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A Re-examination of the Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science
The first report of a series under the Causality Issues in Contemporary Science project, funded in part by the Fetzer Foundation and Laurance S. Rockefeller.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- 1991
- 110 pages
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"Exploring the Contemporary Global Crisis" with Jean Houston (sample)
Celebrated psychologist, author, and speaker Jean Houston joins former IONS President James O'Dea to offer an uplifting and poetic perspective on the tribulations of the contemporary world situation. Together, they bring together the external reality and inner journey in a satisfying and inspiring talk.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2005-09-14
- 00:03:00
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Creativity Begins in the Womb
By acknowledging that the unborn child is much more aware than we’d ever imagined, contemporary researchers are discovering what many ancient and indigenous cultures have always known.
- Publications Articles
- March - May 2005
- 3 pages
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Living Deeply Practice: "Morning Prayer" with Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man is a writer, religious guide, spiritual counselor and founder of Metivta: a center for contemplative Judaism. For more than 25 years he lived in Jerusalem, where he worked and studied with some of the greatest contemporary Jewish teachers.
- Audio Experientials
- 2008-07-07
- 00:04:24
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Out of Our Heads
Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness
The notion that consciousness is confined to the brain, like software in a computer, has dominated science and philosophy for close to two centuries. Yet, according to this incisive review of contemporary neuroscience from Berkeley philosopher Nöe, the analogy is deeply flawed.
- Publications Books
- February 17, 2009
- 232 pages
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"Sources and Solutions of Our Contemporary Global Challenges" with Joanna Macy
Former IONS president James O'Dea interviews eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, PhD, who is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. She is also a leading voice in movements for peace, justice, and a safe environment.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-12-01
- 00:33:55
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Healing and Transformation Through Self Guided Imagery
Tapping into the heart's wisdom through creative visualization is an ancient practice, but today guided imagery is used as an adjunct to conventional medical therapies for health issues ranging from cancer and heart disease to post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.
- Publications Books
- February 1, 2009
- 224 pages
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"Recovering the Soul of Healing" with Elliott Dacher (part 1 of 2)
Elliott S. Dacher is a pioneer in the emerging medicine of the future. His knowledge and practical approaches to the field of health and healing have evolved from his extensive ...
- Audio Lectures
- 00:41:54
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"Recovering the Soul of Healing" with Elliott Dacher (part 2 of 2)
Elliott S. Dacher is a pioneer in the emerging medicine of the future. His knowledge and practical approaches to the field of health and healing have evolved from his extensive ...
- Audio Lectures
- 00:44:08
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Mind in the Balance
Meditation in Science, Buddhism, and Christianity
By establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective world.
- Publications Books
- March 1, 2009
- 264 pages
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Higher Creativity
Liberating the Unconscious for Breakthrough Insights
Insight is the mind's magic in action, solving problems, understanding relationships, creating new images--with a speed and certainty unavailable to ordinary consciousness. Breakthrough insights go even further. They take a quantum leap beyond ordinary creativity and our previous ways of looking at things ...
- Publications Books
- 1984-12-01
- 272 pages
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"Bridging the Worlds of Contemplative Practice and Science" with Alfred Kaszniak
This discussion focuses on some of the fruits of "contemplative science," and the implications of this body of meditation research for contemplative practice. It also explores how this area of research has come to gain increasing respectability within the scientific community, and address the question of whether contemplative science may serve as a skillful means for making meditation practice more approachable for a greater number of people in modern western culture.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2011-02-16
- 01:02:54
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The Physical and Psychological Effects of Meditation
A Review of Contemporary Research
IONS' intent is to provide access to citations for all scientific research studies into meditation that have been published in English.
- Publications Bibliographies
- June 1997
- 286 pages
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Living Deeply
The Art & Science of Transformation in Everyday Life
Living Deeply is the product of IONS' decade-long investigation into transformations in human consciousness. It brings what we know about achieving personal transformation off the mountain top, down from the ivory tower, out of the laboratory, and into your hands.
- Publications Books
- January 3, 2008
- 256 pages
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