We'll be reading and getting together to discuss a variety of books that address evolutionary spirituality, starting with "Evolutionary Enlightenment" by Andrew Cohen.  All are welcome - no pre-requisites, other than your interest in this burgeoning field of thought and spiritual practice. We'll get together every two weeks to share our experiences and ideas with the chapters that will be scheduled for group discussion. We look forward to your participation!

Discover how your beliefs about love, intimacy and sexuality affect your relationships, sexual satisfaction, marriage, body image and ability to find love. This Meetup Group is sponsored by the Human Awareness Institute of the South Bay. The Human Awareness Institute (HAI) empowers individuals to be potent, loving, contributing human beings. HAI promotes personal growth and social evolution by replacing ignorance and fear with awareness and love. YOU WILL LEARN TO: *Express yourself in ways tha …

We meet almost every second and fourth Sundays every month to discuss AI topics such as: - Symbolic and SubSymbolic Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life, and Artificial Intuition - Complexity theory, Model theory, Model Free Methods - Semantic Web, Ontology based systems - Robotics and Robot Ethics - Linguistics, Document understanding, and Semantics - Evolutionary Computation - GA and GP - Computer Consciousness, Novelty, and Creativity - Neuroscience, Connectome Algorithms - Human …

The vision of Open to Light ministry is individual and global enlightenment. Our purpose is to provide a sanctuary for spiritual community and support; to focus on all people, regardless of religious affiliation, who are ready to experience a conscious, fulfilled life. We believe in Universal Truth; that there is One reality known by many names and forms.  We believe that each one of us is an expression of this One reality. We believe we are here on Earth to let go of our false sense of separate …

Point of sale systems and the POS industry is going through rapid evolution. A reason for this acceleration is mobile commerce (mPOS). However, innovations in almost all POS capabilities is picking pace. Exciting times! This group is for the POS professionals to socialize, network and share ideas!

Hello new friends! My name is Courtney, and I am in need of a community! I get this itchy feeling that I cannot be the only out there who feels this way, so I have created this group with the hopes of connecting to some like-minded individuals. I want to create friendships. I want to learn together. I want to grow together. Ultimately, when I see this group in my mind, I want us to be eclectic in our interests and the way in which we approach magic and our lives. Truth be told, my belief system …

What is the Shadow? The shadow contains all the parts of ourselves that we try to hide, deny or suppress. It is the keeper of all the aspects of ourselves that we dislike and the qualities that we judge as unacceptable. The shadow wears many faces: angry, critical, fearful, lazy, controlling, selfish, weak, pathetic… These are the faces we don ’t want to show the world and the faces we don ’t want to show ourselves. Most of us expend huge amounts of energy trying to get rid of or control these …

This group meets weekly to support one another in establishing and maintaining a regular meditation practice for mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. This meetup is ideal for those who seek a regular gathering of like-minded individuals for spiritual community.

Meetup with other south bay (esp Saratoga & Mountain View) locals who love the benefits of practicing Tai Chi (& Chi Kung). Meet friendly people to practice forms, share positive chi (energy)and make new friends! Network, share knowledge and experience on your Tai Chi or Chi Kung style. Come have fun & stay healthy. Help others and yourself get regular practice. While we have a mix of practice experience, we will try to introduce warmups, meditation, then some simple forms, and perhaps eventuall …

Darwin's ideas and their descendants are popping up everywhere as DNA, ancestry maps, fossils, new species, and scientific experiments and popular information builds on his discoveries. I want to find others who are fascinated like I am with the impact of his ideas. Hopefully we can have an information based discussion group and find friends who share this interest.

We are the organizers and attendees of Program For The Future 2008 (http://programforthefuture.org). From that conference, we have a set of initiatives and a growing community - all whose shared objective is to help bring about teamwork and massive collaboration on a global scale in order to avert planetary disaster - the vision that inspired Doug Engelbart to invent the mouse, hypertext, windowed computer interaction, multimedia, outline processing, wikis, and even more innovations the world …

Free Software = free society!  Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is sweeping earth bringing freedom to people everywhere.  Our little corner of the Libre Planet is the San Jose / Bay Area.  Come join the FLOSS evolution! GNU/Lindepence Hours Have an hour or so now and again to spend advocating for FLOSS? Want to get things fired up in your area? Want to raise awareness for both FLOSS and the Free Software Foundation's Libre Planet in Silicon Valley? Start an GNU/Lindepence Hour! They are …

We are a Community trying to change ourselves, trying to achieve self-evolution through Meditation, who support each other in the process. We meet as a group, twice a week, at various locations. Our method is a simple and effective way to integrate meditation into your daily routine. The method is not a belief system but offers you direct experience which you can assess for yourself. It is a remodeled system of Raja Yoga (Yoga of the Mind) which calms the mind and brings it to a centered state, …

In these meditations, by fusing traditional spiritual techniques and modern philosophical understanding, Lokesh will show you the way how each one of us is born to live in an awakened state of being all the time. These techniques, originating from the Indian (especially Vedic) and Buddhist (especially Zen) traditions, also integrate various contemporary theories about evolutionary transformation. This is an opportunity to experience the mystical world of awakening and see the light within. Throu …

I just moved to this area from Florida where I taught the Enneagram for many years. It si a wonderful tool for understanding yourself, and especially for learning to distinguish between the patterns of ego and your true nature. My focus is releasing the patterns of belief, emotion, and behavior that cover our free and true being.

NovaNation is a committed community of incredible people that believes that we have the power to co-create a new reality, which supports a healthier, more joy-filled world. Our members represent all ages, races, and faiths, come from all walks of life, and bring their unique strengths and identities to form our community’s heart. We believe that life is generative and inclusive: that when we are on-purpose – in harmony with the Universe and taking proactive, positive action to fulfill our destin …

This group will discuss ideas and projects involving Collective Intelligence, which is defined as a shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals, connected by computer hardware and software, so that collectively they, learn faster, create more intelligent ideas and make more intelligent decisions than is possible for any individual human being. The second Collective Intelligence Meetup was a success! It was a really great group with a l …