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We warmly invite you to Beyond The Mind's Eye, an immersive retreat designed to explore the profound intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Regeneration. Set against the serene backdrop of Westerbeke Ranch from November 8 - 11, this retreat aims to cultivate a deeper understanding of how AI can be aligned with the principles of regeneration, fostering a future that harmonizes technology with the natural world. On the flip side, we aim to discover the most impactful ways in how AI can support the field of Sustainability.
There is a desire to bring us together to meet, align, and gain wisdom beyond what a single mind can conjure on its own. By combining structured group exercises, fireside-style talks, somatic experiences, and spaces for open inquiry and discussion, this retreat is a profound opportunity to connect and create with each other, as well as gather tools and practices that can transform our psyche, allowing us to create solutions from a place of collective wisdom and deep internal alignment.
Our aim is to shift the overall engagement with technology from one of urgent, racing competition to one of aligned, informed, and coherent collaboration. Together we will explore what drives our individual biases, the coherence of our collective potential, and how these elements can inform and transform the fields of AI and Sustainability in a manner that goes beyond the sum of our individual selves. Similarly, we aim to treat ourselves sustainably, understanding that our bodies are our instruments of creation, and we learn to care for our systems in a regenerative, lasting manner. The way we treat our world and the technology in it is fundamentally a mirror for how we treat ourselves, and vice versa.
The retreat is guided by three facilitators with five decades of combined experience in transformational awakening and liberation practices, including founders and lead facilitators of the Luminous Awareness Institute, and the current head of AI/ML Strategy and Research Collaboration at Google X.
Facilitator biographies can be found here.
November 8, 3 PM - November 11, 2 PM
Day 1: Relationship to Self
We begin by turning inward, examining the fundamentals of self-awareness and its significance in our interaction with AI and the world. Through practices such as exploring biocognition, self inquiry, and somatic exercises, we'll investigate the notion of self, improve our ability to receive and analyze information via a deeper connection between mind and body, and set the foundation for anchoring personal alignment in relation to the collective field.
Day 2: Inter-being and Regenerative Wisdom
Building on day one, we begin to shift focus to the dynamics of inter-being, examining the intricate web of relationships with one another and with AI from a global perspective. Through experiential collaborative practices, we learn first-hand how to embody the humanity we wish to impart to AI. As we evolve how we relate to the world as a human collective, we move toward creating lasting, grounded solutions around how AI can support regeneration.
Day 3: Collective Discovery
Our third day is dedicated to collective discovery. Together as a cohort, we tap into a field of emergent intelligence where new insights and understandings are discovered. Engaging in practices that emphasize presence, mutual respect, and the shared journey towards a sustainable human-AI future, we aim to solidify our insights into actionable wisdom around creating regenerative, win-for-all designs. This day promises a profound inquiry of how we can collectively guide the relationship between our world, AI, and humanity for generations to come.
Day 4: Harvesting Insights // Cross Pollination
Our concluding day is devoted to turning our insights into tangible, collaborative actions that can be implemented in our personal and professional lives. We focus on the need to design AI infrastructure in a way that is no longer harmful to the planet, as well as the gift that AI presents to aiding in redesigning existing unsustainable systems. This day is about weaving together the threads of our collective journey and preparing to take inspired steps forward, moving past short-sighted reactivity into long-term, aligned solutions.
Our cohort is formed with discernment for how each member adds to the whole. This is an intentionally curated group of high impact individuals who are poised to deeply listen together and learn together. Cohort commitments are non refundable after October 10, 2024.
Our core intention is to create a cohort of visionary minds dedicated to the synergy between AI and sustainability that fosters cross-pollination, insight, and inspiration. We begin by meeting people where they are. Through the raw power of the beginner’s mind, we aim to support this intentional gathering to attain clarity on how to show up within themselves, with each other, with the field, and with integration into a human-AI future.
Our goal is to nurture a space where technology and humanity can coalesce in emergent futures, guided by the wisdom of the collective self. There's so much to be learned when receiving the gift of wisdom from another field; AI and Sustainability are ripe for such mutual support and insight.
We aim to:
This retreat promises to be a profound exploration on how the fields of AI and Sustainability can mutually inform and support each other, with emergent results under Chatham house rules. We believe that your presence and contributions will be invaluable to the collective exploration and the insights that will arise. You’ll leave with a toolkit of practices that you can weave into your projects, ideas, and relationships–with AI, the world, and beyond.
The Westerbeke Ranch - 2300 Grove St - Sonoma, CA 95476
Welcome To Westerbeke Ranch, A Place To Connect, To Create, And To Celebrate. Only one hour north of the bay area, Westerbeke is nestled amid stately oaks, surrounded by rolling grass hills and vineyards in Sonoma’s Valley of the Moon. Westerbeke Ranch is a unique alternative to the usual hotel or resort atmosphere. It offers as much for the spirit and soul as it does for the mind and body.
Surrounded by remarkable natural beauty and energy, guests rediscover themselves and each other in the inviting gathering spots on the expansive grounds. Walking the garden paths, warming your hands in front of the crackling “walk-in” stone fireplace, lounging on the lawn around the sapphire pool, or finishing up another scrumptious meal with some extraordinary chocolate mousse dessert, you might hear yourself think, “I could get used to this.”
Westerbeke has long been a favorite location for business meetings, personal growth and leadership seminars, yoga retreats, and gatherings of all kinds. Our retreat will have its own accommodations and spacious 36 ft x 36 ft private gathering space.
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