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Partner
Spotlight |
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The
6-sided, 3 disk Quantum Edition of What the BLEEP -
Down the Rabbit Hole DVD, featuring IONS Senior Scientist
Dean Radin is out August 1st and includes the 2.5 hour
Director's Cut AND a science-packed 5 hour super-extended
version featuring special programmable playback options
allowing you to explore topics as far down the rabbit
hole as you want to go. They have also included 6 hours
of raw interview footage and a 30 minute filmmaker's
Q&A.
To
celebrate, the BLEEP Store is sponsoring BLEEPFest,
a one-day festival August 12th, 1-9pm at the California
Science Center in Los Angeles. Join actress/host Elaine
Hendrix, speakers Dr. Joe Dispenza and Fred Alan Wolf
Ph.D., filmmakers Will Arntz, and Betsy Chasse, plus
soundtrack artists Aeon Spoke, John Serrie, and Alan
Roubik, Patrick O'Hearn, fwap and more, for a fantastic
day of music, great information, DVD and book signings,
food and fun! For information on the Quantum Edition
go here;
for DVD purchases, festival information, tickets go
here.
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Event
Spotlight |
A
Gathering of Emerging Leaders
September 22, 2006
Join James O'Dea and a dynamic group of new paradigm activists
who combine deep spiritual practice, creativity, social
and ecological awareness, and new science in an activist
agenda that is both integral and innovative.
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Special
Events |
The
Healing Arts of Bali
August
3, 2006
Bali, Indonesia
Learn
about this beautiful, serene and exotic island.
Sri
Lanka Tsunami Relief
August
3, 2006
Vancouver, Canada
Work
with the aid organization Sarvodaya, who aims to
foster the well-being of the indigenous population.
Just
For The Health Of It!
August
4, 2006
Vancouver, Canada
Bringing
together some of today's leading minds to give us
a deeper understanding of the quantum basis for
healing our bodies, minds, and souls.
Language
of Spirit Conference
August 12, 2006
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A Bohmian-style dialogue exploring the intersection
of linguistics, consciousness and Native American
thought.
A
Gathering of Emerging Leaders
September 10, 2006
Rhinebeck, New York
Join James O'Dea and a dynamic group of new paradigm
activists who combine deep spiritual practice, creativity,
social and ecological awareness, and new science
in an activist agenda that is both integral and
innovative.
Intention
Heals Conference
September 16, 2006
Oakland, California
Join cellular biologist, Bruce Lipton, and Apollo
XIV astronaut, Edgar Mitchell, and gifted young
energy healer, Adam DreamHealer, to learn how to
empower your own healing abilities.
Nine
Gates Mystery School
September
22, 2006
Santa
Barbara, California
October
27, 2006
Lucerne
Valley, California
Nine Gates Mystery School is an intense spiritual
training . . . not a "workshop" or "retreat", but
a journey taken by individuals seeking the depths
of life's mysteries.
Intention
Heals Conference
October 14, 2006
Norfolk, Virginia
Join cellular biologist, Bruce Lipton, and Apollo
XIV astronaut, Edgar Mitchell, and gifted young
energy healer, Adam DreamHealer, to learn how to
empower your own healing abilities.
Journey
to Bhutan
October 29, 2006
Bhutan
Visit
this small, exotic, Bhuddist kingdom bordering Tibet
- a peaceful country of rare natural beauty, breathtaking
vistas and stupendous Buddhist treasures.
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Conference
Discounts |
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IONS is
co-sponsoring with AHP, the Association for Humanistic
Psychology, a number of weekend seminars across
the country with such highly appreciated presenters
as Caroline Myss, Gregg Braden, Bruce
Lipton, Joan Borysenko, Marianne Williamson, Belleruth
Naparstek, and others. IONS members receive
the $25 AHP member discount and can get CECs if
desired. For details go to ConferenceWorks.com
or call 800-395-8445.
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| From the Editor |
|   Stephen
Dinan /
In
today's second edition of iShift, we begin
delivering free media to empower you on your journey,
starting with teleseminar excerpts from Archbishop Desmond
Tutu and Ervin Laszlo below. You'll also find humorous
Q & A from Swami Beyondananda, Top Ten e-newsletters
for an emerging culture, and links to articles, media
releases and websites.
