IRVINE, Calif.– Immunis, Inc., a private biotech company developing a novel treatment for age and disease-related immune decline, announces that its Chairman, renowned neuroscientist Hans Keirstead, Ph.D., visited the Dalai Lama again this past week in His home in Dharamsala, India. The Dalai Lama remains a symbol of the unifying philosophy of Buddhism, where He is respected internationally as an educator of harmony and happiness for humanity.
Dr. Keirstead and His Holiness share a passion to explore the scientific evidence of consciousness and the location of consciousness, a project which burgeoned 3 years ago during Dr. Keirstead’s first visit with His Holiness. To further this project, Dr. Keirstead and His Holiness welcomed five other internationally renowned thought leaders to discuss perspectives from multiple scientific domains. The experts and their domains included His Holiness the Dalai Lama (reincarnation), Hans S. Keirstead, Ph.D. (neuroscience), Sir Roger Penrose, Ph.D. (quantum physics), Peter Brooke Cadogan Fenwick, M.D. (medically recorded near-death experiences), Adrian Kent, Ph.D. (theoretical physics), Olaf Blanke, M.D./Ph.D. (medically recorded out-of-body experiences) and Wayne Jonas, M.D. (mind-spirit benefit to physiology). They explored whether scientific evidence from these various domains could support a model of consciousness, and whether consciousness could reside outside of the human body.
“Given recent technical advances, the time is right for a multidisciplinary scientific exploration of consciousness and its location,” says Dr. Keirstead, “The results of this project will have a profound effect on human behavior.”
