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Institute of Noetic Sciences 13th International Conference
Toward
a Global Shift: Seeding the Field of Collective Change
June
17–21, 2009
JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort
Tucson, Arizona
Our
early-bird discount has been extended. Register
online.
This
month's featured presenter:
 Catherine
Austin Fitts, President, Solari,
Inc. & Solari Advisors; former Asst. Secretary,
HUD
"I'm
in a steady state of buzz from the conference. It broke
my heart wide open. It was the best experience of my
life." Harold Aldrich, previous participant
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Join
Us |
Don't
delay!
This
offer is available exclusively for iShift
subscribers until May 15th.
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Transformative
Learning Workshops |
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Expand
your mind, open your heart, and activate your full
potential.
Alchemical
divination is a process of structured intuitive inquiry
using light-fire yoga methods for a mildly expanded
state of consciousness. In this workshop we will work
in the spirit of the Roman deity Janus, god of doorways,
passages, and transitions, whose two faces look in a
balanced way into the past and the future.
Register
online, email workshops@noetic.org,
or call 707-779-8224.
See
a complete list of 2009
workshops.
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IONS
Retreat Center Events
San Francisco Bay Area |
Skan-Reichian
Therapy: 'Exploring the Body of Emotions' Weekend
Workshop
May
15–17, 2009
Finding
Balance: Securing Your Footing in Swift Currents
May
15–17, 2009
Alchemical
Divination: Remembering the Past, Envisioning Possible
Futures
May
22–24, 2009
May
Dinner Series: Nine Gates Mystery School
May
26, 2009
Diane
Powell, MD - The ESP Enigma: The Scientific Case
for Psychic Phenomena
May 27, 2009
Mingtong
Gu: Master Qigong Teacher and Healer
June 4, 2009
The
Gift of Conflict: An Inner Journey
June 5, 2009
New
Equations—'The Physical Expression of the Soul'
Training Program
June 13, 2009
Len
Saputo, MD - A Return to Healing: A Veteran Physician’s
Vision for Radical Healthcare Reform and the Future
of Medicine
June 25, 2009
Rosen
Method: Bodywork Intensive with Marion Rosen and
Sara Webb
June 28–July 5, 2009
Artist
Reception: The Sacred Beauty of Inner and Outer
Space
June 28, 2009
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Special
Events |
Conversation
in the Round with Marilyn Mandala Schlitz
May
12, 2009
Seattle, Washington
Wednesdays
at the Hospice House: Marilyn Mandala Schlitz
May
13, 2009
Petaluma, California
The
Awakening Conference
May 14-17, 2009
East Mesa, Arizona
Speakers include Marianne Williamson,
Don Miguel Ruiz, Dan Millman, and others, as well
as a keynote address by Dr. Jean Houston. Friends
of IONS receive a full conference pass at a discount:
$270.00, lunch included on Saturday and Sunday.
This is a $350.00 value.
Asia
Consciousness Festival
June
5-21, 2009
Hong Kong
2nd
Annual ITPI Conference: The Intention of the Universe—Our
Evolutionary Destiny
June
13-14, 2009
Belvedere, California
The
Institute of Noetic Sciences 13th International
Conference
June
17-21, 2009
Tucson, Arizona
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 This
ebook from Self Growth started
with a list of over 10,000 inspirational quotes. They
ranked the list using a unique point system. Over five
million websites were searched to determine how frequently
each quote came up on the internet. This
ebook contains the 501 most popular inspirational
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| Noetic
Research |
 Researchers
at the Institute of Noetic Sciences have just completed
a study on how engagement in a particular form of transformative
practice, Integral
Transformative Practice, affects people's health
and well-being over the course of a year. Over fifty
people participating in Integral Transformative Practice
groups across the country were included, agreeing to
complete questionnaires at multiple time points and
even having someone they trust report on their progress
(one way to reduce the inherent inaccuracy of self-reporting).
Final statistical analyses are underway, but preliminary
results indicate that people showed reduced symptoms
of ill health, improved psychological well-being, and
improved quality of life during the course of the year.
