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Liam O'Malley

In Memoriam: Gene Milstein

It is with heavy hearts and deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Gene Milstein, one of our Circle and Legacy Society members. Gene departed this world on February 13, 2024, leaving behind a legacy that will forever shape the landscape of the seed industry and his employees’ lives.

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A Chaotic Life: The Memoirs of Stanley Krippner, Pioneering Humanistic Psychologist

IONS Fellow Stanley Krippner’s memoir,  A Chaotic Life: The Memoirs of Stanley Krippner, Pioneering Humanistic Psychologist, is a riveting masterpiece chronicling the extraordinary journey of a visionary whose life work has been dedicated to weaving cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary perspectives through international travel, scholarly research, and social activism.

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Test Yourself for Mind Wandering With Arnaud Delorme

How often does your mind wander on a given day? The answer may vary from person to person. It would be fantastic to have a mechanism to peer into people’s minds and know what they think. As surprising as it sounds, we do have such a tool: language – we can ask people what they are thinking! 

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Transformation in Incarcerated Communities: Awakening Exchange

Introduction

The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) has a fifty-year-old mandate to democratize access to the noetic sciences. As part of that, over the last few years, IONS has been in connection with several people who are currently incarcerated and are running research, education, and empowerment programs in their facilities that are aligned with the work we do at IONS. One of these individuals has even been able to maintain their IONS membership while incarcerated, and another does volunteer work on one of our Science Team committees. 

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What if Mind and Matter are Connected by Meaning?

The millennia-old debate on the philosophy of mind has long grappled with whether the mental and physical realms of the universe are separate, or whether one is derived from the other. In a recent article, IONS Chief Scientist Dean Radin, PhD reviewed the new book Dual-Aspect Monism and the Deep Structure of Meaning (by Harald Atmanspacher and Dean Rickles) where the authors propose a novel theory about the nature of reality: what if mind and matter are connected by meaning

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