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Partner
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IONS
Top Recommendation for a Noetic Holiday present!
Healing
Rhythms is the first whole-body wellness program
to bring together some of the leading voices in health
and wellness - doctors Deepak Chopra and Dean Ornish. Healing Rhythms' interactive 15-Step Training
Program and biofeedback hardware gives you the tools
to build a happy mind and a healthy body.
When
you purchase Healing Rhythms and let them know you are
an iShift subscriber with the following code,
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About
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"I've found Wild Divine to
be one of the most interesting advancements in training
mind-body awareness that I've seen in many decades.
By combining an effective biofeedback system with a
very high quality computer-based adventure game, learning
how to relax and shift your attention becomes fun and
(nearly) effortless.
-- IONS Sr. Scientist Dean Radin, PhD
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Event
Spotlight |
Mark your calendar for the 4th annual 2007 Yoga
Journal San Francisco Conference, January 18-21!
Spend one day or four practicing all styles of yoga
at the Hyatt Embarcadero, San Francisco.
Presenters
such as Baron Baptiste, Seane Corn, Shiva Rea,
Patricia Walden, and Rodney Yee
will offer workshops and intensives for participants
of all levels, from the beginner to the most experienced
yogi.
Events
include a Community Connection party, Yoga Trance Dance,
panels, keynotes, kids yoga, and demonstrations. Shop
the Yoga Marketplace for the latest yoga products, stylish
yoga wear, CDs, Dvds, books, and much more!
For
more information, visit www.yjevents.com
or call 800-561-9398. Use promo code SF34 to receive
$20 off Main Conference tuition (Saturday and Sunday
only).
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On-Campus
Events |
Monroe
Institute Gateway Voyage
December 2-8, 2006
Petaluma, California
Spend an intensive week of exploration into progressively
higher states of consciousness. Now in its 33rd
year, this legendary program as helped thousands
realize they are more than their physical body.
Stillpoint
School of Integrative Life Healing: Intensive
II
February 3-7, 2007
Intensive
III
April 14-18, 2007
Intensive
IV
June 16-20, 2007
Petaluma, California
Dr. Meredith Young-Sowers will guide you through
a series of powerful and connected exercises and
experiences in the innovative and deeply spiritual
five days of A Sacred Connection - Igniting the
Inner Light.
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Special
Events |
The
Alliance for a New Humanity
Presents
The Human Forum:
Faces of Courage
December 7-9, 2006
Westin Rio Mar Resort, Puerto Rico
Explore consciousness with Deepak Chopra and James
O'Dea, dialogue with Andrew Harvey on the path of
Sacred Activism, with author Lynne Twist on the
art of giving, be inspired by the music of Grammy
Award winner Nestor Torres, and vocalist Fred Johnson,
by the stories of Broadway playwright and performer
David Gonzales, by the passion of Nobel Peace Laureates
Betty Williams, Rigoberta Menchu, and Buddhist nun
and activist Mae Chee Sansanee.
Imagination,
Consciousness, and the New Sciences: Opening New
Doors of Perception
May 18-20, 2007
New York City, New York
Presenters:
Gerald
Epstein, M.D. (Convener, Keynoter, Imagination)
Roger Nelson, Ph.D. (Consciousness)
Elizabeth A. Rauscher, Ph.D. (New Science)
Catherine Shainberg, Ph.D. (Imagination)
Ingo Swann (Consciousness)
William A. Tiller, Ph.D. (New Science)
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Conference
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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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Media
Spotlight |
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Inspiring
photographs from around the world convey our oneness
in Spirit in this award-winning Prayer &
Meditation 2007 Calendar. With each image is
a prayer or quote from the world's religious traditions
and an enlightening aphorism by Swami Amar Jyoti inviting
us to deepen our relationship with the Divine.
This calendar comes at a time
when clarification of purpose, a deepening of practice,
and the focusing of intention are indispensable for
personal and planetary transformation. Let yourself
take a break and feel the peace and calm while sitting
in meditation or drinking in the incredible beauty of
nature with this stunning calendar.
