Memory, Dreams, and Mandalas: Unlocking the Mind with Science, Spirituality and Symbol (Hybrid)

What if your memories were more than brain chemistry, your dreams more than random stories, and mandalas more than beautiful designs? This presentation takes you on a journey through neuroscience, ancient Vedic wisdom, and Carl Jung’s psychology to reveal how memory shapes our identity, how dreams can open hidden doors of perception, and how mandalas (visual meditation patterns) act as maps of the inner world and realms of consciousness. From the hippocampus to the subtle information “cloud” of citta, from lucid dreaming to portals of consciousness, we’ll explore how modern science, timeless Vedic texts, and Jung’s insights all point to one truth: the mind is not just a machine—it’s a gateway to the infinite.

Mauricio Garrido received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Ohio University. During this time, he interned at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. He then went on to Columbia University in New York City as a postdoctoral research scientist, and later studied Sanskrit there and at Rutgers University. Mauricio served as a monk in the Bhakti tradition at the New York Bhakti Center from 2010-2020, where he took first and second initiation, receiving the name Murli Gopal Das. He worked at the University of Florida as an adjunct professor of Sanskrit in the religion department in 2017. In 2023, he obtained a master’s degree in medical physics at the University of Florida, and is now doing a residency at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

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