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When we speak of liberation, what do we envision that looks like? This talk will offer an invitation beyond a binary vision of the future. The binary view finds us caught between a natural aspiration for a social utopia and a fear of dystopia. Utopia is an imagined society where the social psychology and life systems create and sustain economic, political, and social-spiritual well-being as its highest purpose. Dystopia an imagined society in which there is great suffering, injustice and a place where people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives.

This talk will offer a third view of giving wise attention to what is emergent in the present for wellness, justice and harmony. It has been called The Anima Mundi, the birth of a yet to be created planetary sense of soul. This talk will offer an understanding of the role mindfulness of the body can play in giving birth to this yearning which we can witness being born within ourselves and across the planet in this very moment of suffering.

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ABOUT DR. LARRY WARD
Larry Ward (pronouns- he/him) is a senior teacher in Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition and the author of the book America's Racial Karma. Dr. Ward brings 25 years of international experience in organizational change and local community renewal to his work as director of the Lotus Institute and as an advisor to the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Drucker School of Management. He holds a PhD in Religious Studies with an emphasis on Buddhism and the neuroscience of meditation.

Photo of Dr. Larry Ward by Jovelle Tamayo.