—Shift Magazine
More information at
prayermeditationcalendar.org
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| From the Editor |
|   Stephen
Dinan /
This
month, we enter the holidays and the season of light,
a time to celebrate the year, connect with loved ones,
and expand our generosity. As our research continues
to demonstrate, our thoughts and intentions do affect
others. So in addition to celebrating, we encourage
you to spend some time focusing inwardly in a state
of gratitude and love to attract more blessings for
our entire planet.
In
this issue, we include a Thanksgiving message from our
President, transcripts of Essential Shifts interviews,
free audio samples from Shift in Action and noetic gift
suggestions for the holidays, in addition to a recipe
for ending war from our beloved Swami.
The
next Shift magazine will soon
be reaching your doorstep, entitled Towards
a Science of Peace, with articles listed
below. Please also SAVE THE DATE for our next International
Conference, Consciousness in Action: The
Science and Practice of Transformation,
to be held August 8-12, 2007 in Palm Springs. Early
registration begins in January.
In
other news, our Senior Scientist Dean Radin had his
book Entangled Minds listed
as one of the favorite science books of Nobel Laureate
Kary Mullis. (full
article) Vote yourself! (vote)
Finally, long time IONS Fellow Duane
Elgin was awarded the Goi Peace Prize in Japan over
Thanksgiving, a wonderful honor for a distinguished
IONS leader. (full
story)
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the Frontiers / The Edge |
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 Thanksgiving
Message from IONS President James O'Dea - "Gratitude
is a substance. Some would say it is one of the strongest
medicines we can take to help build an immune system
bombarded with stress, fragmentation, and multiplicity."
Volunteers have been transcribing more than 30 Essential
Shifts interviews. We share three this month:
Andrew
Harvey - "[W]hat has inspired me is, I imagine,
what would inspire everybody else.... On the one hand,
the growing initiation into my own divine nature, into
my own divine truth and to the bliss and power that
comes from that--and the intiation into radical heartbreak,
into a tremendous grief and real, real sorrow at what
is happening and what we have done and what we have
become and what we have let ourselves become."
Arisika Razak - "Whether we have children or
not, all of us at some level are in service to the future....
If we can tap into our lineage of the heart, whatever
that is, and link that to the vision we want to manifest,
then I think that, however short or long our lives are,
we serve in this life in a way that we are satisfied."
Arjuna Ardagh - "[T]here's only
one shift. There's only one thing that needs to happen,
which is to wake up-which is, in this very moment, to
recognize who is really here, who is really aware. And
from this shift, everything else takes place because
everything that troubles us about the world..., all
these things which seem to be so desperate, they are
all based in this core feeling of separation which has
dominated human consciousness for so long."
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At
the Frontiers / Media |
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Noteworthy
Releases
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The Secret - This month
when you sign up for a trial month of
Spiritual Cinema, you get a free copy
of the DVD that has our networks buzzing, which
explores how our consciousness has the ability
to architect the life we truly desire and features
many of the leaders seen on recent Larry King
specials. (sign
up now)
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Evening Thoughts: Reflections on Earth
as Sacred Community, by Thomas Berry
(buy)
2. Everything You Need to Know to
Feel Go(o)d, by Candace Pert (buy)
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At
the Frontiers / Top Ten |
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With
the holiday season upon us, we feature some novel
noetic holiday gifts, selected by Stephen Dinan:
1.
