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Tell us about the title of your book The Journey of Soul Initiation.

Perhaps the most fundamental crisis in the world today is a psychological and spiritual one: the loss of meaning or purpose. All other major crises in our world today — social and racial injustice, environmental pollution, mass extinction, psychopathology, family dysfunctions, political dysfunctions, climate disruption, war — grow out of this bedrock existential loss: so many people experiencing their lives as empty, or suspecting human life, more generally, to be meaningless.

The scientific evidence for lucid dreaming normally starts with the ingenious work of Keith Hearne, Ph.D. at the University of Hull (UK) in 1975 and Stephen LaBerge, PhD at Stanford University in 1978. While graduate students, they separately imagined an experimental process to provide clear evidence that a dreamer could become consciously aware of dreaming, while in the dream state.

UPDATE: Twelve Noetic Signature characteristics were revealed through the completion of phase III of the Noetic Signature™ Inventory studies.

In the Fall, the IONS team took participants of The Science of Consciousness (TSC) conference on a journey to explore the Science of Interconnectedness. The Science of Consciousness conference (TSC Consciousness Reboot), sponsored by The Center for Consciousness Studies, is the world’s longest running interdisciplinary conference addressing fundamental aspects of consciousness, the brain, reality and existence.

IONS recently completed our annual Community Group Facilitator survey, which included input from 114 Community Groups meeting around the globe. This survey of the IONS Community Group network ensures that the IONS Experience & Engagement department has the most accurate information posted on our Community Group Global Map directory and that all groups on our website are still active.

We’re excited to welcome Steve Taylor, PhD, as the guest speaker at our ConnectIONS Live free webinar on Friday, January 22nd. Based on his recent book Spiritual Science, Steve will explain how human goodness — as manifested in qualities such as compassion, altruism and justice — is related to a sense of connection. Conversely, what we think of as ‘evil’ is related to a sense of separation. A sense of separation brings an inability to empathize, or take other people’s perspectives, and a preoccupation with one’s own desires and goals.

Thanks to the support of our donors, the IONS Year-End Campaign exceeded the $250,000 goal with over $292,000 in gifts received. And, thanks to the generous donors who provided matching gift funds, all gifts were matched dollar for dollar. We simply could not do this important work without the support from you, our donors — thank you!

On February 5, 1971 Captain Edgar Mitchell, along with fellow Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Stuart Roosa, landed on the surface of the moon. During this historic nine hour and twenty-three minute moonwalk, they were tasked with conducting in-depth research on the lunar surface — taking pictures, leaving behind scientific measuring devices, and collecting more than 93 pounds of samples.

With the arrival of the new year, IONS is thrilled to announce the launch of our 2021 Possibility Accelerator Workshop! This workshop is a research-based program focusing on noetic concepts, tools, and practices to support you in creating any personal or collective transformation for yourself, your community or the world at large. At IONS, we refer to this as a Moonshot. Registration is now open: learn more!

IONS Chief Scientist Dr. Dean Radin was thrilled to join Deepak Chopra for a live discussion on his YouTube channel The Chopra Well on December 29, 2020. His “Conversations at the Intersection of Cutting Edge Science and Spirituality” have spanned topics from cosmic resonance, to near-death studies, to photobiology.