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On a chilly November evening outside of Shanghai, I sat captivated by a sound healing mega-concert that continued for over two hours accompanied by a mesmerizing Hollywood-scale light show. The exquisite crystal bowls, ancient wind instruments, chanting, and drums transported me into a deep, peaceful state of mind that enabled me to forget that I was the only person who had forgotten to wear a jacket that evening! It was an unforgettable experience that created a palpable field of interconnection among the thousands of us gathered for the opening ceremonies of the AT ONE International Festival.

At the Institute of Noetic Sciences we are committed to discovering how each of us can better access that place of our interconnection – accelerating the creation of a more just and sustainable human presence on this planet. Over 45 years of research tells us that when people recognize that we are one, they take better care of themselves, each other, and the planet.

What will the world look like in 2050 if we take action to get global warming under control? What will the world look like if we don’t?

Many of us have had an intuition of a future event that turned out to be true, but far fewer have taken the time to practice, cultivate, and apply that skill to benefit their life. The Applied Precognition Project (APP) has a mission to do just that.

People all over the world believe in Anomalous Information Reception (AIR), a variety of extrasensory perceptions that extend beyond the traditional five senses. An example of AIR is the ability to sense or see past, present, or future emotional states of other people. These capacities are often depicted in modern entertainment as “supernatural” and “paranormal” content. While three in four Americans believe in paranormal phenomena, others argue that these experiences are a dissociative form of pathology, meaning they are part of a psychological disorder and are periods of dissociation. Dissociative disorders are characterized by an involuntary escape from and a disconnect between thoughts, identity, consciousness and memory. People from all age groups and racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds can experience a dissociative disorder. Some studies have shown that people who claim AIR have higher levels of dissociative symptoms but that these symptoms do not reach pathological levels.

The practice of meditation is believed to have existed well before written history. Today, the growth of research on meditation and the development of new applications incorporating meditation are advancing exponentially. This rapid expansion is due to the efforts of clinicians, theorists, and researchers — all of whom are interested in legitimizing meditation research by secularizing the various practices, translating them into clinically relevant interventions, and examining the effects of meditation on biological outcomes such as brain structure and function, immunity, and stress hormones. And yet, there is much more to know.

What if you could access all the wisdom you need for living a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life… from your nighttime dreams?

How does Energy Medicine/Healing Work?

The IONS research team is working on a very exciting project with Bowling Green State University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and Baylor University. Funded by the Templeton Foundation, the goal of this study, entitled Fostering Spiritual and Religious Competencies in Mental Health Care is to bring more training in spiritual and religious background, beliefs, and practices to mental health professionals.

Precognition is the scientific name for a group of abilities that have to do with knowing or using information about the future without drawing on information from the five senses, memory, or logic. Premonitions are one of those abilities – a premonition is a feeling or sense about a future event. But precognition includes premonition as well as other ways of knowing, so precognition is the umbrella term that includes premonitions. So what exactly is precognition, again?