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Our current times are overwhelming. We are more connected than ever through technology, being constantly surrounded by social media, 24/7 news, and AI that gets harder and harder to distinguish from reality. At the same time, we are less connected than ever to other humans. At least, that’s what the stats say. IONS has previously written about how the loneliness epidemic is plaguing humanity.
Have you ever entered a room and felt like there was tension in the air? Or, on the contrary, was the atmosphere pleasant?
Last time, I wrote about the Dark Night of the Soul – or what I’m now calling the Phoenix Era – which is the death-rebirth period when you deconstruct your old self. I was specifically writing about the crisis that ensues when you flip a worldview, embark on a spiritual path, and work on healing personal trauma, but this can be applied to any life experience that transforms you and requires time for psychological and emotional restructuring to find yourself again.
Energy medicine is a practice where a healer uses their hands to channel energy into a person’s body to help restore balance and improve health. This approach, which has roots in ancient traditions like Vedic and Chinese medicine, has recently caught the attention of researchers.
IONS Chief Scientist Dean Radin was featured in a recent Popular Mechanics article, Everything in the Universe—Even Aliens—May Share a Form of Consciousness, Scientists Say.
Do you feel lonely? If so, you are in good company. Almost a quarter of the world feels lonely, according to a 2023 Gallup/Meta study. That’s over a billion people!
Not long ago, psychic abilities (psi) and mediumship were shrouded in mystery and taboo. Fear certainly played a part – we tend to fear that which is unknown. That said, societal attitudes are gradually shifting, and people are getting increasingly open to exploring the psi phenomena and the noetic realm (that is, knowledge and information beyond our five senses).
I can’t get over how much this snippet from one of Charles Darwin’s letters resonated with me when I read it.
What pops up in your head when you think of meditation? If you’re like most people, you imagine a person sitting peacefully in a cross-legged position.
How do we study such a complicated and intricate system as the human body? For a long time, scientists have focused on breaking down the complex processes of the human body and mind into smaller, more manageable parts to study them individually. This method, known as reductionism, has helped us understand individual systems in the body, like how the heart pumps blood or how the brain processes information. However, this approach leaves out the bigger picture of how these systems interact with each other over time and space.