by Elyssa Paige
Imagine a place where thousands of people come together over three days to share their visions of the world. Picture an event where you can experience an intimate gathering with Marianne Williamson, discover the secrets of superfoods with David Wolfe, awaken to infinity with David Icke, and attend an inner circle workshop with Zecharia Sitchin in his special visit to the west coast. These are just a few of the world-renowned speakers who are scheduled to attend the seventh annual Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles. This unique event offers a single setting where people gather each year to experience workshops and lectures featuring some of the world’s most progressive thinkers. It’s a place where they can discover the latest natural products and alternative healing modalities, enjoy live entertainment, and feast on organic food to charge up for more. This year’s expo, scheduled for February 13 – 16, 2009, promises to be an exciting event which will inspire and unite a growing community of conscious people.
Robert Quicksilver, producer of the Conscious Life Expo, took some time out from putting this amazing event together to share his perspective with Vision Magazine.
Vision Magazine: What is the intention of the Conscious Life Expo?
Robert Quicksilver: The intention of the Conscious Life Expo is to bring together people from diverse communities around a common theme which is the conscious co-creation of the new world. It’s a world that has values of social justice, of environmental integrity and sustainability, of love and compassion, of beauty and sacredness, and of truth and freedom. People who are political may not be interested in art and beauty. People who are artists may not be so political. But the foundation of all these alternative value systems is true for everybody, regardless of whether you are an artist, a politician, or something else.
I think that what is really important is the community that the expo creates. Los Angeles is so spread out. People may have communities in their family units, at their churches, or maybe at their healing centers but there’s really not a place where the entire alternative community in Los Angeles and Southern California can come together. This is a place where people come from all over to share their vision of the world.
VM: How does this event help people to experience healing and regeneration in mind body and spirit?
RQ: The term healing can describe a whole range of experiences. First there is the healing of the body. At the expo, there are vendors offering all kinds of products: vitamins, supplements, and natural foods, for example. Then there is another kind of physical healing where there are practitioners who can do actual laying on of hands. People also work with energy through Reiki healings or through the use of electrical heat machines that are used for alternative therapies. There are massage therapists and chiropractors, as well.
In terms of emotional healing, there are people who work through readings, aura cleansings, or one-on-one conversations. And then there is the spiritual healing that happens at the expo. When I listen to spiritual teachers speak, like Marianne Williamson for example, I experience a healing. There are so many different kinds of healing available at the expo, depending on what you’re looking for.
VM: What aspects of the Conscious Life Expo are you most excited about for 2009?
RQ: One of the themes of the expo this year is reincarnation. We have a bunch of speakers addressing this subject to increase people’s knowledge and offer different ways to understand it. On Saturday night, we have a show called The Reincarnation Concert where the following reincarnated musicians will be performing: Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, and Judy Garland. The Reincarnation Concert is what I’m looking forward to the most this year.
VM: The Conscious Life Business Symposium is likely to generate great interest at this time. How can this element of the expo help people become financially abundant in these challenging economic times?
RQ: The Conscious Life Business Symposium is about conscious entrepreneurship. The corporate world is breaking apart, so people need to create their own businesses. They need to learn how to carve their way into the world. The business symposium creates a road map for people to be able to go from wherever they are to develop a business or practice of their own, or team up with other people to create something new. The idea is to somehow get out of the treadmill of the old world that is falling apart to create a new sustainable world.
VM: Can you tell us a bit about the Conscious Life Film Festival?
RQ: The film festival is three days of alternative films. We’ve got an amazing schedule this year containing both feature length and short films. There will be visually stimulating films about beauty, social justice, metaphysical realities, and more. These are professionally-made films that never made it to a multiplex movie theater. The Secret and What the Bleep Do We Know were presented at past expos and those wound up becoming very popular. The idea is to help these artists get their ideas and visions out into the community. There is also going to be a panel discussion in which the filmmakers will share their experiences. The film festival is a little extra food on the dinner plate.
VM: Have you had any heartwarming stories come back to you about visitors’ experiences at the Conscious Life Expo?
RQ: Thousands of people come every year so a lot of networking goes on. This year, the expo falls on Valentine’s Day weekend, so we are going to have a huge Valentine’s Day event with a mixer and a party. This is a great place for single men and women to meet likeminded people. I’ve heard lots of stories of people who have met their husbands and wives at the expo; those stories are always heartwarming.
VM: What is one thing that you would suggest people do everyday to create a better world?
RQ: I think that it is so important to manifest love through your day, through your activities, and through your partnerships with people. Go out and manifest love in your day-to-day life in every possible situation—at the gas station, at the corner store, with your loved ones, and especially with people you don’t like. Find a place within where you can send compassion to everyone throughout your day—that’s the answer. Life is really not about anything else except learning how to love.
The Conscious Life Expo will be held February 13 – 16 at the LAX Hilton. For more information, check out www.consciouslifeexpo.com or call 800.367.5777.
