From Fear Into Love: A Young Man’s Odyssey
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Date & Time
Sat, Apr 27 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Address (map)
1407 Chapala St.
Venue (website)
Institute of World Culture
Saturday, April 27, 2024
2:00 – 4:00 pm (PDT)
Webcast and in-person only at
Concord Hall, Institute of World Culture, 1407 Chapala St., Santa Barbara, CA
Presenter: Ryan Quirk
A wise man once said, “the quality of your questions determines the quality of your life.” We are entering a time in human history in which the big questions are the ones we need to be asking. It is no secret that we live in a problem focused society – a society where playing the blame game, and self-victimization have become the norm, where every time we turn on the news we see fear, and violence displayed. We live in a society where it is normal to be unhealthy, unhappy, and in a state of distress. Young people are feeling ever-more lost. We are in need of answers, and in order to find those answers, we need to ask better questions.
In this talk we will be diving into those questions together in an attempt to shift our focus, to try and discover what real change in a positive direction really looks like. Questions such as: What is it that we really seek as human beings? What is the nature of fear and how do we overcome it? What is the nature of love and how do we embrace it? How do we create a better world, and what does a better world look like? And finally, what are the steps we can take to get there together?
Ryan Quirk, a 19 year-old author and student will share his inner journey and invite us to undertake our own.
You may attend this event in-person, or watch a simultaneous webcast.
To view the Webcast, which starts at 2:00 pm, log on to the Institute of World Culture YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/iwcinsantabarbara/live
Image: Robert Bernstein, with permission