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Imagine this: you’re going about your day when suddenly, you think about a friend you have not spoken to in years. A few hours later, your smartphone rings and to your shock and delight, it’s your long-lost friend on the other end. This kind of experience has been dubbed “telephone telepathy,” a possible silent mind-to-mind connection that transcends the ordinary.
In ancient Sanskrit, ‘maya’ denotes the phenomenal realm of one’s perceived experience.
Have you ever felt that ineffable feeling of being one with nature?
In previous installments, I’ve written about how psychedelics can help us face and work through past traumas and personal issues. I’ve also written about the mysterious healing effects of the mystical or spiritual experience that one can encounter on a psychedelic trip. These self-transcendent experiences – experiences that dissolve the boundary between self and other – have measurable healing benefits. For example, in psychedelic clinical trials, people who report more intense feelings of self-transcendence typically see the most significant symptom improvements (1).
This September, we celebrate the birthday and legacy of IONS Founder Dr. Edgar Mitchell. Thank you to everyone who made a gift in his honor. As a pioneering astronaut (one of the few to walk on the moon!), he experienced an epiphany in space that changed the trajectory of his life and continues to impact people worldwide.
Our third post in the IONS 50th Anniversary blog series was written in 1980 by then-President of IONS Willis Harman. With IONS founder Edgar Mitchell — an astronaut and astrophysicist who experienced the fundamental oneness of all life through a cosmic perspective — and Willis — a futurist and social scientist who understood the mechanics of creating a “global mind change” based on a “new” perspective — IONS set out to help liberate humanity from the scientific and other civilizational paradigms holding us back.
In the intricate realm of consciousness lies a phenomenon that has both puzzled and intrigued humanity for centuries—trance. A type of altered state of consciousness, trance states cause the mind to transcend its ordinary boundaries by quieting the cognitive chatter that often fills our minds and altering levels of self-awareness, cognition, affect, orientation to time and place, wakefulness, and perception. Someone in a trance may not feel the passage of time, may feel that the boundaries of their body have dissolved, a slowness or cessation of thought, and vivid visual imagery.
Astrology builds on the principle that everything is interconnected. Maybe you’ve heard the saying, “As above, so below.”
In our day-to-day lives, keeping a good flow of positive energy can be essential for a productive, stress-free day. However, as that can be as difficult as the days are random, why not consider a simple yet powerful technique that can serve as a great antidote for anxiety? That’s where Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) may be able to help you.
It is a truth universally unacknowledged that the majority of our dreams contain precognitive themes, whether that be in showcasing potential future events, emotions, or mindsets. If you have ever experienced déjà vu/reve – on the day or a few days, weeks, months, or even years after a memorable dream, you encounter elements of that dream in your waking reality – you will already have your personal proof that you are a precognitive being.