Healing Rhythms, from Wild Divine
- powerful combination of biofeedback and healing,
featuring Deepak Chopra, Dean Ornish, and Andrew
Weil (buy
- use the redemption code: SHIFT)
2. emWave, from HeartMath
- stress relief made scientific and enjoyable
(buy)
3. Membership in Spiritual Cinema
- free trial month includes The Secret
(sign
up now)
4. The View From Space: A Message
of Peace - Astronaut Edgar Mitchell's
inspiring DVD (buy)
5. MyPath TV membership - online,
full-screen videos on a range of transformational
topics (sign
up now)
6. Bleep and Quantum Edition
combo - for devoted fans of the What
the Bleep phenomenon (buy)
7. Triple DVD combo - Down
the Rabbit Hole, The Secret, and One,
a great conscious movie package! (buy)
8. Carbon offsets - Those concerned
about global warming can go "zero carbon;" I made
this my personal gift to the planet last Christmas
(buy)
9. iPod filled with Shift in Action
audios - We have 500 hours of groundbreaking
talks on the site now, which diligent Partners
can download to fit on a single iPod for a truly
transformative and novel present (buy
iPod - see
Shift in Action audios)
10. Gift of IONS membership -
Fund the frontiers and introduce your loved ones
to IONS! (buy)
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Shift
in Action / Live Teleseminars |
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We
have a terrific roster of Wednesday night teleseminars
in December, all at 5 pm Pacific time:
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December
6th -
Marilyn Schlitz with Joan Borysenko
on "Wisdom of the Heart"
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December
13th - Dean
Radin with Nassim Haramein
on "Resonance, Black Holes, and the Frontiers
of Physics"
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December
20th-
James O'Dea and Judith Thompson
with Angeles Arrien on "Shamanic
Wisdom and Healing"
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December
27th-
No teleseminar this week - Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year! |
We
recently expanded our offerings beyond the Wednesday
night teleseminar to include a new Essential Shifts
Tuesday Luncheon series with some of the brightest
lights of our day. The interviews are taped but
the conversations with other Partners are live:
- Tuesday,
December 5th - Michael Bernard Beckwith
(details)
- Tuesday,
December 12th - Andrew Harvey
(details)
- Tuesday,
December 19th - Swami Beyondananda
(details)
- Tuesday,
December 26th - No luncheon this week
- Happy Holidays!
Sign
up today to join in the fun!
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Shift
in Action / Recent Releases |
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  Free
Audio Downloads
Other
releases available to Partners include:
- Brother
David Steindl-Rast
on the Essential Shifts - Details
- James
Twyman on the Essential Shifts - Details
- Van
Jones video series - Details
Join
Shift in Action today!
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Shift
in Action / Shift Magazine |
 Our
December issue on Towards a Science of Peace:
Table
of Contents:
PEACE:
A NEW CENTER OF HUMAN BECOMING
by James O'Dea
The president of IONS applauds the emergence
of a vision of global peace but cautions that
there is still much work to be done.
WHEN
EINSTEIN MET GANDHI
from the IONS Peace Colloquium
What do you get when neuroscientists
and physicists sit down with psychologists and
activists to talk about peace? The potential beginnings
of a new field of study.
WHO
ARE WE?
by Frans de Waal
In this short excerpt from his new book,
the renowned primatologist shows that humans have
as much in common with the conciliatory bonobo
as with the bloodthirsty chimpanzee.
BECOMING
COMPASSIONATE
by Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
This pioneering psychologist-scientist
in the study of child development concludes that
nature needs nurture to nourish our inherent capacities
for humane behavior.
AVERTING
THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
by Stephanie D. Preston
Aggression and conflict in the quest
for survival are jeopardizing our common future.
Preston suggests that one way out is through mindfulness
and detachment from the ego.
THE
CHALLENGE OF FORGIVENESS
by Vesela Simic
The science on forgiveness is compelling
but still maturing. Whatever the data, the act
of forgiving will always depend on will, heart,
and letting go.
A
SWEETER MUSIC
by Martin Luther King Jr.
An excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s
"The World House" speech.
ORGANIZATIONS
WORKING FOR PEACE
by Kimberly Weichel
A resource list of activist and educational
groups.
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Shift
in Action / Featured Channel |
ConverZations That Matter
ConverZations
that Matter: Frontiers of Race, Cosmology, and
Consciousness brings consciousness studies
down to earth, making them real and relevant
for everyday life, looking especially at questions
of race, cosmology and consciousness. Host Belvie
Rooks explores the full spectrum, from street
realities to cosmic visions of human potential,
with guests committed to harnessing frontier
science and philosophy in the service of healing.
This year's teleseminar guests have included
Brian Swimme, Vincent Harding, Drew
Dellinger, Riane Eisler, Barbara Holmes, Matthew
Fox, Frans Johannsen, Noliwe Rooks,
and Walter Link. All these
teleseminars are now available for download
from the Converzations home page.
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Personal
Connections / Tales of Transformation |
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 "Science
and Other Ways of Knowing"
by Yasemin Bolkan
"According
to the oncologist, I had 'no more than two weeks
to live unless radical chemotherapy worked wonders.'
