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The Seeker
Using words preserved in their letters and diaries, and drawing on the reminiscences of others, the author has created a compelling fictional narrative based on the extraordinary friendship that lasted over two decades between Mahatma Gandhi and Madeline Slade, the daughter of a British admiral.
- Publications Books
- 2007-12-31
- 272 pages
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The World In Six Songs
How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
Daniel J. Levitin's astounding debut bestseller, This Is Your Brain on Music, enthralled and delighted readers as it transformed our understanding of how music gets in our heads and stays there. Now in his second New York Times bestseller, his genius for combining science and art reveals how music shaped humanity across cultures and throughout history.
- Publications Books
- August 19, 2008
- 368 pages
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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.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:27:20
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Community Groups/Overview
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Judith Skutch Whitson
Judith Skutch Whitson is Founder and President of the Foundation for Inner Peace, which publishes "A Course in Miracles." Early childhood mystical experiences triggered a lifetime search for reality. This led to years of study and an academic position at New York University, where she taught courses in "Experimental Parapsychology" and "New Dimensions in Healing." In 1971 she began the nonprofit Foundation for ParaSensory Investigation to help raise money for the newly emerging science of consciousness. It was in this capacity that Judith met Edgar Mitchell in 1972 and joined the board of IONS, where she served for twenty years. Likewise, through her friendship with John E. Fetzer, she was a founding board member of the Fetzer Institute for more than ten years.
In 1975 she met the "scribes" of "A Course in Miracles" and was entrusted to publish that metaphysical, spiritual psychotherapy under her renamed foundation. Judy has been featured on numerous television and radio programs and is profiled in two films, The Forgotten Song and a segment of The Visionaries for PBS. She is the co-author with her daughter, Tamara, of the book Double Vision.
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Ken Homer
"What is the greatest challenge facing humanity today?" The question hung like a storm cloud over the heads of more than 200 spiritual teachers crammed into a hall clearly designed to accommodate a much smaller crowd. After a brief silence the first tentative replies issued forth: “Over-population… loss of habitat… pollution… war… famine… AIDS… nuclear waste...” They seemed to gain in severity as more people weighed in with their perspectives. “Global warming... human trafficking… political corruption… increasing gap between rich and poor…” We were all familiar with this laundry list of global ailments. But few of us were prepared for what came next.
"Those are all very serious and complex challenges." said the speaker, "But, they are all secondary. The greatest challenge we face is for people who see the world very differently to sit in the same room together and not resort to violence in trying to get their way. Or for people to abandon the conversation when it does not confirm their view of the world. Because if we can't find a way to do that, we will never be very successful at tackling all the issues you just raised."
His words set off a lightning bolt in my brain! Up until then I had been stumbling along, seeking something to ignite my mind and give me direction. In the space of a few moments, this man's reframing of world challenges sparked a life-defining question in my mind: How do we bring diverse people together to explore the enormous challenges before us in ways that lead to understanding and effective action instead of stalemates, empty gestures and increased strife? Attempting to answer this question, has opened a path – crooked and twisting, filled with false starts, dead ends and unexpected company – that I have followed for the two decades since I was a volunteer at that conference.
I'm Ken Homer. One of my favorite things in life is designing, convening and hosting gatherings where people learn with and from each other. My background includes ten years as a member of the design team that developed the World Café dialogue process. I am also trained as an integral and ontological coach. My business partner and I run a successful consulting business that emphasizes social learning and collective intelligence to improve organizational capability. I have had a long, fruitful and warm friendship with IONS for many years, having consulted here, and presented at and supported several of their conferences, as well as being befriended by many of those who work here.
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
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.
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Chaos and Disorder: Why We Need Them
The value of chaos and disorder in human life and the paradoxical unity of opposites have been repeatedly affirmed by an impressive array of individuals from various walks of life – scientists, mathematicians, physicians, nurses, psychologists, philosophers, poets, writers, musicians, artists, theologians, saints, and sinners. They tell us that chaos and disorder are as essential as harmony and coherence in a fulfilled life, and in emerging science as well.
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The Hidden Gifts of Helping
Not too long ago, we thought of the body as a machine and the brain as some sort of computer that ran the show. But much recent research indicates that the brain is essentially a social organ with its cells and pathways wired for empathy, for experiencing the joys and sufferings of others as if they were our own. Our brain, our hormones, and our immune system are an intimately related care-connection system.
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Another Taboo Subject, or, Escape from Diversions. (Part one of three parts)
ASCENSION SUPPORT TEAM. DAVID AND YVONNE BRITTAIN Another Taboo Subject, or, Escape from Diversions. (Part one) This article has been adapted from chapter nine ‘The Original Plan’ from our self-published ...