Speakers

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  David Lorimer Writer, Lecturer, Poet, Editor
  

  David Lorimer

  Writer, Lecturer, Poet, Editor

  David Lorimer, MA, PGCE, FRSA is a visionary polymath – writer, lecturer, poet and editor who is a Founder of Character Education Scotland, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network  and former President of Wrekin Trust and the Swedenborg Society. David is also the Editor of Paradigm Explorer, and Chair of the Galileo Commission, which seeks the expand the evidence base of science of consciousness beyond a materialistic world view.

  Originally a merchant banker then a teacher of philosophy and modern languages at Winchester College, he is the author and editor of over a dozen books, including Survival? Death as Transition (1984,2017) Resonant Mind (originally Whole in One) (1990/2017), The Spirit of Science (1998), Thinking Beyond the Brain (2001), The Protein Crunch (with Jason Drew) and A New Renaissance (edited with Oliver Robinson). He has edited three books about the Bulgarian sage Beinsa Douno (Peter Deunov): Prophet for our Times (1991, 2015), The Circle of Sacred Dance, and Gems of Love, which is a translation of his prayers and formulas into English. His book on the ideas and work of the Prince of Wales – Radical Prince (2003) – has been translated into Dutch, Spanish and French. His most recent books are A Quest for Wisdom and his collection of poems, Better Light a Candle.

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  Darlene Waddell RN, Teacher
  

  Darlene Waddell

  RN, Teacher

  Darlene Waddell, RN, enjoys teaching ‘My Intuitive Heart’ classes to children, a program wherein children can learn to ‘see’, read, and play without using their physical eyes. The ‘My Intuitive Heart’ program empowers children to return to the light within by tapping into the unlimited potential of their ‘intuitive heart’. Darlene also offers ‘My Intuitive Heart’ Teacher Training workshops to adults who have a desire to teach this beautiful and empowering program to children.

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  Kabir Helminski Director, Author
  

  Kabir Helminski

  Director, Author

  Kabir Helminski is co-director of the Threshold Society, a non-profit educational foundation rooted in the traditions of Sufism and inspired by the life and work of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. He is an author, a translator of the works of Rumi and others, and a shaikh in the Mevlevi Order which traces back to Rumi. He has authored some of the finest modern English translations of Rumi’s poetry, and is the author of two contemporary classics on Sufism which have been published into at least twelve languages: Living Presence: The Sufi Path to Mindfulness and The Essential Self and The Knowing Heart: A Sufi Path of Transformation.

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  Benedikt Just Director
  

  Benedikt Just

  Director

  At age 13, Benedikt Just became obsessed with finding the secret of life and started reading books on quantum physics to formulate a theory of everything. Realising that no amount of mental knowledge would help him grasp the mystery of life, he fell into a dark night of the soul that nearly cost him his life several times. As he explored diverse spiritual traditions, his curiosity took him beyond the well-known Eastern and Western fulfilment paradigms. His documentary The Heart Revolution paints a new picture of the human heart and what it means to be human. Using art, Benedikt works on introducing a fundamental redefinition of emotions and the human heart to help birth the Age of Enheartenment.

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  Zheng Li Doctor
  

  Zheng Li

  Doctor

  Dr. Zheng Li received his PhD for his 7-year-long study “On the driver of blood circulation beyond the heart” [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289652] under Prof. Pollack at the University of Washington. He lives in Seattle with his family and continually refines his cooking skills to the point where he could be a professional chef. Valuing transparency in scientific research, he works towards making his entire research, including all raw data, accessible to colleagues via a website.