Thursday, April 3, 2014

Being Human - The Science and Mystery of Human Experience


Peter Baumann
Musician, Tangerine Dream
Founder, Being Human

Date: April 19, 2014

Time: 2 - 4pm
Venue: San Francisco Meditation Center

Peter joined the musical group Tangerine Dream in 1971, toured with the band worldwide and recorded multiple Gold records until 1981. He moved to New York in 1982 and founded the record company, Private Music. He served as CEO of Private Music until 1994 when the company was sold to RCA.

Peter has been happily married for 27 years and is father to three grown children. He resides in San Francisco, California and serves as director of several privately held real estate and natural resource companies. For many years, he has focused on the exploration of well-being and quality of life from a philosophical, conceptual and experiential perspective. Peter co-authored EGO: The Fall of the Twin Towers and the Rise of an Enlightened Humanity with Michael Taft. He serves on the board of CIIS and is a Fellow at the Mind & Life Institute.

"I find human beings fascinating, especially our more or less endearing behavior. Bit by bit I've come to see us human beings not as autonomous agents in conscious control of our lives, but as incredibly complex biological organisms embedded in the process of our evolving culture. We created Being Human to foster exploration and conversation about the science and mystery of human experience." - Peter Baumann