Worldviews
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The Dance of Choice and Choicelessness
Kumar offers a personal perspective on the paradox of choice.
- Publications Articles
- September - November 2004
- 4 pages
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The Evolutionary Mind
Stimulating and often startling discussions between three friends, all highly original thinkers: Rupert Sheldrake, controversial biologist, Terence McKenna, psychedelic visionary, and Ralph Abraham, chaos mathematician. Their passion is to break out of paradigms that retard our evolution and to explore new possibilities.
- Publications Books
- April 1, 2005
- 224 pages
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When The Impossible Happens
Feelings of oneness with other people, nature, and the universe. Encounters with extraterrestrials, deities, and demons. Out-of-body experiences and past-life memories. Science casts a skeptical eye.
- Publications Books
- April 1, 2005
- 400 pages
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Biology Revisioned
Biology Revisioned presents an engaging look at the changing state of biology and proposes that we reconsider our views of science and life. Harman and Sahtouris suggest that it is an historical accident that physics came to be the generally accepted root discipline of science ...
- Publications Books
- July 1, 1998
- 320 pages
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Unraveling the Secret
The DVD and book that have ignited the imagination of millions only scratch the surface of the history and complexity behind the law of attraction. It’s neither as simple ...
- Publications Articles
- June - August 2007
- 6 pages
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A World in Transition
With global civilization in the throes of transition, our guiding values and assumptions about reality are in flux. In this excerpt from Global Shift, the latest title from Noetic Books ...
- Publications Articles
- Winter 2008 - 2009
- 5 pages
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The Noetic Post, Vol. 1, No. 1
An 8-page newsletter with information on the noetic sciences, from feature articles and book reviews to research updates and news on IONS.
- Publications Newsletters
- Fall/Winter 2009
- 8 pages
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Born To Be Good
A new examination of the surprising origins of human goodness. In Born to Be Good, Dacher Keltner demonstrates that humans are not hardwired to lead lives that are "nasty, brutish, and short"—we are in fact born to be good. He investigates ...
- Publications Books
- January 12, 2009
- 352 pages
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The Science of Peace
This project proposes a comprehensive strategy to form a new multidisciplinary “science of peace.”
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Meeting of the Minds
The purpose of the conference was to encourage a dialogue between a distinguished group of mainstream scientists and rigorous researchers working at the frontiers of science.
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Connexiones
This study aimed to examine the effects of a specially developed noetic intervention designed to encourage maternal infant bonding and communication in Latina pregnant teenagers in Marin County.
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Worldview Transformation
How does consciousness transform?
How can we support individual and
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Social Healing: Sri Lanka at a Tipping Point
Social—or societal—healing is an emerging field. It seeks to bring learning in a variety of adjacent fields such as peacemaking, peace building, conflict resolution, trauma recovery, and restorative justice together with insights from the new sciences including consciousness studies, neuroscience, and an integral approach to mind-body medicine...
- Global Shift
- In the News
- Worldview
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The Transformation Project
A series of studies over a decade has investigated transformations in consciousness, or how people make fundamental shifts in perception that alter how they view and interact with themselves and the world around them.
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Living Deeply
A book, DVD, and series of workshops that move spirituality off the mountain top and into your daily life... one step at a time.
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Restoring the Balance
When people ask me what I do for a living, I answer that I direct the research program at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. What follows are a range of responses. For some, a light of recognition is ignited in their eyes: “Oh, I love that place…cool!” For a few, there is the “Never-heard-of-it” glaze. And ...
- Noetic Research
- Worldview
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Van Jones One Minute Shift | It's Not Too Late
The crises facing our planet can be overwhelming. But it is not too late for change, says Van Jones, a respected social justice leader. In this inspiring video, he shares that change begins with a worldview that says we’re not going to leave anyone behind.
- Video Shorts
- 00:01:18
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Essential Shifts Interview: Don Beck
Spiral Dynamics Integral provides a powerful, multi-leveled mapping of culture, values, and consciousness. In this interview, the leading practitioner of this work, Don Beck, shares his insights about how we can more effectively meet different cultures with solutions appropriate to their "memetic codes."
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-05-15
- 00:34:48
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"Quest for Meaning" with James O'Dea
In this recorded message to members, Former IONS President James O'Dea talks with us about "A Quest for Meaning." In his poetic style, James explores the history of humankind, language and worldview, offering a powerful testament to how consciousness can reshape our lives and our world.
- Audio Lectures
- 2008-07-26
- 00:48:45