Exploring the Noetic Sciences
For the next five months the focus of this teleseminar series will be to provide a basic understanding of IONS' three primary program areas: Consciousness and Healing, Extended Human Capacities and Worldview Transformation with at least three live hosted teleseminars per month. Another opportunity to delve deeper into the noetic sciences will be made available through a year-long educational program called "The Essentials of Noetic Sciences" beginning in the fall.To participate in the live teleseminars where you can ask our guests questions, we invite you to become a member of IONS
If you are a monthly member, log in to see the 'register now' tab in the left column for each teleseminar to get call-in information.
Listing of recorded Teleseminars
March 4th, 2010 | 598 reads
What can your cells teach you about living a spiritual life, love, and the Self? 100 trillion individual cells create your personal physical universe providing their own "wisdom medicine" through self-diagnosis, love, repair, regulation, and regeneration.
March 12th, 2010 | 382 reads | 1 comment
John White maintains that (1) the spiritual foundations of America are congruent with those of the Perennial Philosophy, which emphasizes enlightenment as the key to world peace and happiness, and (2) the Perennial Philosophy is embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, which together provide a theory and practice of enlightened government.
March 18th, 2010 | 460 reads
Activist and spiritual teacher Corinne McLaughlin discusses her new book and how you can change yourself and change the world at the same time. There is surprising evidence of a powerful New World growing right in our midst — despite escalating worldwide crises — if you know where, and how, to look. Discover 8 keys to the New World within you and and all around you, with surprising solutions to our toughest problems and tools for your spiritual growth.
March 25th, 2010 | 425 reads
Last Fall, the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, a program of the government of India, selected Dr. Radin as their National Visiting Professor for 2009-2010. From mid-February to mid-March Dean gave nine lectures on "the noetic mind" in five Indian cities. Dean discusses the topics of his presentations, the responses he received, and some of his impressions of India today. 
April 1st, 2010 | 298 reads
IONS' Multi-Media Producer Kelly Durkin hosts Elizabeth Miller, Worldview Literacy Educator, and Matthew Davis, Educational Philosopher and Student of Theology. During the past several months, Elizabeth Miller and Matthew Davis have had the opportunity to conduct pilots of the Worldview Literacy, Seeds of Change program. Join them as they share background on the project, notes from the field, insights and inspirations, student reflections, and plans for the next phases of program development.
April 8th, 2010 | 322 reads
The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) is a long-term experiment that extends psi research to global dimensions, looking for effects of mass consciousness. We predict that events which produce widely shared emotional reactions will register as unexpected structure in random data sequences. The GCP is associated with the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which has provided its logistical home since 1998.
April 15th, 2010 | 338 reads
Peter Russell shares his latest thinking on why consciousness is a fundamental quality of the cosmos, and how we can apply our scientific understanding of consciousness to our the awakening of our own being.
April 22nd, 2010 | 416 reads | 1 comment
Marilyn Schlitz hosts this conversation with Larry Dossey. Premonitions involve the ability to see events that may happen in the future. 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.
April 29th, 2010 | 241 reads
Angela Murphy hosts this dialogue with Yoruba priestess Luisah Teish. They talk about the potential of spring and renewal, and our relationship to gardening and other earth-centered arts.
May 6th, 2010 | 524 reads
Marilyn Schlitz hosts this conversation with Deepak Chopra. How can we begin to fathom the Mind of God? Chances are it won’t look like the God taught in Sunday school. What will the deity look like? He/She/It will reflect our own state of evolution. Insofar as we understand our own consciousness, we will understand where it came from, which is God.
May 14th, 2010 | 303 reads
Drawing on what science tells us about the factors that breed happiness in childhood and beyond, Dr. Christine Carter teaches us simple seeds we can sow in our children’s lives that set the stage for their optimism, emotional health, and confidence—while helping us become happier parents at the same time!
May 20th, 2010 | 212 reads
Marilyn Schlitz hosts this discussion with Jean Watson. This session shares some of the latest research and science of the heart and how it underpins Caring Science as an ethic, philosophy and theory as guide to transforming nursing and health care fr
June 3rd, 2010 | 239 reads
Dean Radin hosts this discussion with Diane Powell on why some people are more psychic than others. Although research suggests that all of us are capable of telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and other psychic experiences, the occurrence among us varies tremendously. Dr. Powell discusses her investigation of this question and the consistent patterns of brain activity associated with psi. 
June 10th, 2010 | 230 reads | 2 comments
Kristin's research shows that self-compassion offers all of the psychological benefits of self-esteem with none of its drawbacks. And self-compassion is not the same as self-indulgence. 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.
June 17th, 2010 | 186 reads
Is matter or consciousness the ground of all being? When we talk about mind body medicine we think of mind over matter, our minds controlling some aspect of our body. What we really should be saying is consciousness over matter. Consciousness is primary, and can directly affect changes on the brain, leading to changes in the body’s health. No matter how you measure it, finding inner peace is healthy for you. 
June 30th, 2010 | 180 reads
Dean Radin hosts this discussion with Dr. Julie Beischel, who performs rigorously controlled research investigating the accuracy of the information mediums report and systematic studies of their experiences during ostensible communication with the deceased. But are they really talking to the dead? Dr. Beischel will discuss what she has found during her research with mediums and the importance of those findings for each of us. 
July 8th, 2010 | 174 reads | 1 comment
What began as a laboratory protocol, created by a small group of scientists at Stanford Research Institute, has become part modern mental martial art, part awakening path, and part social movement. Why has this happened? Perhaps because remote viewing produces objectively verifiable data derived from the non-local and can be taught to anyone.
July 15th, 2010 | 154 reads
This very practical teleseminar will focus on how you can take charge of your own brain with self-directed neuroplasticity. If you can change your brain, you can change your life. 
July 22nd, 2010 | 138 reads
Each of us, by intention and choice, can be a source for healing. We can develop in ourselves the capacity to accompany people on the healing journey – and all people are on that journey towards wholeness - regardless of the starting point, the tools used, or the outcome achieved.
