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Event
Spotlight |
Lecture
Discussion with Bernard Haisch, PhD and Rabbi Michael
Lerner
November 8th, 2007
San Francisco, California
Can
a Scientific and Rational Mind Support a God Hypothesis
- and What Does That Have to Do With Transforming the
Politics of American Society? Lecture by Bernard Haisch,
PhD and Rabbi Michael Lerner, with moderator Cassandra
Vieten, PhD. 
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Event
Spotlight |
Human
Forum 2008: A Symphony of Transformation
March 11-13, 2008
San José, Costa Rica
The Forum will explore how the world is moving away from four prevailing myths that today still define human relationships amongst themselves and with nature: money brings happiness, technology yields well-being, weapons provide security, and natural resources are unlimited.
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IONS
Retreat Center Events |
11th
Annual Expressive Arts Therapy Harvest Symposium
2007
November 1, 2007
Petaluma, California
A Fragile Bridge: Imagination and the Arts in
Therapy, Education, Consulting and Social Change
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos: Legacy of the Gods
November 8, 2007
Petaluma, California
New Discoveries in the Ancient Astronaut Field. Potluck dinner and presentation of new evidence proving that humans have had advanced technology before.
Steve
McIntosh: Integral Consciousness and the Future
of Evolution
November 30, 2007
Petaluma, California
Potluck dinner & presentation demonstrating how the integral worldview represents the next crucial step in the development of our civilization.
Mark
Macy, Ph.D.: The Afterlife - Bridging Science and
Spirit Worlds
December 6, 2007
Petaluma, California
Potluck dinner & presentation by an experienced afterlife communications researcher who will show the technology he uses to communicate with the other side.
Larry Lansburgh: A Film Maker's Amazon Journey
January 15, 2008
Petaluma, California
Join Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary film maker Larry Lansburgh for his compelling presentation, "A Film Maker's Amazon Journey."
Stephen
Dinan: Shift in Action - Technology to Expand Consciousness
January 24, 2008
Petaluma, California
Potluck dinner and presentation by IONS Director for Shift in Action. A Friendly Favors Event.
Meditation
Specialist Certification Clinic 1: Build Your Foundation
February 4, 2008
Petaluma, California
The Meditation Specialist(TM) Certification is a
complete course in the theory, science, and practice
of meditation with a focus on the use of meditation
as a true healing science that can be applied in
a wide variety of health conditions.
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Products
Spotlight |
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VISIT
THE BLEEPSTORE Information • Community •
Networking
The
filmmakers of What the BLEEP Do We Know?! started
Bleepstore.com
in 2005 to make DVDs and books about quantum physics,
brain function and conscious creation easily available.
Now Bleepstore.com
has turned into a full-fledged online store AND a conscious
social networking site where people of like mind can
gather and make new connections!
At
Bleepstore.com
you can find inspiring, enlightening, and intriguing
books, music, videos and more. PLUS there are monthly
articles online about the latest in
Consciousness
studies • Science • Green living •
Alternative health • Conscious parenting
There
will also be articles and book and movie reviews from
The Bleeping
Herald as well as The
Global Intelligencer.
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| From the Editor |
|   Stephen
Dinan /
The
big news this month is the launch of our new One
Minute Shift video site, designed to deliver
wisdom and inspiration in bite-sized nuggets for people
with busy lives. The first three videos are now available,
featuring Edgar
Mitchell, Marianne
Williamson, and Van
Jones. Stay tuned for Marilyn Schlitz and Deepak
Chopra this month! (view)
We're
also delighted that The Untethered Soul,
our first Noetic Books release, made the climb last
week to #1 in two categories (Spirituality and Cognitive
Science) and #24 in overall sales at Amazon.com. It's
already headed for a second printing and generating
considerable good press. (more
info) (buy)
In
November, we continue our exploration of the nature
and power of Intention, which now includes 25 downloadable
interviews with remarkable consciousness pioneers. You
can access them as part of a trial month of Shift
in Action for only $1, which includes Lynne McTaggart's
book The Intention Experiment.
