Memory, Consciousness, and Coma
On this Spot, Sadhguru shares a video clip from his recent conversation with medical scientists on “Memory, Consciousness, and Coma.” Also, scroll through the photos from the event at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre on 14 May 2018. In the video, Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesia and Computational Neuroscience; Nicholas D. Schiff, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Neurosciences, and Sadhguru explore what actually happens under anesthesia to brain, mind, and consciousness. Sadhguru throws light on jagrati/wakefulness and offers a deeper and wider definition of consciousness or turiya, from his own experiential yogic perspective.

ArticleNov 12, 2021
Love & Grace
Photos from the event at Harvard University

Prof. Emery N. Brown, Prof. Nicholas D. Schiff, and Sadhguru in conversation at Harvard University

One of the young members of the audience greets Sadhguru

The venue: Sanders Theatre at Harvard University

The Sanders Theatre is renowned for its acoustics

Prof. of Anesthesia Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD and Prof. of Neurology Nicholas D. Schiff, MD, PhD are distinguished scientists in their fields


The audience reflected the rich diversity of the scientific community at Harvard

The title of the conversation between the medical scientists and Sadhguru was "Memory, Consciousness, and Coma"


"We do not look at the brain as a very significant aspect because we see intelligence is right across the system," Sadhguru said.



Seeking the experts' insights on an existential matter

The likes of Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King Jr. have spoken here

The scheduled time is up but there is still so much to explore

Enthusiastic members of the audience gather around Sadhguru after the talk

Even the youngest get to take part in their own ways

Outside Harvard University's Memorial Hall with its imposing High Victorian Gothic architecture

Prof. Emery Brown and Sadhguru continue their discussion even after the official event is over

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