IONS Community Groups Network Newsletter                                                          October 2014

 

Rose Welch Says Thank You and Good-Bye
September 30, 2014

Many of you know Rose Welch, who worked with community groups for many of her 25 years at IONS. She recently retired, and I wanted to share some of her reflections with you.

She wrote, "It has been my privilege and honor to serve the Institute of Notice Sciences...and be part of its evolution from a tiny group of visionaries in a small Sausalito office to an established center recognized throughout the world for advancing the study of human consciousness.

As I reflect and review my years at IONS in a spirit of closure, I feel blessed to have worked with many great leaders who are no longer with us: These include Willis Harman, IONS' long-time President who was truly a Prince and a man of tremendous vision; Wink Franklin, IONS' first Vice-President and then President after Willis passed, who developed the Wisdom Society and was responsible for purchasing the beautiful 194 acres that is now home to EarthRise; Brendan O'Regan, Director of Research, a brilliant scientist with an Irish twinkle in his eyes, and;  former Communications Director Barbara McNeill.

While in Research I worked on the Inner Mechanism of the Healing Response program, the Remission Bibliography, The Heart of Healing Turner Broadcasting Series, Bill Moyers' Healing and the Mind, the Causality Project, and the Epistemology Project.

In Education I coordinated many of IONS' international conferences, its Community Group Network, and the Temple Awards for Creative Altruism...I produced and coordinated countless IONS receptions, salons, and events during most of my 25 years

This has been my work, my life. It's been exciting, fulfilling, challenging, insane, and always full of heart. I've laughed and cried with board, staff, IONS members, and even people I've never met. Through it all I became part of something important that made a difference in the world. With IONS I had work that filled my soul and was aligned with my personal mission.

And so from here on out, you will find me at my beloved Big Sur Coast transitioning from "Doing" as Rose@IONS to "Being" as BigSurRose, but always with a heart connection to IONS. I will restart the IONS Big Sur Community Group in 2015 and have already started taking the IONS Conscious Aging Workshop into the world.

And so a big THANK YOU! to all! I wish the IONS Board, Staff, and President Cassandra Vieten the very best in keeping IONS relevant in the next 40 years.

Rose Welch

You have my love and support.

Rose is traveling in Mexico and after November 5 can be reached at:

 

PO Box 142

Big Sur, CA  93920

831-667-2357/home

831-238-6008/cell

[email protected] 

Noetically,

Cathy Coleman

IONS Global Network Liaison 

News From the President's Office

President Cassandra Vieten is Delegate to Dialogue on the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence

 

Dr. Cassandra Vieten
On October 2nd Cassi participated as a delegate at the first annual Dialogue on the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence, hosted by SOKA University of America in Orange County, CA, led by Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations. Other attendees included friends of IONS such as James R. Doty, Founder and Director, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, and IONS Temple Award Recipient Azim Khamisa, Founder of the Tariq Khamisa Foundation. 

 

An interesting high-level event and terrific exposure for IONS! --Amy Benz, Executive Assistant to the President/CEO

Films for Evolving Minds

Dean Radin

IONS' Chief Scientist

Beyond Our Sight

 
 

IONS' Chief Scientist Dean Radin was interviewed for this short documentary on Near Death Experiences (NDEs) by French filmmaker Antony Chene. 

Dean wrote," It's mostly talking heads and stock film, but it's nicely done. He used one camera, one light, one mic, and no budget. This is the future of indie docs."
          

View the documentary here on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpSuO8DtiMM


 

Ocala (FL) IONS CG member Arielle Ford wrote, "We saw a movie that opened our hearts, stirred our souls and made us laugh and cry!" 

The movie is titled:

 

Hector and The Search for Happiness

 

"We give it five stars and two big thumbs up!" says Arielle, who additionally recommends you, "RUN--don't walk--to see this fabulous feature film in theaters now."

  

 

The Science of Happiness
Greater Good Science Center
Offers Free Online Course

 

GGSC's free online course, The Science of Happiness, is now live--and you haven't missed your chance to take it!  Just launched: Week 7, focusing on the "mental habits of happiness."

