The complete works of Joseph Chilton Pearce
Two Day Symposium with Michael Mendizza

April 8th - 9th / Ojai, California

Plus a Two Day Conference

The Awakening of Intelligence through Education:
Real Learning or More Conditioning?

April 10th - 11th
Ojai, California

It is rare for a small group of serious people to gather in a beautiful space and explore the ideas and observations Joseph Chilton Pearce has shared in his many publications. This is our goal: Twenty to thirty people with Joe for two days. Selected quotes beginning with Crack In The Cosmic Egg through his latest unpublished manuscript will serve as our guide.

Symposium Space Limited to 30

Co-Sponsered by
The Association of Humanistic Psychology (AHP)

Registration Including Catered Lunch $225
(plus accommodations)

Two Day Conference

The Awakening of Intelligence through Education:
Real Learning or More Conditioning?

In advance of the conference registered participants will receive a transcript of Learning and Education, part of Reaching Beyond Magical Child, a collection of six one hour DVDs spanning Pearce's' vision of human development.

Registration Including Catered Lunch $40/day

Session One - Saturday
9:00 - 9:30am
The Nature of Intelligence
Introduction Michael Mendizza
Real Learning or More Conditioning?
True development - a balance between learning and habituation

10:00 - 11:30
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Age and Stage Specific Development of the Human Brain

Pearce describes age and stage specific learning, brain development and the differences between real learning and conditioning.

Summarizing the difference between Intellect and Intelligence

11:45 - 12:30
Michael Mendizza
Form is Content - How Structure Shapes Experience

State Specific Learning - Exploring optimum states of learning and performance
The Zone, Flow, the Intelligence of Play

1:30 - 2:00 Session Two
Education as Learning vs. Education as Conditioning

Video Interview of John Taylor Gatto describing how the very form and structure of public education is Dumbing Us Down.

2:00 - 3:00
Facilitated Small Group Explorations
Who is being served - self actualization or culture

3:00 - 3:30
Panel of Educators
Growing Real Individuals vs. Standardized Models
What does this mean in terms of relationship, structure and curriculum?

4:00 - 5:00
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Amazing Capacities and Self inflicted Limitations

Session Three - Sunday
9:00 - 9:30am
Education as Transcendence
Introduction - Michael Mendizza

10:00 - 11:30
Joseph Chilton Pearce
The Death of Religion and Rebirth of Spirit A Return to the Intelligence of the Heart

11:45 - 12:30
Panel Exploration
Exploring the challenges Krishnamurti's views of education pose to parents,
children and educators.

1:30 - 2:00 Session Three
Exploring New Models
A brief overview of emerging educational alternatives

2:00 - 3:00
Conflict as Opportunity
Small group discussions exploring two related issues:

1.) Shifting into Creative Mode
I have listened, and I have heard. I can see, more or less, the insidious nature of cultural conditioning and the limitations it places on deep creativity. Now what? I don't want to become an echo chamber for negativity. What can I do, in my daily life, to begin to shift the nature of these limitations? Are there in-the-moment strategies that concretely impact the cultural momentum, without creating another form of conditioning?

2.) Conflict as Creative Action
Rather than viewing the inner sense of conflict as a problem to be resolved, this very conflict may be an avenue for opening radical creativity. A non-analytical approach allows conflict to surface in our immediate experience, revealing unexpected and surprising meanings. It is possible that such an approach - using conflict itself as a basis - is a gateway to a different quality of mind and heart.

3:30 - 5:00
Joseph Chilton Pearce - New Frontiers
Exploring themes developed in Joe's newest manuscript and relating these to our challenge: Real Learning or More Conditioning

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