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During an Ayahuasca ceremony, a participant looked across the ceremonial circle and noticed tattoos in the Maori tribe style starting to form on another participant’s face. He watched, enraptured. After the ceremony, the participant’s friend approached him and exclaimed, “I saw the weirdest thing during the ceremony! There was a woman who started getting Maori tattoos all over her face!” The participant gave his pal a startled look. How is it possible that they experienced the same hallucination? Was it just a coincidence?

Can human consciousness affect the physical world? Being able to reliably demonstrate that consciousness can directly interact and change the physical world would be a game-changer, especially for breaking out of the materialist paradigm, or the paradigm that believes only physical matter (and energy) makes up the world. 

As humans, we are complex and multidimensional beings. We are present in the physical world while simultaneously being energetic and spiritual. 

Have you ever experienced the feeling of floating in water? It can be a peaceful experience where we feel weightless. 

We’ve all heard that we are in a mental health crisis. But what you may not have heard is that we are also in the beginning of a mental health renaissance. A massive breakthrough in how we view psychological well-being is underway. Our methods of cultivating mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being are rapidly expanding.

More than 100 applicants submitted essays for the Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize. The new prize was created to recognize groundbreaking research in the field of consciousness and will be awarded annually to a researcher or research team whose work contributes significantly to the field of noetic sciences. It carries a cash award of $100,000, as well as the opportunity to present the winning essay at an award ceremony. This year’s program will be held on June 24, 2023. IONS was founded in June 1973. 

Earth Day first began back in 1970 to acknowledge the ongoing trend of deterioration of the environment in the United States. Inefficient automobiles were consuming massive amounts of fossil fuels. Air pollution was becoming synonymous with having a thriving industry. It was clear that something needed to be done to take care of our planet. The holiday was established as a way of inspiring people to take action and protest against the continued deterioration of our land, water, and air. Now more than ever, it remains essential to nurture and tend to our shared home. 

Countless cultures and traditions celebrate the sun. Understandably so – without it, we wouldn’t survive!

One of the largest mysteries of science is that humans have conscious awareness of their complex subjective experiences – or what we call “qualia” – such as being aware of what it’s like to delight in the color of a flower, melt into the comfort of a bed, or to feel sharp pain. Why and how qualia could emerge from physical matter and be a part of the human experience is unknown, and this is called the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness. Related to qualia is the mystery of why humans feel like they have free will, or the ability to intentionally choose and execute actions.

The Noetic Signature Inventory™ is a tool to discover the unique way you receive and express information and energy beyond your five senses.