In
other news, this month marks the launch of Shift
in Action 1.0, with professional profiles, a sleeker
look, a GaiaStar commune room, and enhanced discussion
forums. (Visit now)
Everywhere we look, we see the emergence of a truly
global consciousness beginning to reshape our world.
This evolution in consciousness is essential to meet
today's global challenges - let's all work
together to activate it!
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the Frontiers / Science and Research |
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IONS often receives excellent submissions that don't
fit the themes or needs of particular magazines. This
month, we share an article from a former IONS editor,
who reflects on his encounter with a pod of dolphins,
leading to philosophical reflections on the possibility
of true interspecies communication:
 "Cosmos
and Communion," excerpted from Radical Knowing
(buy)
by Christian DeQuincey
"When
others in our group reported, for example, that dolphins
have 'pod consciousness' - that their
primary locus of identity is the pod and only secondarily
the individual dolphin - and, further, that members
of our group had learned this from messages the dolphins
themselves had communicated, how was I to take it? How
was I to remain intellectually honest without falling
prey to postconquest consciousness? My dilemma was how
to balance my philosopher's mind with the process
of opening up my heart, trusting in my feelings and
intuition."
Click here to participate in a study of Masuru
Emoto's work with intention and water ice crystals.
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At
the Frontiers / Media |
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Noteworthy
Releases
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Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman's
bestselling book, admirably converted to cinema
(website)
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When the Impossible Happens: Adventures
in Non-Ordinary Reality, by Stan
Grof - a pioneering transpersonal psychologist
reveals more of his own experience (buy)
2. The Chaos Point: The World at a
Crossroads, by Ervin Laszlo (buy)
3. The Great Turning: From Empire
to Earth Community, by David Korten
(buy)
New
Edgar Mitchell DVD
In
the 35th Anniversary year of his Apollo 14 walk
on the moon, IONS founder Dr. Edgar Mitchell releases
an award-winning DVD on which he is the narrator.
Timely and timeless messages poignantly detailed
in The View From Space - A Message
of Peace are enhanced by an expanded
menu with personal interviews, awe-inspiring visuals
from NASA, The Hubble Telescope, and Artist-Astronaut
Alan Bean.
TO
PLACE ORDERS and read more about this, visit the
Autographed Photos Page on www.Edmitchellapollo14.com
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At
the Frontiers / WebWatch |
1.
Co-Intelligence.org
- Tom Atlee's combination of think tank
and movement building site with a specialty in higher-consciousness
approaches to societal change. Large archives.
2. Zaadz.com
- Emerging social networking powerhouse for
the conscious change space. Some great community-building
tools.
3. ITP-life.com
- Showcases Integral Transformative Practice,
the offspring of Esalen founder Michael Murphy and
human potential pioneer George Leonard. It's
one of the best combination methods for personal
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At
the Frontiers / Top Ten |
Top
ten e-newsletters for an emerging culture
List from Stephen Dinan:
1.
New Heaven, New Earth
- great daily news service
2. SchwartzReport
- a deeper look at trends shaping our future
3. Evolutionary
Edge - from the prolific Tom Atlee of co-intelligence
renown
4. PlaNetwork
- harnessing technology for sustainability and societal
change
5. Integral
Commons - Insightful ezine launched by
IntegrativeSpirituality.org
6. Beyondanews
- Swami B's humorous riffs on popular
culture
7. Living
the Field - from frontier science reporter
Lynne McTaggart
8. The
Bleeping Herald - What the Bleep!? serves up
fresh content, every month
9. Radical
Middle - trans-partisan views on politics
and societal change
10. Enlightenment.com
- often has reviews of new books, practices,
and trends
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Shift
in Action / Shift Magazine |
SHIFT #11
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Intelligent
Evolution
by Gary E. Schwartz
Sacred Geometry
by Robert J. Gilbert
Exploring a Sentient World
by Franci Prowse with Cleve Backster
Seeing Where We Are
by Laura Sewall
Faith, Science, & Life: Toward a Coherent
Cosmology
by Kevin R. Lind
Our Ethnosphere at Risk
by Wade Davis
Seven
Reasons Why I Remain an Optimist
by Elisabet Sahtouris
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.
