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  Program
Area 3:
Emerging Worldviews
Never before in history have so many cultures, belief systems, and new scientific discoveries come
into contact so quickly. The "postmodern" times ahead are indeed exciting and challenging. Our dominant ways of
knowing about the world science and religion—are still often in competition, but neither can be exclusively correct.
As old societal structures are stressed, exploring emerging paradigms and worldviews grows in importance.
Can a blend of ancient and contemporary wisdom help to generate transformative models for how to live life in the 21st
century? Or must we seek something
entirely new?
If you want to help fund one of the projects, please contact Jenny Mathews at 707-779-8234.
For more information, download our complete research portfolio or just
download Program Area 3.
| Accomplishments |
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Willis Harman's
classic books, Global Mind
Change, Higher Creativity, and
Biology Revisioned, helped
forge a new appreciation for the
idea that our unexamined assumptions
about reality literally create
the societies we live in |
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With Stanford
psychologist Stephen LaBerge we
have studied the physiological
and phenomenological nature of
lucid dreaming |
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Fariba Bogzaran
conducted an IONS sponsored study
to investigate experiences of
the transcendent through lucid
dreaming and creative artistic
expression |
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Marilyn Schlitz
took us into the rainforests of
the Amazon to explore the dream
sharing of the Achuar Indians |
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In 1984, the
14th Dalai Lama of Tibet met with
a group of Western scientists
in an IONS-sponsored symposium.
In simple words, he spoke of his
ancient tradition and the way
it meshes with findings from the
frontiers of science |
| Current
Projects |
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Dreaming for
the collective: Subjective experience
and collective action
This project takes us deeply into
the Achuar worldview of the Ecuadorian
Amazon to better understand the
process of dream sharing among
this remote group. Marilyn
Schlitz, PhD |
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Intention:
Creating a culture of peace
This study involves a qualitative
survey of the use of applied intention
in peace promoting projects at
the United Nations and ongoing
peace work by other organizations.
Sharon Franquemont |
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Quantum holography
A team of scientists, under the
direction of Dr. Mitchell, is
creating an integrated model for
understanding consciousness. Edgar
Mitchell, ScD |
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Religious
revival in Mongolia
This project is documenting national
identity and cultural and religious
heritage among the Mongolian people.
Vesna Wallace |
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Testing theoretical
models of mind-matter interaction
The study employs a theoretical
model that can discriminate between
forwards-time (psychokinetic)
and backwards-time (retrocausal
or precognitive) effects, and
it uses data collected in an experiment
to test against these models.
Dean Radin, PhD |
| Proposed
Research |
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Indigenous
consciousness: Research into the
Dine tradition
The two researchers will work
extensively with their elders
to reveal knowledge that might
otherwise be lost. Nancy Maryboy,
PhD, David Begay, PhD, & Members
of the Dine Nation |
If you want to help fund one of the projects, please contact Jenny Mathews at 707-779-8234.
For more information, download our complete research portfolio or just
download Program Area 3.
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