THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 2008

Popular Discoveries

Popular Discoveries

The Resonant Heart

R. McCraty, R. T. Bradley, D. Tomasino | Shift | Shift Issue #05: The Science of Fields

More than just a simple organ, the heart is a powerful regulator of our body systems . . . and our social relationships. By cultivating positive emotions and increasing the sensitivity of our hearts, we deepen our connections within our social and individual fields.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Dean Radin | IONS Noetic Sciences Review | IONS Review #63

Can focused minds move matter? According to data from the Global Consciousness Project, the answer is "yes." IONS' senior scientist Radin reports on experiments designed to detect effects of group consciousness on quantum events. The mystery, he says, "ri

El Amplio Espacio Central

Aftab Omer | IONS en Español

Spanish-language translation of "The Spacious Center" from Shift #6.

Energy Psychology in Disaster Relief

David Feinstein | Shift | Shift Issue #10: Subtle Energy

The methods of energy psychology are gaining credibility as they find remarkable success in some of the world's most traumatized places.

Ceremonial Healing

Nancy Maryboy and David Begay | Shift | Shift Issue #03: Integral Health and Healing

Native American healers Maryboy and Begay describe the importance of language, worldview, and ceremony in healing.

Nurturing Emotional Wisdom

Gail Bernice Holland | IONS Noetic Sciences Review | IONS Review #63

It all begins by harmonizing head and heart—taking us one step closer toward a global wisdom society, writes IONS' editor Holland. In this article, she reports on a growing movement in schools to balance intellectual intelligence with emotional wisdom.

How I Was a Psychic Spy for the CIA and Found God

Doris Lora | IONS Noetic Sciences Review | IONS Review #65

From laser science to remote viewing and Buddhist practice: Personal historian Lora profiles Russell Targ, a leading light in psi research.

Fields of Form

Rupert Sheldrake | Shift | Shift Issue #05: The Science of Fields

Rupert Sheldrake’s 1981 hypothesis of “morphic fields� has continued to stir a lot of excitement in research at the frontiers of consciousness.

Paradox, Breakthrough, and the Zen Koan

John Tarrant | Shift | Shift Issue #06: Creativity

The Japanese koan embraces the unknown and makes an ally of doubt, leaving the conditioned mind behind.

Evaluating Energy Therapists

Dorothea Hover-Kramer | Shift | Shift Issue #10: Subtle Energy

It's not the therapy as much as the therapist, says the coauthor of Creating Right Relationships-A Practical Guide to Ethics in Energy Therapies.

Native Wisdom In A Quantum World

Glenn Aparicio Parry | Shift | Shift Issue #09: An Emerging Vision

Quantum theory reveals what many indigenous cultures have always known: Everything exists in dynamic flux-everything vibrates-and everything is in relation to everything else.

Sacred Geometry

Robert J. Gilbert | Shift | Shift Issue #11: The Living Universe

There are archetypal patterns behind every material thing in the universe. A new holistic science that understands those patterns will help us resolve some our most pressing environmental and social problems.

The Dance of Choice and Choicelessness

Satish Kumar | Shift | Shift Issue #04: Choice and the Mirror of Consequence

Kumar offers a personal perspective on the paradox of choice.

Child Spirit

Marilyn Schlitz | Shift | Shift Issue #04: Choice and the Mirror of Consequence

Exploring the frontiers of consciousness:
IONS’ research continues to push the boundaries. This issue: precognition.

Global Mind Change

John E. Mack | IONS Noetic Sciences Review | IONS Review #64

Terrorism takes many forms—as, unfortunately, recent events have revealed. Here, Harvard psychiatrist Mack identifies three levels of causes: immediate, proximate, and deeper. Focusing on deeper causes, he shows how they are rooted in the nature of our