(more)
Finally, our new Patrons Plus program
for $100/month donors will soon be sending a second
set of CDs that includes Deepak Chopra, Stanislav Grof,
and Lynne Twist. (details below)
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| At
the Frontiers / The Edge |
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Transpersonal
psychology co-founder Stanislav Grof accepts
an historic Vision 97 award from Vaclav Havel
"It
seems to be my destiny - or karma, if you wish - to
be involved in research of areas that are subjects of
great controversy in science and society"
Van
Jones featured by NY Times columnist
Thomas Friedman
"The Green Collar Solution"
"Try this experiment. Go knock on someone's door
in West Oakland, Watts or Newark and say: 'We gotta
really big problem!' They say: 'We do? We do?' 'Yeah,
we gotta really big problem!' 'We do? We do?' 'Yeah,
we gotta save the polar bears! You may not make it out
of this neighborhood alive, but we gotta save the polar
bears!'"
View
our latest One Minute Shift video featuring
Van!
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At
the Frontiers / Media |
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Noteworthy
Releases
  1.
Karma Tube - website featuring
inspiring documentary shorts (view)
  1.
Divine Duality, by Will Keepin
& Cynthia Brix - an exploration of the
power of reconciliation between men and women
(buy)
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Mystery of 2012, by Daniel Pinchbeck
- features an essay by IONS President
James O'Dea (buy)
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At
the Frontiers / WebWatch |
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1. Monday9amTV
- short films released weekly about life and the human spirit.
2. GreenForAll
- Van Jones creates a new website and movement
for his burgeoning work marrying green jobs and
social justice.
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Shift
in Action / Recent Releases |
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 Free
Audio Sample
- Damien
Broderick teleseminar on "Outside
the Gates of Science" - Details
Other
releases available to Partners this month include
Intention interviews with Michael
Bernard Beckwith and Neale Donald
Walsch as additions to the series:
- The
Science of Intention - Astronaut Edgar
Mitchell, John Hagelin, Ervin Laszlo, Rupert
Sheldrake, Charles Tart, Rollin McCraty, Dean
Radin, Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, Roger Nelson
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The Practice of Intention -
Marianne Williamson, Michael Murphy, Angeles
Arrien, Neale Donald Walsch, Michael Bernard
Beckwith, Larry Dossey, Bernie Siegel, Shiva
Rea, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Dattatreya Siva Baba,
James O'Dea, Sequoyah Trueblood, Brian Johnson,
Steven Sadleir, Baba Harihar Ramji
Join
Shift in Action today! |
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Shift
Magazine |
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 Sneak
preview of the next Shift magazine (#17).
Join
now to receive.
Shift
#17
Death: Window to the Infinite
Table
of Contents
The
Mystical Impact of Near-Death Experiences
Bruce Greyson
Once
regarded as meaningless hallucinations, near-death
experiences (NDEs) have become the subject of
serious study across a wide range of disciplines.
Those who have had them are never the same--and
their experiences are remarkably similar.
I've
Been Here Before: Children's Reports of Previous
Lives
Jim
Tucker
One
of the world's foremost experts on the scientific
study of reincarnation discusses the results of
his work, what constitutes evidence, and where
the research is headed.
Talking
to the Dead: Laboratory Investigation of Mediumship
Julie Beischel
The
study of mediumship has grown increasingly sophisticated.
Here one of the world's foremost mediumship
researchers explains the methodology and why the
results are becoming more difficult to ignore.
Disbelief
Despite the Evidence
David Fontana
Why
do so many scientists, religious leaders, and
even some parapsychologists resist the evidence
that consciousness survives death? The reasons
are varied, but as our thirst for meaning grows,
the data are finding a more willing and receptive
audience.
What
Death Tells Us about Life
Charles Tart
Unless
we understand the full spectrum of human experience,
from psi phenomena and out-of-body experiences
to altered states and NDEs, we will not understand
what might survive death--or the purpose
of our embodied lives.
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Shift
in Action / Featured Channel |
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. Teleseminar
guests have included Brian Swimme, Ruth
King, Vincent Harding, Drew Dellinger, Riane
Eisler, Barbara Holmes, Matthew Fox, Frans Johannsen,
Noliwe Rooks, Mary Evelyn Tucker, Walter Link,
Faith Adiele, and Michael Lerner.
