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IONS on Times Square
What are the questions that ignite scientific inquiry at the Institute of Noetic Sciences? Find out some of them in this short video that started showing on Times Square in New York City in May, 2011.
- Video Shorts
- May 2011
- 00:00:20
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Generation Awakening
A new generation of social activists is emerging, seeking to embody the change they wish to see at a time when everything is at stake.
- Publications Articles
- September - November 2006
- 6 pages
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Experiments Testing Models of Mind-Matter Interaction
Three models of mind-matter interaction (MMI) in random number generators (RNGs) were tested. One model assumes that MMI is a forward-time causal influence, a second assumes that MMI is due to present-time exploitation of precognitive information, and a third assumes that MMI is a retrocausal influence.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- 2006
- 27
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"The Timing of Paradigm Shifts" with Richard Tarnas
A major paradigm shift within the collective depends on more than just theory or new empirical data. It needs a whole new soil, a larger archetypal matrix in which to ...
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2011-03-30
- 01:05:51
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Toward Understanding the Placebo Effect
Investigating a Possible Retrocausal Factor
Conventional models of placebo effects assume that all mind-body responses associated with expectation can be explained by ordinary causal processes. This experiment tested whether some placebo effects may also involve retrocausal, or time-reversed, influences.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- September1, 2007
- 7 pages
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"Conversations at the Edge" Lecture Series
This popular IONS lecture series from 2005-2006 informed San Francisco Bay Area members and the extended community about cutting-edge research and new ways of thinking about the changing times we ...
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"You Were Born for Such a Time as This" with James O'Dea
A special spoken-word composition by James O'Dea with music by Gary Malkin.
- Audio Lectures
- 2007-03-01
- 00:16:09
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Intuition through Time
What Does the Seer See?
A great deal of human activity is involved in anticipating the future, from predicting the next influenza strain to the expectations that underlie the placebo effect. Most models of anticipation take for granted that events unfold in a unidirectional flow of time, from past to future. Two experiments were conducted to test this assumption.
- Publications Scholarly Papers
- July 1, 2009
- 12 pages
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Can We Talk?
Open dialogue is the foundation of effective democracy. At this crucial time in history, organizational consultant Adams encourages us to participate in communal conversations.
- Publications Articles
- September - November 2004
- 3 pages
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The Time of Our Lives
Opening to the Gifts of both Past and Future
Watch this video recording of a presentation by Joanna Macy, PhD, recorded at the 14th International IONS Conference in 2011 – The Time of Our Lives: Opening to the Gifts of both Past and Future. Macy is a scholar of Buddhism and Living Systems Theory, known worldwide for her workshops for environmental and political activists.
- Video Lectures
- 2011-06
- 00:54:57
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"Science of Miracles" with Gregg Braden (sample)
The Quantum Language of Healing, Peace, Feeling, and Belief
New York Times best selling author Gregg Braden talks with former IONS President James O'Dea about bridging science and spirituality. They discuss consciousness, the quantum field, and how we interact with it.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-03-12
- 00:03:00
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"Imagineering the Future" with Dana Lynne Andersen
Activating our imaginative, intuitive and visionary intelligence to access and transform our future
Logic, rationality and linear causation express a ‘particle’ perspective. These left brain modes of knowing reveal a material reality that occurs in discreet packages of information wherein sequence is paramount ...
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2011-08-17
- 01:05:40
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"The Self and the Emerging Paradigm" with Michael Nagler
This conversation explores the slowly unveiling convergence of human wisdom traditions with the emerging sciences of consciousness to reveal an inspiring vision of the authentic state of the human being ...
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2011-01-05
- 00:55:52
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In Search of Happiness
There has been an unprecedented explosion of interest in the pursuit of happiness. What are scientists learning? Is the quest for happiness appropriate and useful in a time of global ...
- Publications Articles
- Spring 2009
- 6 pages
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Seven Reasons Why I Remain an Optimist
Yes, we live in precarious times, but it doesn't keep this pioneering biologist-visionary from seeing a future of thriving species and cooperative societies, with nature leading the way.
- Publications Articles
- June - August 2006
- 5 pages
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Transforming Mass Media
"At this pivotal time in human evolution, it is vitally important that the mass media and their messages serve our collective psychological and spiritual health,” says futurist Elgin.
- Publications Articles
- March - May 2004
- 6 pages
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Entangled Minds
How soon will the paranormal be normal? IONS Senior Scientist Dean Radin exposes a restlessness brewing in science and society as the theory of quantum entanglement points to minds connected ...
- Publications Articles
- December 2004 - February 2005
- 5 pages
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"Conscious Aging" Teleseminar Series
From February through May, 2011, IONS featured a series of monthly teleseminars with thought leaders who offer a new vision for aging. This series includes the latest research on how our brains age and change over time, psychological and emotional tools for mastering this stage in our lives, and spiritual insights into the aging process.
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"Mind, Brain, and Consciousness" with Larry Dossey
Premonitions involve the ability of consciousness to function noetically, beyond the constraints of space and time. Dr. Dossey discusses why this capacity should be viewed as a form of preventive medicine, and what premonitions imply about our origins and destiny.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-04-21
- 01:03:30
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Teleseminar with Rassouli
Rassouli , a visionary artist, talks with host Angela Murphy about his inspirational work and process. He will often climb a mountain in the dark, usually on a Sunday before the sun rises, to watch the change from the darkness into light. This time of transformation is the essence of creativity for Rassouli.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-02-26
- 00:59:38