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The Altruistic Species
Scientific, Philosophical, and Religious Perspectives of Human Benevolence
What motivates altruism? How essential is the phenomenon of altruism to the human experience? Is altruism readily accessible to the ordinary person?
- Publications Books
- October 1, 2007
- 304 pages
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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.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-06-09
- 00:59:45
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Compassionate Intention as a Therapeutic Intervention by Partners of Cancer Patients
Effects of Distant Intention on the Patients' Autonomic Nervous System
This double-blind study investigated the effects of intention on the autonomic nervous system of a human "sender" and distant "receiver" of those intentions, and it explored the roles that motivation and training might have in modulating these effects.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- July 1, 2008
- 9 pages
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"The Biology and Sociology of Good and Evil" with Van Jones and Thomas Lewis
Psychiatrist Thomas Lewis, who has studied the neurobiology of emotion, and human rights activist and lawyer, Van Jones present two perspectives on understanding good and evil. Is our perception of good and evil biologically or culturally based?
- Audio Lectures
- 2005-12-02
- 01:01:06
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"Quantum Change" with William Miller
When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives
Dr. William Miller talks with host Cassandra Vieten about motivational interviewing used to identify conflicting motivations and how to move forward into life changes. Dr. Miller has studied the phenomenon of transformational changes, those that usually occur within a matter of hours and result in enduring and sometimes dramatic change in one's life and personality.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-04-22
- 00:54:48
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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.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:33:40
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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.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:35:21
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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.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:25:06
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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.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:28:14
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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.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:22:22
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Essential Shifts Interview: Andrew Harvey
In this interview, scholar and mystic Andrew Harvey blazes a path straight into the sacred heart, shying away from none of the horror of the world’s situation while calling us into our most naked and vulnerable core.
- Audio Interviews
- 00:52:49
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"Afterlife Encounters" with Dianne Arcangel
What happens when we die? Dianne Arcangel, a former hospice chaplain and author of Afterlife Encounters, has assembled the world’s largest database of over 10,000 case studies involving contact with “the other side." In this teleseminar with scientist Dean Radin, they explore the implications of this data, the relationship between seeing apparitions and personality types, and alternative explanations such as super-psi.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2006-09-13
- 01:03:56
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"Building True Wealth" with Catherine Austin Fitts
IONS Editorial Director Matthew Gilbert and guest Catherine Austin Fitts engage in a thought provoking conversation which includes the analogy of big business as a tape worm. Catherine describes what we need to be aware of in our investments to insure that we are not unintentionally feeding the 'tape worm.'
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2006-01-03
- 01:01:01
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"Science of Spiritual Transformation" with Solomon Katz
In this teleseminar, host Cassandra Vieten talks with anthropologist, professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and former board president of Metanexus Institute, Dr. Solomon Katz. Their dialogue explores some of the findings from the Metanexus Institute's Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program ...
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-07-08
- 01:07:24
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Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Community Group
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh IN
IONS are the group of people assembled and arranged here to create and share vision-thoughts-ideas-
knowledge, for the welfare of oneself/group and the (UNIVERSE)*. Aligned to the subject(s) selected and dignified by one or more group member(s), to move ahead in the field of development in as many as field viz. educational, social, economic, scientific, technological, sustainable, natural, etc. Our motive is to work in grass-root level to reach the common people and help the government and people. -
Worldview Explorations/Overview
The Worldview Explorations™ Project Imagining • Collaborating • Exploring • Creating • Experiencing The Worldview Explorations Project is an educational initiative that has grown out of four decades of research by the Institute of ... -
About/Grants and Awards
Grants and Awards Recognition and support for the work that many people endeavor to do in the noetic fields is often in short supply. Many brilliant people are given little ... -
Support Us/Planned Giving/Bequests to IONS
How do I include IONS in my will or living trust? “As the board chair of the IONS planned giving committee, we would like to encourage members to allow their ...