All these teleseminars are available for download
from the Converzations home page.
Coming
next: host Belvie Rooks and
her husband Dedan Gills sharing
about their trip through Africa, Nov. 21st.
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Personal
Connections / Tales of Transformation |
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"When
the Wall Came Down"
By Ken Ebert
"It
was a quiet Monday morning, three days before
Thanksgiving Day. I was reading about angels when
the wall exploded. A loud noise remains in my
memory, but all went black from there. When I
opened my eyes the scene before me was appalling.
A large blue van was sitting in my living room!
Its front fender was inches away from my left
arm. I shouted an expletive and then twice called
out the name of Christ."
Submit your own tales of transformation.
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Special
Announcement |
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Introducing Patrons Plus Circle: IONS Delivers
Enhanced Access to Global Thought Leaders
 You
told us you want interviews with paradigm-shifting
leaders delivered to you in CD format.
We
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and listen to them whenever you want, wherever
you want.
Please join the new Patrons Plus Circle Program
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work in iShift or Circle News.
As President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences,
I recognize and celebrate that your investment
of resources into the Institute's core programs,
which include research, education, The Shift
Report, and the Shift in Action program,
is an expression of your commitment to the transformative
journey we are all taking together. The Six-CD
Wisdom Media Package, Voices of Vision: IONS
Interviews Global Thought Leaders, is an expression
of our gratitude to you and features visionaries
who, like you, ask deep questions and synthesize
different worldviews and belief systems. Thank
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Personal
Connections / Donor Spotlight |
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For Circle Members: Results of Donor Relations
Survey
 Recently
Claire Russell and Anne Adams volunteered to survey
50 fellow Circle members to learn more about how
you want to engage with IONS hub-quarters and
with other Circle members. (Circle members are
those who give annual gifts of $1,000 or more.)
A few major themes emerged....
If you would like to learn more about the benefits of Circle membership, contact Deborah Breitbach at 707-779-8216.
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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:
Is global warming real? Are we humans causing it? Or is this just another scam to get us back into building nuclear plants? There's an awful lot of spin on both sides, but I figured if anyone could unspin the spin and cut to the chase, Swami, you can do it.
Lou Stuhlz,
Emporium, Pennsylvania
Dear
Lou:
Well, I'm glad you think so. Remember those
newsreels of Gandhi spinning away at the spinning
wheel? Now it's just the opposite. Nonviolent
activists these days have to spend their time
unspinning the spun yarn, trying to uncover
the naked truth under there somewhere. I can't
say that I've totally unraveled the yarn,
but it sure does seem that special interests
are especially interested in cooling the climate
change story. Take the oil companies--please!
As long as the business climate is hot, global
warming is cool with them.
So
what do we do? I'm glad I asked that question.
Instead of taking sides, let's look at it
from a different angle. What if we do nothing
and it turns out global warming is for real?
Even if it doesn't get the human race an "F"
in third dimension, it certainly won't look
good on our Permanent Record. But what if
we take necessary steps, and it turns out
the global warming wake up call was just a
false alarm? Well, let's see. We will have
developed renewable energy, sustainable economy
and global community. As sure as the sun comes
up every morning, we will have energy so abundant,
we won't need armies to defend it. So what
if we have to trick ourselves into doing it?
Sure, the joke will be on us, but we will
have the last laugh anyway.
©
Copyright 2007 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
Connections / Monthly Intention |
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November
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 to open to gratitude. The holiday of Thanksgiving grew out of gratitude for the bountiful harvests that allow us to stay healthy and happy through a winter. Gratitude keeps our energy flowing and creates the space for new possibilities.
November
Action:
This month, we encourage you to take one area of your life that has been stuck and find something about that situation that you can be grateful for. Practice expanding that sense of gratitude, then dealing with the challenge in a new way.
November
Question for Reflection:
How can you help your sense of gratitude be contagious, touching and inspiring others to find gratitude in their own lives?
This month's member intention is from Judy Gardner
Nickels:
"My intention is to breathe in
peace with every in-breath and breathe out peace
into the atmosphere with every out-breath."
If
you would like to offer an intention for next
month, please send it here.
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