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What is the relationship between our mind and our immune system? Do major lifetime experiences have an effect on our health?

Our research studies at IONS help us gather scientific information on which innovative approaches to noetic sciences have the greatest impact on individual and global consciousness and transformation. We could not do this important work without our wonderful study participants! Their contribution of time and effort is critically important to the data that we collect, but their individual experiences of participating in IONS studies are not often reflected in the professional papers we publish. Ultimately, these personal transformations are the very purpose of why we do the work we do at IONS. Our research is important because it helps provide information about how we can support individual and global transformation.

Crystals have played a major part in ancient civilizations, including the Romans, Greeks, Chinese, Ancient Japanese, Ancient Egyptians, and Indians to name a few. Historically, these cultures believed certain crystals could promote healing, enlightenment, and sharpen one’s abilities. To this day, crystals are still considered to have metaphysical properties by many people.

Have you ever considered that this downslide we seem to be in — this falling apart of things such as economies, policies, families, and ecologies — has an UPside?

The IONS Experience Department was fortunate to share a few moments with Yasmine Anne Fernandez, of the Yucca Valley IONS Community Group, harvesting her interests, recommendations, and knowledge about forming an IONS Community Group.

And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.

The last act in the great performance of life is crucial to the narrative. In this act, life provides a great opportunity for spiritual, emotional, and psychological growth. It’s a time to celebrate a life journey, to harvest the wisdom of those experiences, and to share what was meaningful in the company of others.

Many people have had the experience of thinking about a particular person, for no apparent reason, and then the phone rings and that person is on the line. Generally such calls are from familiar people like close friends and family members. These seemingly telepathic experiences with telephones are very common. In surveys in Britain, USA, and other countries, more than 80% of the respondents said that they had known who was calling before answering or looking at the caller ID.

IONS is proud to support the work of up-and-coming noetic explorers who are uniquely positioned to take this field to new heights. With our NextGen Consciousness in Action Awards, we honor people who seek to uplift culture — changemakers whose seek to make a positive impact in the world, and whose work extends into domains well beyond anything we could have conceived. We hope you will join 2019 award winner (and guest blogger) Jewel Love in our upcoming Noetic Global Gathering, in which he explores how we might cultivate a new paradigm for modern manhood.

The revered spiritual teacher Ram Dass, who recently died at age 88, observed that people have no difficulty being called an old soul but do not want to be called an old person. What a paradox! Accrual of wisdom is viewed as a positive attribute, yet aging is denied and feared. How can we bridge that gap? Conscious aging helps us integrate deeper awareness into our experience of life.