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To say that light is bridging the material world and the spiritual is to divide them into two things. This is the fundamental fallacy. From the spiritual to the most dense matter, it is one continuity. This is the way conception creates its own reality. In dualism, in relativity, you have myriads of forms and names and each assumes individuality: matter is one individuality, the spiritual world is another, and a bridge is needed between the two. This is the basic fallacy inherent in intellect, which is itself the product of dualism. Intellect cannot go outside its own campus; it wants to explain, analyze and then synthesize.

A central mystery in the phenomenon of quantum entanglement is called nonlocality. This refers to connections between objects that transcend the ordinary constraints of space and time. One way to observe this effect in the lab is between pairs of photons prepared in certain ways.

Deepak Chopra has long been a friend of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and today we feature two interviews about his new book, You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters.

Members of the Institute of Noetic Sciences form a community of individuals on this planet who know the conventional ideas of how the world works are insufficient, and that we are really capable of much more.

Can technology support spiritual awakening? This is just one of the many fascinating questions that Julia Mossbridge, Director of the IONS Innovation Lab, is currently working on. Check out this entertaining interview to hear Julia speak to DJ Taz Rashid of the Global Purpose Movement about her work in transcendence technology — technology that helps people reach a state of self-transcendence — and other exciting aspects of her research.

In this podcast, hosted by Tony Balbin of Warrior, Tony and IONS' researcher Arnaud Delorme, PhD,  have an in-depth discussion of some of the meditation devices on the market today. Arnaud also shares some of the research he’s conducted on non-ordinary states of consciousness including meditation, psycho-active agents, and mediumship.

It is with sadness and yet deep appreciation for a life well-lived that we honor one of IONS family of Circle Members, Anthony White, who passed away last week due to complications from leukemia.

A sustainable presence on this planet will require changes in our human behaviors. To achieve true, lasting changes in behavior, it turns out, requires changing our worldviews so the new action becomes part of “who I am.” But if you’ve ever tried to change a worldview or pattern of behavior in yourself or another person, you know it’s quite an endeavor!

In honor of International Haiku Day, IONS staff members are sharing their noetic poetry.

Edgar Mitchell, along with eleven other Apollo moonwalkers during six historic moon missions, helped change our perceptions of Earth. Suddenly, it was possible for humans to leave our planet and walk around and work on a different heavenly body. What an amazing feat.