Imagine a place where thousands of people come together over three days to share their visions of the world. Picture an event where you can experience an intimate gathering with Marianne Williamson, discover the secrets of superfoods with David Wolfe, awaken to infinity with David Icke, and attend an inner circle workshop with Zecharia Sitchin in his special visit to the west coast. These are just a few of the world-renowned speakers who are scheduled to attend the seventh annual Conscious Life Expo in Los Angeles. This unique event offers a single setting where people gather each year to experience workshops and lectures featuring some of the world’s most progressive thinkers. It’s a place where they can discover the latest natural products and alternative healing modalities, enjoy live entertainment, and feast on organic food to charge up for more. This year’s expo, scheduled for February 13 – 16, 2009, promises to be an exciting event which will inspire and unite a growing community of conscious people.
Robert Quicksilver, producer of the Conscious Life Expo, took some time out from putting this amazing event together to share his perspective with Vision Magazine.
Vision Magazine: What is the intention of the Conscious Life Expo?
Robert Quicksilver: The intention of the Conscious Life Expo is to bring together people from diverse communities around a common theme which is the conscious co-creation of the new world. It’s a world that has values of social justice, of environmental integrity and sustainability, of love and compassion, of beauty and sacredness, and of truth and freedom. People who are political may not be interested in art and beauty. People who are artists may not be so political. But the foundation of all these alternative value systems is true for everybody, regardless of whether you are an artist, a politician, or something else.
I think that what is really important is the community that the expo creates. Los Angeles is so spread out. People may have communities in their family units, at their churches, or maybe at their healing centers but there’s really not a place where the entire alternative community in Los Angeles and Southern California can come together. This is a place where people come from all over to share their vision of the world.
VM: How does this event help people to experience healing and regeneration in mind body and spirit?
RQ: The term healing can describe a whole range of experiences. First there is the healing of the body. At the expo, there are vendors offering all kinds of products: vitamins, supplements, and natural foods, for example. Then there is another kind of physical healing where there are practitioners who can do actual laying on of hands. People also work with energy through Reiki healings or through the use of electrical heat machines that are used for alternative therapies. There are massage therapists and chiropractors, as well.
In terms of emotional healing, there are people who work through readings, aura cleansings, or one-on-one conversations. And then there is the spiritual healing that happens at the expo. When I listen to spiritual teachers speak, like Marianne Williamson for example, I experience a healing. There are so many different kinds of healing available at the expo, depending on what you’re looking for.
VM: What aspects of the Conscious Life Expo are you most excited about for 2009?
RQ: One of the themes of the expo this year is reincarnation. We have a bunch of speakers addressing this subject to increase people’s knowledge and offer different ways to understand it. On Saturday night, we have a show called The Reincarnation Concert where the following reincarnated musicians will be performing: Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, and Judy Garland. The Reincarnation Concert is what I’m looking forward to the most this year.
VM: The Conscious Life Business Symposium is likely to generate great interest at this time. How can this element of the expo help people become financially abundant in these challenging economic times?
RQ: The Conscious Life Business Symposium is about conscious entrepreneurship. The corporate world is breaking apart, so people need to create their own businesses. They need to learn how to carve their way into the world. The business symposium creates a road map for people to be able to go from wherever they are to develop a business or practice of their own, or team up with other people to create something new. The idea is to somehow get out of the treadmill of the old world that is falling apart to create a new sustainable world.
VM: Can you tell us a bit about the Conscious Life Film Festival?
RQ: The film festival is three days of alternative films. We’ve got an amazing schedule this year containing both feature length and short films. There will be visually stimulating films about beauty, social justice, metaphysical realities, and more. These are professionally-made films that never made it to a multiplex movie theater. The Secret and What the Bleep Do We Know were presented at past expos and those wound up becoming very popular. The idea is to help these artists get their ideas and visions out into the community. There is also going to be a panel discussion in which the filmmakers will share their experiences. The film festival is a little extra food on the dinner plate.
VM: Have you had any heartwarming stories come back to you about visitors’ experiences at the Conscious Life Expo?
RQ: Thousands of people come every year so a lot of networking goes on. This year, the expo falls on Valentine’s Day weekend, so we are going to have a huge Valentine’s Day event with a mixer and a party. This is a great place for single men and women to meet likeminded people. I’ve heard lots of stories of people who have met their husbands and wives at the expo; those stories are always heartwarming.
VM: What is one thing that you would suggest people do everyday to create a better world?
RQ: I think that it is so important to manifest love through your day, through your activities, and through your partnerships with people. Go out and manifest love in your day-to-day life in every possible situation—at the gas station, at the corner store, with your loved ones, and especially with people you don’t like. Find a place within where you can send compassion to everyone throughout your day—that’s the answer. Life is really not about anything else except learning how to love.
The Conscious Life Expo will be held February 13 – 16 at the LAX Hilton. For more information, check out www.consciouslifeexpo.com or call 800.367.5777.
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