Strongly feeling that the field of psychotherapy is in a unique position to respond to these challenges and to participate in this transformation of the human mind, we have created Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and the Evolution of Mind to re-examine the philosophical assumptions implicit in psychotherapy and to reconsider the role of spirituality. We see an exciting convergence between a spiritual world view and ideas and advances in the scientific understanding of mind and consciousness. Accordingly, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and the Evolution of Mind will explore what contemporary biological and evolutionary sciences, on the one hand, and eastern wisdom traditions on the other, have to say about mind, self, and consciousness.

Psychotherapy, Spirituality, and the Evolution of Mind brings together a distinguished faculty of original thinkers, scholars, and teachers all of whom, in addition to their academic preparation and western philosophical background, are deeply versed in introspective and meditative disciplines. Our vision is that this symposium will generate original thought, inspire an interdisciplinary dialogue, and embody the theme Psychology Re-thinks Itself.