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Ancient Cosmology: A Map of the Future?
by Walter Cruttenden
Like the mayfly, which lives but one day a year and knows nothing of the seasons, the human being has an average life span that comprises only one-360th of the roughly 24,000-year precessional cycle. And just as the mayfly born on an overcast, windless day has no idea that there is anything as splendid as sunshine or a breeze, so do we, born in an era of materialistic rationality, have little awareness of a golden age or higher states of consciousness – though that is the ancestral message.
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The Science of Transformation
by Daniel Siegel, MD
In the following dialogue, excerpted and adapted from the Institute of Noetic Sciences’ teleseminar series, “The Essentials of Noetic Science,” IONS Director of Research Cassandra Vieten talks with psychiatrist-educator-writer Dan Siegel about Mindsight – the ability of the human mind to see itself – and how that relates to transformation.
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The Contemplative Life as Freedom: The Liberative Model of Human Development
by Rick Levenson , PhD and Carolyn Aldwin, PhD
The keys that open the door to contemplation are mindfulness and a peaceful heart. With these qualities we can liberate ourselves from the biosocial conditioning of our lower self and transcend that self in the vertical dimension of experience.
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by Sherry Turkle, PhD
Technology is seductive when what it offers meets our human vulnerabilities. And as it turns out, we are very vulnerable indeed. We are lonely but fearful of intimacy. Our networked life allows us to hide from each other, even as we are tethered to each other. We’d rather text than talk.
