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"The Intention Downloads" Interview Series

In a time of heightened popularity for the power of intention and thought, we feel it is vital to promote perspectives that are scientific, grounded, and wise, as well as inspiring and practical. Listen to noted scientific and spiritual leaders in a truly groundbreaking exploration of the science and practice of intention. We asked each of them the same four questions:

1. What is your most significant personal experience of the power of intention?
2. What scientific experiments or viewpoints have most affected your own view of intention?
3. What practices do you see as most effective for cultivating our intention at the highest level?
4. If you could focus our collective intentions on one thing, what would it be?

The result? An extraordinary collection of wisdom, wit, and inspiration. We hope you enjoy this series!

• Sets

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  Intention Downloads Interview: Dean Radin

  Can chocolate and ice crystals provide clues about the mystery of intention? Find out in this engaging interview with IONS Senior Scientist Dean Radin, as he describes a double-blind study with Dr. Emoto (of What the Bleep!? fame) as well as "intentional chocolate."

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:35:16

  Topics:

  Intention, Mind-Matter Interaction
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Larry Dossey

  In this discussion with Marilyn Schlitz, Dr. Dossey cautions us about the current popularity of books and movies that promote intention setting for purely self-centered reasons.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:26:33

  Topics:

  Health and Healing, Intention
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Michael Murphy

  In this interview, Esalen’s co-founder Michael Murphy explores the further reaches of human potential, ranging from the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo to the bodybuilding practices of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:26:41

  Topics:

  Intention, Philosophy
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  Intention Downloads Interview: John Hagelin

  In this interview, quantum physicist and former Presidential candidate John Hagelin explains the difference between intention and consciousness, which opens the door on a fascinating discussion of how spending time in deep meditation in the “nuclear” level of thought can multiply the efficacy of intentions.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:23:12

  Topics:

  Collective Consciousness, Intention, Meditation
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Charles Tart

  Join the distinguished academic psychologist Charles Tart for an insightful and humorous exploration of intention and its relationship with mindfulness, will, and enlightenment.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:35:21

  Topics:

  Intention, Psychology
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Rupert Sheldrake

  Biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake discusses intention as it relates to all living organisms in this discussion with IONS' Senior Scientist Dean Radin. Rupert's morphogenesis theory implies that intention is not a unique trait of human consciousness, but an essential part of the nature of life in all biological systems.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:22:22

  Topics:

  Collective Consciousness, Intention
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Angeles Arrien

  Angeles shares the Inuit people’s philosophy that there are two plans in life: “My plan and Mystery’s plan.” She discusses the relationship between effort and grace and advises us to find a balance between the two.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:25:06

  Topics:

  Indigenous Wisdom, Intention
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Edgar Mitchell

  The founder of IONS has a unique vantage point to view intentionality, having witnessed and helped facilitate many new scientific studies, as well as developing a theory of quantum holography that can help explain “miraculous” results that some healers produce.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:28:14

  Topics:

  Health and Healing, Intention, Physics
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  Intention Downloads Interview: James O'Dea

  In his deeply heartfelt and poetic style, James contrasts a more materialistic understanding of intention with the summoning of purpose in a life such as we witness with a Mahatma Gandhi. His discussion connects intention to such concepts as Flow, Aikido, the Tao and the transmission of love from one heart to another.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:28:50

  Topics:

  Intention, Prosocial Emotions, Transformation
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Baba Harihar Ramji

  Founder of the Sonoma Ashram in California and a teacher at the Nine Gates Mystery School, Babaji (Baba Harihar Ramji) discusses a unique perspective on intention as a state of tension in which something is desired.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:28:31

  Topics:

  Intention, Mind-Matter Interaction
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Sequoyah Trueblood

  The release of intention and the intellect is the message from Sequoyah Trueblood of the Choctaw Nation, in this enlightening interview with IONS’ President, James O’Dea.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:27:20

  Topics:

  Intention, Spirituality
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Barbara Marx Hubbard

  Barbara Marx Hubbard has long been a visionary leader, helping us all to imagine a bold and evolutionary future that we can co-create. In this interview with IONS President James O’Dea, she explores the power of entering into imaginal realms in order to link our creative intent with the power of the universe.

  • 2006-06-01
  • 00:33:40

  Topics:

  Intention
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  Intention Downloads Interview: Daniel Siegel (sample)

  In this dialogue with former IONS President James O’Dea, Dr. Siegel discusses intention in the context of interpersonal neural biology.

  • 2007-06-12
  • 00:03:00

  Topics:

  Intention, Neuroscience