Darwin’s insights into biological evolution extend into societal and even personal evolution – and David Sloan Wilson has been a brilliant pioneer in the far-reaching implications. Join David and Rick Hanson for a guided meditation and conversation exploring how these insights can expand your own healing, growing, and awakening – informed by the deep analysis of the mind in the Buddhist contemplative tradition – as well as show us a realistic path forward in our troubled world.

David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist and a SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. David Sloan Wilson has made foundational contributions to evolutionary theory and its expansion beyond the biological sciences to include all human-related subjects. He remains active as president of ProSocial World, a nonprofit organization applying evolutionary theory to all aspects of humanity in addition to the rest of life. A complete archive of his work is available at www.DavidSloanWilson.world. His most recent books include This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution, Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups (with Paul W.B. Atkins and Steven C. Hayes), and his novel Atlas Hugged.

These teachings are offered freely, at no charge. And if you like, you may wish to participate in the age-old tradition of generosity through making an offering yourself – called “dāna” – to support Rick, David, and the Wednesday Meditations. Generosity itself is a beautiful practice that opens and gladdens the heart, relaxes the contraction of “self,” and ripples out into the world to touch many people – and perhaps, eventually, even oneself.