And the more that people engaged in their transformative
practices, the more their health improved. More practice
was also associated with such spiritual well-being outcomes
as self-transcendence, forgiveness, and finding meaning.
In this process, our researchers have optimized ways
to measure different aspects of the transformative process,
and as part of our long-standing collaboration with
California
Pacific Medical Center's Research Institute, we
are now engaged in a year-long study of 150 people that
is examining how spiritual engagement affects health
and well-being.
The
results of the first study are being written up for
publication in a scientific journal and will be presented
at the upcoming Integral Transformative Practice conference,
"The
Intention of the Universe," in Marin County, California,
June 13–14. IONS President Marilyn Schlitz and
Director of Research Cassandra Vieten will join Michael
Murphy, George Leonard, and others for a weekend of
learning and community.
Volunteer
Request
The Research Department is looking for volunteers to
transcribe Shift in Action teleseminars. For
more information, please contact Charlene Farrell at
707-779-8212 or charlene@noetic.org.
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Media
Spotlight |
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Listen
in for live
teleseminar interviews featuring
authors and luminaries in the field of consciousness.
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Wednesday,
May 6th at 5 pm Pacific - Matthew
Gilbert with Charles Tart:
"Are You Crazy or Dumb to Care About
Spiritual Things?"
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Wednesday,
May
13th at 5 pm Pacific - Cassandra
Vieten with Tobin Hart on
"The Secret Spiritual World of Children"
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Wednesday,
May
20th at 5 pm Pacific - Marilyn Schlitz
with Dan Cherkin on "Optimizing
Healing in Primary Care"
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Wednesday,
May
27th at 5 pm Pacific - Dean Radin
with Dr. Leon Curry on "The
Doctor and the Psychic"
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 Shift
your view of the world in our new One
Minute Shift with Bruce Lipton.
Do
our genes control our health? Epigenetics research
challenges the conventional beliefs about genes
and reveals the role of emotion on our bodies
and health. In this video, author and cellular
biologist Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D. explores the
importance of perception in maintaining optimal
health.
Experience
Bruce Lipton live at our International
Conference in June. Registration is now
open. For more information on Bruce's pre-conference
institute and plenary talk, visit www.ionsconference.org.
The
Institute's
radio show is a free Internet broadcast
that showcases the voices of an emerging conscious
culture. Our weekly program gives you access to
some of the most inspiring leaders, brightest minds,
and top innovators who are committed to building
a better world.
It's
a great way to introduce your friends to the Institute.
Join host Stephen Dinan every
Tuesday at 9 am PDT (rebroadcast at 9 pm PDT)
on VoiceAmerica.
- May
5th - Corinne McLaughlin & Gordon
Davidson - Cocreating the New World
of Synthesis
- May
12th - Lawrence Ellis - Embodied
Leadership for the Great Turning
- May
19st - Walter Link - Global
Leadership and Social Entrepreneurs
- May
26th - Marilyn Schlitz - Toward
a Global Shift
 New
from Noetic
Books/New Harbinger Publications—Mindful
Motherhood: Practical Tools for Staying Sane During
Pregnancy and Your Child's First Year by
IONS Director of Research, psychologist, and mom
Cassandra Vieten, with a foreword by acclaimed
meditation teacher Sylvia Boorstein. The book
was based on research conducted at California
Pacific Medical Center's Research Institute in
collaboration with the Institute of Noetic Sciences,
and is an example of how IONS translates its research
into real-world applications. Click
here for more information, and here
to order a copy.
A
book
launch on May 9th in Corte Madera, California,
is being co-sponsored by The
Greater Good Science Center. The Center specializes
in the study of positive psychology; its next
day-long continuing education seminar, "The Science of a Meaningful Life," takes place on Friday,
May 15. It will be led by UC Berkeley psychology
professor Dacher Keltner and will feature a presentation
by Jon Kabat-Zinn. For details, go to the
website.
 Add
the Institute of Noetic Sciences' Conference to
your Wall
1.
Make sure that you're on your Facebook "Home"
page.
