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Seven gorgeous days and nights of inspiration, stimulation, relaxation, kindred spirits, and spectacular beauty.

Join this unique and exciting conference with Dr. Marilyn Mandala Schlitz and Dr. Matthew Fox, and with dialogues, discussions, wisdom circles, dance, chi kung, cafes, and workshops by the participants.

This cruise is being organized by the Los Angeles IONS Community Group. For more information, contact Tahdi Blackstone (818-888-6004) or Jo An Gaines (808-988-3020).

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Expand your mind, open your heart, and activate your full potential.

August 14-16, 2009
Nine Gates Mystery School Weekend: Explore the Teachings of Ancient Wisdom
Gay Luce, PhD and Deborah Jones, MA

Register online, email workshops@noetic.org, or call 707-779-8224.

See a complete list of 2009 workshops.

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
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Asia Consciousness Festival Report
By Marilyn Mandala Schlitz

To explore the powers and potentials of consciousness, a multidisciplinary team put together the first Asia Consciousness Festival in June, 2009, in Hong Kong. In a series of mini-conferences and events over the course of a month, leading scientists, healers, artists, spiritual teachers, and film makers provided different perspectives on the nature, experience, and study of consciousness. Through lectures, workshops, screenings, and art exhibitions, participants from throughout the world were able to experience firsthand the various dimensions of consciousness and the many ways that our thoughts and beliefs influence our experience of the world.

The "About Consciousness Conference," for example, provided three days of workshops that inspired attendees to gain insights into their own minds and bodies. Speakers including Stuart Hameroff, myself, and Marceo Emoto offered a blend of healing and science as well as inner and outer approaches to exploring human experience. In a one-day conference called Social Dimensions of Consciousness, anthropologists, philosophers, psychologists, and linguists considered the ways in which the contents of consciousness are social constructs—social and cultural analyses aimed to establish universal principles of human thought, behavior, and experience. Speakers included Imants Baruss, Etzel Cardeña, Joan Chiao, Charles Whitehead, and a dozen others. The topics ranged from the social brain and social self—through art, creativity, and robotics—to discussions on the relationship between consciousness and "consensus reality."

David Emerald Womeldorff

IONS has been a part of my life for nearly 30 years and my wife and partner, Donna Zajonc, are grateful to be Circle Members. I had the privilege of meeting Willis Harman in Dayton, Ohio in 1980 and have been impacted by the perspective of this leading edge organization ever since. The IONS community's focus on enlarging our understanding of the human experience from a spiritual perspective no doubt influenced the shift-of-mind that is the center of The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic). This book emerged out of my own personal and professional experience of seeking to articulate and facilitate—and live—the shift to a more resourceful world view.

In our executive coaching, speaking and leadership development seminars, we emphasize that "self leadership" is the foundation of effective public and/or organizational leadership. TED*, which is at the heart of our work, introduces an upgrade to the prevailing "personal operating system" of humanity. This framework, which is particularly related to IONS' focus on emerging worldviews, is our contribution to the growing conversation in service to facilitating conscious evolution in our times.

To learn more about Circle membership, please contact Deborah Breitbach, Director of Donor Relations, at 707-779-8216.

The Institute of Noetic Sciences has six office spaces for rent at its beautiful hilltop Petaluma, California campus that are available now. We are looking not only to rent the office spaces, but rather to draw in a collaborative partner who shares our values and purpose in some way to transform consciousness and build a better world. We are also looking for renter(s) who would bring their programs to the campus and partner with us by holding events at our retreat center.

These spaces are located all in one section of a building with four other office spaces, three of which are rented by Veriditas. Veriditas is an organization that facilitates programs based on walking a labyrinth. Veriditas has partnered with us to build a labyrinth on the property, and hosts their meetings and programs at our retreat center. It is this kind of multi-faceted and like-minded collaboration that we are looking for with whomever rents the available spaces.

These spaces are in a triple-wide modular building with breath-taking fabulous views. If you are interested in looking at the space or talking further, please contact me at ccoleman@noetic.org or 707-779-8171.

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.