Beyond the Mirror (Al di là dello Specchio) — A Journey of Awareness in Five Sessions

A journey in five sessions where the age-old wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism meets the most advanced discoveries of neuroscience, quantum physics and Western philosophy.

With Cristina Corrieri and Guglielmo Poli

📅 6 · 9 · 13 · 15 · 20 October 2026 | 🕐 6:30 pm | 🖥 Live on Zoom

We will learn the Art of Dying in order to learn the Art of Living.

We live in an age of great crisis. Old certainties are dissolving and many people feel at the mercy of fears, attachments and uncertainty. Beyond the Mirror (Al di là dello Specchio) is a one-of-a-kind journey: it does not ask you to believe anything, but invites you to look at reality with new eyes and to build balance, stability and freedom within yourself.

Through simple, clear and effective language — and valuable experiential moments — you will discover how three great paths of human knowledge, starting from radically different premises, converge on the same fundamental insights about impermanence, the nature of the mind and the possibility of authentic liberation:

• the age-old wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism and the map of existence traced in the Bardo Thodol;
• contemporary scientific research on consciousness, death, time and reality (neuroscience and quantum physics);
• Western philosophy, from Plato to Heidegger, from Schopenhauer to Wittgenstein.

The result is a rich exposition that will broaden your vision with new insights for perceiving and interpreting reality, offering you concrete tools to withstand the impact of the great global crisis now under way and to free yourself from fears and attachments, moving forward in your life with balance and stability.

The programme of the five sessions

① Session 1 — The two realities and the two faces of the mind
Tuesday 6 October, 6:30 pm
The information field, entanglement and the non-local mind: how 20th-century physics dissolved the universe made of separate objects. The Tibetan Madhyamaka view of Nagarjuna: conventional truth and ultimate truth, ordinary mind (sem) and primordial mind (rigpa). States of consciousness and brainwaves (delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma). Introduction to the meditative state: shamatha and vipassana.

② Session 2 — The Self, time and the architecture of consciousness
Friday 9 October, 6:30 pm
The fear of death and the Self as a phenomenon empty of inherent existence (Anatman). The three levels of the mind (gross, subtle, very subtle) and the eight aspects of consciousness of the Yogacara school. Rebirth and incarnation: “soul-making” and the figure of the Bodhisattva. The circular view of time, primordial energy and the five Elements, subtle anatomy and physiology (nadi, chakra, prana).

③ Session 3 — The Art of Dying: the cycle of the Bardos and the Clear Light
Tuesday 13 October, 6:30 pm
The circular view of time and the six Bardos. Conception and the natural bardo of this life. The painful bardo of dying and the cycle of dissolution (outer, inner, Clear Light). Phowa: the practice of transferring consciousness at the moment of death. A look at scientific research on NDEs and on consciousness near death.

④ Session 4 — The luminous states and the realms of rebirth
Thursday 15 October, 6:30 pm
The four phases of the luminous Bardo of Dharmata: the lights, sounds and forms of fundamental reality. The Bardo of Becoming: duration, karmic dynamics and new possibilities of liberation. Rebirth in the six samsaric realms and the deep meaning of the human condition as the only realm in which liberation is possible.

⑤ Session 5 — Training in life: the practice and the Nine Unions
Tuesday 20 October, 6:30 pm
The five powers (faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, wisdom) to be developed in the face of death. The three Clear Lights — of death, of sleep and of meditation — and how to recognise them. Training in life to seize the opportunity for liberation: dream yoga, Tonglen, contemplation of impermanence. The Nine Unions, the culmination of the Tibetan system of practice.

Facilitating this journey

Cristina Corrieri — Musician with diplomas in Piano, Composition, Choral Conducting and Orchestral Conducting, specialised in the 20th-century and contemporary repertoire at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana. Master’s in Communication and Non-Verbal Languages (Ca’ Foscari) and two-year Master’s in Contemplative Studies (University of Padua). She has practised meditation and martial arts since 1998: AIAK Aikido Instructor (Third Dan) and founding member of AISC. Teacher of the ECEL method for end-of-life accompaniment and volunteer with the association Tonglen OdV.

Guglielmo Poli — Classical high-school diploma and a degree in Law, with studies in psychology and a Master’s in HR Management. From a very young age he embarked on an unstoppable search for Truth through the sacred texts of every tradition. An international trainer and speaker, he has led more than 600 seminars in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the United States. Founder of the Ad Unum Experience method and Director of Reconnective Academy International, he is the author of La Filosofia dell’Uno and La Scienza dell’Uno and wrote the Preface to the new Italian edition of the Bhagavad-Gita. He lives in Switzerland. reconnectiveacademy.com

Who it is for

For anyone who wants concrete tools to live with more awareness, presence and inner freedom; for those fascinated by the dialogue between science and spirituality; for those who wish to face the great questions about existence, time and death not with resignation, but in order to finally learn to live. No previous experience is required.

What is included

The five live sessions on Zoom with the two facilitators, the theoretical exposition accompanied by experiential moments and guided practices, and the opportunity for dialogue and questions. A single ticket gives access to the entire journey.

🌱 Places are limited. The Early Bird rate of €299 instead of €399 is reserved for the first registrations, while places last. Secure your place: register now.