"Exploring the Noetic Sciences" Teleseminar Series
The focus of this teleseminar series was to provide a basic understanding of IONS' three primary program areas: Consciousness and Healing, Extended Human Capacities and Worldview Transformation.
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"Cells and the Sacred" with Sondra Barrett
What can your cells teach you about living a spiritual life, love, and the Self? 100 trillion individual cells create your personal physical universe providing their own "wisdom medicine" through self-diagnosis, love, repair, regulation, and regeneration.
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"Noetic Patriotism" with John White
America and the Politics of Enlightenment
John White maintains that (1) the spiritual foundations of America are congruent with those of the Perennial Philosophy, which emphasizes enlightenment as the key to world peace and happiness, and (2) the Perennial Philosophy is embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, which together provide a theory and practice of enlightened government.
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"Noetic Patriotism" with John White (excerpt with discussion questions)
In light of John White's presentation, we invite you to reflect on the Big Question for September 2010, “Have you had a noetic experience?" Following the presentation, we provide questions to guide discussion about the teleseminar.
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"Practical Visionary" with Corinne McLaughlin
8 Keys to Spiritual Growth and Social Change
Activist and spiritual teacher Corinne McLaughlin discusses her new book and how you can change yourself and change the world at the same time. Discover 8 keys to the New World within you and and all around you, with surprising solutions to our toughest problems and tools for your spiritual growth.
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"Noetic Mind in India" with Dean Radin
Last Fall, the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, a program of the government of India, selected Dr. Radin as their National Visiting Professor for 2009-2010. From mid-February to mid-March Dean gave nine lectures on "the noetic mind" in five Indian cities.
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"Correlations, Consciousness, and the GCP" with Roger Nelson (interview and Q&A)
The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) is a long-term experiment that extends psi research to global dimensions, looking for effects of mass consciousness. We predict that events which produce widely shared emotional reactions will register as unexpected structure in random data sequences.
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"Correlations, Consciousness, and the GCP" with Roger Nelson (extended Q&A)
The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) is a long-term experiment that extends psi research to global dimensions, looking for effects of mass consciousness. We predict that events which produce widely shared emotional reactions will register as unexpected structure in random data sequences.
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"Towards a Science of Consciousness" with Peter Russell
Peter Russell shares his latest thinking on why consciousness is a fundamental quality of the cosmos, and how we can apply our scientific understanding of consciousness to our the awakening of our own being.
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"Mind, Brain, and Consciousness" with Larry Dossey
Premonitions involve the ability of consciousness to function noetically, beyond the constraints of space and time. Dr. Dossey discusses why this capacity should be viewed as a form of preventive medicine, and what premonitions imply about our origins and destiny.
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"Daughter of Promise" with Luisah Teish
Myths, Rituals, and Rites of Spring
Angela Murphy hosts this dialogue with Yoruba priestess Luisah Teish. They talk about the potential of spring and renewal, and our relationship to gardening and other earth-centered arts.
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"The Mind of God" with Deepak Chopra
Marilyn Schlitz hosts this conversation with Deepak Chopra. How can we begin to fathom the Mind of God? Advanced science has given us new ways to defend, not God as a patriarch seated on his throne in the sky, but God as a field of intelligence that gives rise to evolution itself and all that goes with it ...
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"Raising Happiness" with Christine Carter
Simple Tips for a More Joyful Family
Drawing on what science tells us about the factors that breed happiness in childhood and beyond, Dr. Christine Carter teaches us simple seeds we can sow in our children’s lives that set the stage for their optimism, emotional health, and confidence—while helping us become happier parents at the same time!
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"Caring Science" with Jean Watson
A Transformative Model for Restoring Heart and Soul of Nursing and Health Care
IONS President Marilyn Schlitz hosts this discussion with Dr Jean Watson. This session shares some of the latest research and science of the heart and how it underpins Caring Science as an ethic, philosophy and theory as guide to transforming nursing and health care from the inside out.
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"Neurophysiology of Psi" with Diane Powell
Why Are Some People More Psychic than Others?
Dean Radin hosts this discussion with Diane Powell on why some people are more psychic than others. Although research suggests that all of us are capable of telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and other psychic experiences, the occurrence among us varies tremendously.
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"Why Self-compassion Is More Important for Psychological Well-being than Self-esteem" with Kristin Neff
Kristin's research shows that self-compassion offers all of the psychological benefits of self-esteem with none of its drawbacks. In fact, research indicates that by caring for ourselves compassionately we are more motivated to learn from our mistakes, grow, and reach our full potential.
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"Consciousness and Downward Causation" with Noël Radcliffe
Seeing Mind-Body Medicine from Another Perspective
The science of medicine looks to the cellular level to explain what is happening. However, there is a fundamental difference in world view between western medicine and eastern philosophy, the origin of mind body medicine. It is based on whether change happens from the cellular level (bottom up) or from the level of consciousness (top down).
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"Can mediums talk to the dead? Can you? Why should we care?" with Julie Beischel
Dean Radin hosts this discussion with Dr. Julie Beischel, who performs rigorously controlled research investigating the accuracy of the information mediums report and systematic studies of their experiences during ostensible communication with the deceased. But are they really talking to the dead?
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"What's behind the Scientific and Spiritual Nature of Psi?" with Russell Targ
If you are interested in nonlocal consciousness, that part of us beyond space-time, called variously spiritual and psychic, you have probably heard of remote viewing. You know that what began as a laboratory protocol, created by a small group of scientists at Stanford Research Institute, has become part modern mental martial art, part awakening path, and part social movement.
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"The Way of the Healer" with Janet Quinn
You Are the Medicine and You Are Enough
In this seminar, through our conversation and gentle inquiry, we explore the essential principles inherent in walking this earth ...