 

Sign up for the course at any time and take in at your own pace. The content will remain online through May 2015.

 

Co-taught by the GGSC's Dacher Keltner and Emiliana Simon-Thomas, the course offers research-tested practices to boost your happiness, and features talks by experts like Sonja Lyubormirky and Jon Kabat-Zinn.

 

CE credit hours are available for nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors, therapists, and others for a modest fee. 
IONS CG Events and Gatherings

 

 

CANCELLED:

Community Group Leaders Gathering at IONS' EarthRise

Petaluma, CA

November 14-16, 2014 

 

 

IONS 16th International Conference

The Science of Being, 

The Spirit of Community

Oakbrook Hills Resort

Chicago, IL

July 22-26, 2015


Plan to join us! There will be many activities, including a two-day Conscious Aging Facilitators' Training. Community group leaders and members will meet daily in a designated location and get to know each other.  Registration information will be available in November.

Noetic Explorations

 

 

University of Virginia has a Paranormal Activity Lab!

 

The Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia's School of Medicine is decidedly less fantastic than either Julavits's or Marvel's creations, but it's nevertheless a fascinating place. Founded in 1967 by Dr. Ian Stevenson-originally as the Division of Personality Studies-its mission is "the scientific empirical investigation of phenomena that suggest that currently accepted scientific assumptions and theories about the nature of mind or consciousness, and its relation to matter, may be incomplete."

 

 

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CG Updates

Welcome New Groups:

 

Hattiesburg IONS (Mississippi) Leader: Amelia Sloan-Mitchell,

 

Inland Empire IONS (Running Springs, Lake Arrowhead, & Riverside, CA)

Leader: Anne Fernandez, [email protected]

 

Lacrosse IONS (Wisconsin)
Leader: Michael Brown, [email protected]
 
Somerset IONS (Bridgewater, NJ) Leader: Shannon Winters, [email protected]


 


 Community Group Profile

Phil Porter, Founder

Arlington, Texas IONS CG

 

Arlington (Texas) Noetic Science Group was started by Phil Porter in the early 1990s. It started in individual homes and is now meeting at the Unitarian Universalist Church. At age 90 he continues to attend every meeting. This group gathers from 7-7:30pm the first Tuesday of the month and meets from 7:30-9:00pm. The group's leader is Joanne Stewart who can be reached at: [email protected]

October CG Happenings:

 

Bellingham (WA) IONS showed the new documentary SONG OF THE NEW EARTH about the life and work of Tom Kenyon. Leader Cyndy Sheldon noted "It is an excellent movie of this amazing man, and we had to turn people away!" [email protected] 

www.bellinghamions.blogspot.com 


 Chicago Suburban IONS has moved to a new format.  In order to reach a larger audience, they are videotaping their guest speakers and broadcasting their interviews or presentations on public access TV in and around Chicago. The Chicago Area Network TV has suggested that they produce a mini-series to be broadcast over eight consecutive weeks in northern Illinois.  Leader: Marta Carlson: 

[email protected]


Knoxville (TN) IONS hosted Felisha Beverly for an introduction to Pranic Healing, a no-touch healing modality. www.oasisinstitute.org

 

Marin (CA) IONS hosted  Dan Drasin to show the rough cut of "Calling Earth," his documentary film on communication with the deceased via modern electronic technology. Leader: Pat Palmer: [email protected].

 

Santa Rosa (CA) IONS hosted Diana Borges presenting "Introduction to Your Energy," teaching ways to help people feel internal energy, recognize energy blocks, and take steps to increase personal energy. Leader: Mary Gordon: [email protected].

 

Tucson IONS hosts Catriona O'Curry November 7 presenting "Learn to Go with the Current of the Life Power...Instead of Against It." Leader: Janie Herr: [email protected].

 

Twin Cities IONS (MN) hosted an Introduction to the work of Rupert Sheldrake, presented by three of the group's members. Leaders: Ann Thompson and Mikki Morrissette: [email protected] 

Contact Us
If you have questions or ideas for  this e-newsletter, we welcome your feedback.

Cathy Coleman, PhD

IONS Global Community Liaison

[email protected] 

1-707-779-8271