>>Download
PDF of this article<<
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Shift
in Action / Featured Channel |
Quest for Global Healing
The Quest for Global Healing channel explores how
to deal with wounds created by conflict, collective
trauma and large-scale oppression. We highlight
areas of collective experience which remain unresolved,
neglected, and repressed within the psyche of groups
and even nations. In the last year, we've hosted
teleseminars with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jean
Houston, Frances Moore Lappe, Azim Khamisa, Andrew
Cohen, Kaethe Weingarten, Robin Casarjian, and Ervin
Laszlo. Partners can now download all of these teleseminars
from our Quest for Global Healing home page.
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Personal
Connections / Tales of Transformation |
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 "On
the Rocks"
By Jane Hughes Gignoux
Excerpt: "As it turned out, I had to let go of
everyone and everything I was trying to save in
order to take care of myself. I had been neglecting,
and denying my own needs at my peril. It took
me a while to get the message, even though it
seems crystal clear in hindsight: living an unhealthy
spiritual life has catastrophic consequences.
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Submit
your own tales of transformation.
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Personal
Connections / Donor Spotlight |
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Mundo
Pequeno (Small World), by Beth Cushman
"
I
could go nearly 4,000 miles across the globe with
my little family and walk into someone's living
room who I have never met and there he would be...,
connecting us with warm, loving, like-minded friends
who knew him and treasure what he believed in
most.”
For information on Visionary Circle membership,
call Kathleen Erickson-Freeman at 707.779.8232
or at KathleenEricksonFreeman@noetic.org.
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Personal
Connections / Comedy Corner |
Swami
Beyondananda Answers Your Questions - and You Will
Question His Answers 
Dear
Swami:
Is it possible to shift the consciousness
of a whole country? Are there any examples in
history?
Anna
Stezia, Portland OR
Dear Anna:
Well, from what I understand the shift really
hit the fan in Atlantis a few millennia back.
Of course, that example is a little over the top,
not to mention under the bottom. A little closer
to here and now, it happened in America in 1776,
and being a certain kind of mystic - an optimystic
- I say it can happen again. Only this time, we
won't need a revolution. It will take an evolution
where we the people wake up to realize that we
are the leaders we've been waiting for. Imagine
... the unarmed forces overgrowing the current
system from the grassroots up, a nonviolent evolution
where only a few big shots are fired. And here's
the good news: people are already starting to
wake up and wise up, so the "up-wising" has begun!
©
Copyright 2006 by Steve Bhaerman.
All rights reserved.
Visit the Swami online at www.wakeuplaughing.com
Ask
Swami your own question. Send it here.
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Personal
Connections / Monthly Intention |
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August
Intention:
The
first of every month at noon (US Pacific), we
encourage you take a quiet moment to link your
intention with people around the world. This month,
our intention is in support of abundance. Together,
we affirm that we are each part of activities
that are deeply needed on this planet and that
each will receive the resources required to manifest
in their rightful way. We ask that this abundance
be sustainable and in alignment with the needs
of the rest of the planet.
August
Action:
Try taking one specific action
in support of the monthly intention that represents
your commitment to shifting towards thinking more
abundantly. In what area of your life can you
visualize the flow of exactly the resources you
need to manifest your most beautiful vision?
August Question
for Reflection:
If you believed that you will
receive whatever you need to manifest your dreams,
how might that change how you live your daily life?
IONS Member Intention,
from Rev. Larry James Stephens:
"My Intention is to allow for,
not just tolerate, all other intentions...especially
those I don't agree with. I'm knowing that what
I resist, persists, and I can not transform that
which I don't acknowledge. By choosing demonstration
over judgment, and cooperation over competition,
I help insure there will always be more than enough
love and abundance in the world."
If
you'd like to offer an intention for next month,
please send it here.
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