Wise Engagement and Relationship with AI | Workshop with Lars Sandved-Smith
2026-07-25 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Mindfulness is heart-centered practice, rooted in human presence, lineage, and safety. Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents both challenges and opportunities for more mindfulness in our world but there are also technical, ethical, and spiritual implications.

Join us for this informative session intended as an orientation for mindfulness practitioners and teachers of today’s AI landscape. We’ll cover many relevant, and timely, topics in this workshop, including:

Why AI matters as a “technology of mind” shaping attention, intention, and view

What the current AI systems actually are and where they’re heading

Buddhist frames for understanding AI — e.g. as a karmic amplifier, as a shift from attention economy to attachment economy,

Practical paths for wise engagement, from conscientious objection to intentional use to active stewardship

We are at an evolutionary turning point where we are participating with AI, whether we want to or not, and it is no longer just a tool we use. Even these topics will just scratch the surface so it is important for us to become a little more AI “literate”.

This workshop is from 12 – 3 pm ET; the Zoom link is here

More about Lars
Lars Sandved-Smith is a computational neuroscientist and meditation teacher with a background in technology and M&A. He is excited about the potential for good in emerging technologies and advances in our scientific understanding of meditation. Lars is currently a doctoral researcher at the Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies developing computational models of meditation using the active inference framework in collaboration with Karl Friston’s lab at UCL. He also founded Neurons of Potential, teaching meditation to businesses and leadership teams through the lens of the latest scientific understandings of practice.

In 2014 he received a master’s in Physics and Philosophy from the University of Manchester where his interest in understanding the mind’s ability to interpret reality began. This interest continued to develop during his career in technology consulting at KPMG and Deloitte and eventually led Lars to meditation, yoga and neuroscience. An MMTCP alumni, Lars’ goal is to contribute to the growing scientific understanding of mental well-being and explore modern approaches to contemplative practice.

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Awakening Together Sangha invites you to spend some time with each other as our unique journeys coalesce together in reverence to the oneness that is at our core. We cultivate our awareness by spending time together sharing experiences and practices that enhance our own understanding as we gather in spiritual friendship.

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Our Sangha is an affinity group intended for those who identify as disabled (see our sangha page for more info). We meet the second Tuesday of each month at 2:30 p.m. ET for 1.5 hours. The recurring zoom link for our sangha is https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/94776947948 or the Meeting ID is 947 7694 7948.

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2026-08-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-09-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-11-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-12-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2027-01-19 11:00 - 12:00
Facing Trauma in a Changing World
An international TSM sangha

Let’s explore how trauma shows up in our communities online and in person and the skillful means that we need as TSM teachers and/or facilitators to be of help in stormy days.
“Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves,” Thich Nhat Hanh.

This sangha provides a grounded and safe space to be present with your peers who share one simple yet profound goal: Peace in every Step (á la Thich Nhat Hanh). Let us reclaim our deep listening and deep seeing into shared humanity. Let us discuss cross cultural sensitivities at the junction of trauma and mindfulness. Let us recenter, inquire and clarify what resources may be best to offer to our communities.

May this space be a home base for kindness, curiosity and inspiration amidst the chaos.

We will meet on the 3rd Tuesday of every month @ 11:00 am ET USA, which is

5:00 pm in Warsaw, Poland

6:00 pm in Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine

7:00 pm in Abu Dhabi, Emirates

11:00 am in Washington DC, USA

4:00 pm in London, UK

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