that have been most transformative for Karen on this journey
  
• The new perspective she has on those who challenge us most in life

Karen Henson Jones is the author of Heart of Miracles. She is a graduate of Cornell University, London Business School and Golden Bridge Yoga. 

Website: Www.karenhensonjones.com

• Why our society talks about the Kardashians instead of the Higgs Boson
  
• What quantum entanglement has to do with our daily lives
  
• How to see the beauty and mystery below the surface of everything
  
• What water skiing has to do with God

Rob Bell is a bestselling author, international teacher, and highly sought after public speaker. His books include The New York Times bestseller Love Wins, along with What We Talk About When We Talk About God, The Zimzum of Love, Velvet Elvis, Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Drops Like Stars.

At age 28 he founded Mars Hill Bible Church in Michigan, and under his leadership it was one of the fastest-growing churches in America. In 2011 he was profiled in Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people. Rob was featured on Oprah’s 2014 Life You Want Tour and will be speaking at venues around the world in 2015 on the Everything is Spiritual Tour. He and his wife Kristen have three children and live in Los Angeles.

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• The life changing realization that Mikey had on day 7 of a meditation retreat
  
• Spiritual teachers that have been most transformative for him
  
• Insight into what the future of consciousness technology looks like
  
• Steps we each can take as a bridge towards inner peace and contentment
  

Mikey Siegel has worked to advance human-robot interaction at NASA, MIT, Audi, and other leading institutions.  Robotics work continued in a professional context until a change in life priorities pointed towards technology’s potential to reduce stress and increase joy by shifting people’s relationship to themselves.  Recently in Hong Kong he acted as director of consciousness engineering at the Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness where he focused on technology’s role in facilitating extraordinary states of wellbeing.  

Presently, Mikey is involved in a number of ventures including founding a company called BioFluent Technologies which creates tools designed to point us toward the simple joy of being alive, here and now.  He is also actively promoting the idea of Consciousness Hacking which, in the spirit of the Maker Movement, encourages people to build new tools for exploring and altering the way we think, feel and live.

Website: http://mikeysiegel.com/
Biofluent: http://www.biofluent.com/
Consciousness Hacking: Facebook Page

• 3 Types of most common messages communicated by deceased loved ones
  
• A description of the continuing bonds grief model and why it is so effective
  
• The different research programs used to study mediums
  
• How common spontaneous after death communication actually is and what we need to do to hear it
  
• The difference between a psychic and a medium
  

Julie Beischel, PhD, is the co-founder and Director of Research at the Windbridge Institute. She received her doctorate in Pharmacology and Toxicology with a minor in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Arizona in 2003. Dr. Beischel's current research interests include examinations of mediums. She is also the author of three wonderful books (listed below).

Website: Windbridge Institute
Books:

• Among Mediums
  
• Meaningful Messages
  
• From the Mouths of Mediums