My mind was bombarded into numbness by the grim
cancer diagnosis and subsequent severe treatments."
Submit your own tales of transformation.
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Personal
Connections / Donor Spotlight |
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 Two
powerful visions lay groundwork for Bill Kalahurka's
bequest
"It
happened twice to Bill Kalahurka, experiences
of cosmic consciousness so powerful that he remembers
vividly the time, place, and circumstances of
both."
IONS is pleased to list Bill Kalahurka as a member
of the Visionary Circle, which honors those who
have included IONS in their estate plans. For
information on bequests to IONS and Visionary
Circle membership, call Kathleen Erickson-Freeman
at 707.779.8232 or at KathleenFreeman@noetic.org.
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Personal
Connections / Comedy Corner |
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DEAR
SWAMI
by Swami Beyondananda
"Where
Swami Answers Your Questions - and You Will Question
His Answers" 
Dear
Swami:
Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," but
frankly we don't seem any closer to the blessings
of peace than we were 2000 years ago. Will we
ever overcome this deadly habit? Or are we doomed
to the damnation those fundamentalists talk
about?
Amanda Lynn Plucker, Clearfield, Tennessee
Dear Amanda:
Yes, the relationship between warfare and damnation
is unassailable. For what is warfare but one
damn nation fighting another damn nation, the
world and the planet be damned! With soldiering
being the second oldest profession, the battlefield
is one of the most persistent fields going.
So maybe the best approach is not to try to
do away with war itself, but to change the rules
of engagement. As a devout FUNdamentalist -
accent on fun - I have proposed three new rules
of warfare:
1.
Fight All Wars With Cream Pies. Imagine
a new campaign against Iraqi insurgents -- Operation
Dessert Storm. And then imagine sending in our
pie-seeking K-9 squad to lick the pies off the
faces of our opponents. That way, our soldiers
can return home safely, proudly proclaiming,
"We sure licked 'em good!" Meanwhile,
"getting licked" won't have its usual
sting.
2. Use Only Life Enhancing Chemical
Weapons. Instead of the toxic, death-dealing
weaponry we use today, how about life-dealing
weapons that leave people happier and healthier?
It's a scientific fact: The Insurgin' General's
Report tells us happier and healthier people
make lousy insurgents. So if we must use chemical
warfare, how about weapons-grade nitrous oxide?
I don't know about you, but I would get great
pleasure watching our enemies explode with laughter.
3. Switch to Virtually Harmless Virtual
Warfare. With the breakthroughs in
simulated warfare, don't you think we'd be doing
the whole world a favor by confining all warfare
to virtual reality? That way we can have as
much war as we want at a tiny fraction of the
cost. Imagine what a change it would be with
Pixar being the government's largest defense
contractor instead of Lockheed.
Adopt these rules, and warriors would be able
to fight their wars in peace without leaving
the rest of the world in pieces.
©
Copyright 2006 by Steve Bhaerman. All rights
reserved. Give the gift of laughter with Swami's
Fool Enchilada Special. To find out more about
that and Swami's schedule, call (800)
SWAMI-BE or visit the Swami online at http://www.wakeuplaughing.com
Ask
Swami your own question. Send it here.
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Personal
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December
Intention:
The
first of every month at noon (US Pacific), we
encourage you to take a quiet moment to link your
intention with people around the world. This month,
our intention is in support of generosity. Together,
we affirm that we feel generous and abundant,
allowing us to share our blessings with others
and to accept generosity in return.
December
Action:
This month, we encourage you to choose one action that is more generous than you might normally be, perhaps even doing so anonymously. Who can you bless with generosity this month?
December
Question for Reflection:
If you trusted that whatever you give will be flow back to you in some new way, how might you act differently?
This month's member intention was emailed to us
from Mike Snyder:
"My intention is to see a world of peace, at peace and full of peace. It is my intention to see all people as an extension of myself and to see the true nature of the Universe in every person. It is my intention to see the beauty in all things, great and small, and to express my gratitude for all things in my life. It is by recognizing the peace within myself that I can see the peace in others."
If
you'd like to offer an intention for next month,
please send it here.
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