2.
Click the "Links" option in the menu
along the left side of the screen.
3.
In the "What's On Your Mind?" box, enter
a message to your friends inviting them to find
out more about the conference!
4.
In the "Link" box, enter www.ionsconference.org
and click the "Attach" button.
5.
Double-check your work, and then click the "Share"
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| Member
Spotlight |
 Janet
Morrow
In
appreciation of attending IONS Board and Donor weekends:
I
consider it a privilege to interact informally with
the knowledgeable, gifted, like-minded people whom IONS
attracts. The structure of these weekends facilitates
informed dialogue around the fascinating topics that
IONS research is uncovering and provides a well-tuned
balance between the experiential workshops that are
part of these events and group discussions about the
inner workings of the organization. The whole experience
not only expands my network of fellow travelers on this
road of transformation, it stimulates my thought processes
while contributing to my own evolving consciousness.
I'm proud to be on the donor list of such a trailblazing
organization.
Janet
Morrow
President's Circle Member
Circle
members are eligible to attend the Board and Donor Experiential
Weekends, which are held on the Institute's Petaluma,
California, campus twice a year. Click
here for a report on the March 2009 Weekend. To
learn more about Circle membership, pleases contact
Deborah Breitbach, Director of Donor Relations, at dbreitbach@noetic.org.
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| In
the News |
 "The
Love Study" on NPR
Stay tuned this month for an upcoming show on All
Things Considered featuring recent research,
affectionately called "The Love Study," carried out
by IONS. Scheduled to air on either May 11 or May
18, the NPR show is one of a five-part series on the
emerging science of spirituality. This segment asks
the question, Does intercessory prayer work? Science
shows that our thoughts can affect our own body, but
can our thoughts affect another person's body? Go
to NPR
for more program information-though it may not be
posted until a few days before the show. In the meantime,
check out the published article of the study, entitled
"Compassionate
Intention as a Therapeutic Intervention by Partners
of Cancer Patients." There was also a recent write-up
of the research on a
Huffington Post blog, which generated a range
of spirited responses.
 The
Living Matrix
This
new documentary on next-generation energy-based
medicine, featuring IONS scientists Edgar Mitchell,
Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, and Dean Radin, among others,
sold out its world premier in London last March and
is coming to the United States. Its North American premier will take place May 18-19 in Larkspur, California. See
the trailer or go
here for a 50% discount on tickets. It will also
be one of four featured films at the IONS
international conference in June.
Joining
The Living Matrix at the conference will
be The
Wonder of It All, the soon-to-be-released
award-winning documentary featuring in-depth interviews
with seven of the astronauts-including IONS founder
Edgar Mitchell-who walked on the moon; Fierce
Light, a powerful documentary on spiritual
activism featuring Congressman John Lewis, Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, Alice Walker, Daryl Hannah, and Julia
Butterfly Hill, which won the Canadian National Film
Board's prestigious Most Popular Documentary Award;
and the never-before-seen The
Scole Experiment, chronicling the extraordinary
results of a five-year investigation into life after
death.
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| The
Retreat Center at the Institute of Noetic Sciences |
 Located
on 200 acres of beautiful rolling hills just 25 miles
north of the Golden Gate Bridge, we offer meeting facilities,
cuisine, and accommodations for 5–120.
Our
clients offer educational programs, workshops, and retreats,
with a broad focus on health, personal growth, and transformation.
We
also welcome weekend workshops and retreats for small
groups (less than 25). Many programs are open to the
public.
For
more information and an Events Schedule: www.noetic.org/retreat.cfm
events@noetic.org
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| Institute
of Noetic Sciences Partners |
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| Contact
Us |
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The Institute of Noetic Sciences is a nonprofit research
organization located in Northern California that conducts
and sponsors leading-edge research into the potentials
and powers of consciousness—including perceptions,
beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition. The Institute
explores phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional
scientific models, while maintaining a commitment to
scientific rigor.
We
are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that depends
on and gratefully accepts your generous financial
support.
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May
22–24, 2009 
