081 – Dr. Cassandra Vieten of Institute of Noetic Sciences – A Conscious Shift

Parapsychological research…

Cassandra Vieten, PhD, President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a scientist at the Mind-Body Medicine Research Group at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, and a licensed clinical psychologist, joins Julie Chan in the MouthMedia Network studios.In this episode:
IONS, and its scientific research
Vieten’s father was a scientist, secular humanist
Her mother had more interest in the symbolic world, dreams, symbols, storytelling
How she developed a fascination with both inner and outer worlds
Her training as a psychologist
Turning the lens of science onto things she was learning in psychology program
How keeping things you like and getting rid of thing you don’t like causes a paradox
Misunderstanding what is possible
Information may be contained in an additional layer of reality
What’s been found in research so far
Bringing together all the work happening in the field
What happens on someone’s own body due to intentions
When you pay attention to systems do they behave differently at a quantum level
Aspects of the mind extends beyond the body
Evidence of the possibility of precognition
Spoon bending
The need for more research, and funding
The resistance to this topic even in higher education, terming it pseudoscience
The power of our intention and how we direct thoughts
Experiments and experiences solidifying data available that generates additional interest in optimization
A shift or change in perception, how work can support transformation of humanity in a way that makes it more difficultto be unkind to others and themselves
A larger calling for fulfillment, central to lives
How we can be kind and translate that into behavior changes
The importance of self compassion
Its not about becoming perfect — it’s about becoming real.
Why the scientific method is awesome
Citizen science
Getting involved or collaborating
Twitter as a data source
The need for funding and the economics of not solving the issue of human potential

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