Current Issues for Research
Conscious Universe
Experience of a Person Who Came Back to the Earth from Moon, Dr. Edgar Mitchell
～ excerpt from IONS website ～
Traveling back to Earth, having just walked on the moon, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell had an experience for which nothing in his life had prepared him. As he approached the planet we know as home, he was filled with an inner conviction as certain as any mathematical equation he'd ever solved. He knew that the beautiful blue world to which he was returning is part of a living system, harmonious and whole-and that we all participate, as he expressed it later, "in a universe of consciousness."
Trained as an engineer and scientist, Captain Mitchell was most comfortable in the world of rationality and physical precision. Yet the understanding that came to him as he journeyed back from space felt just as trustworthy-it represented another way of knowing.
This experience radically altered his worldview: Despite science's superb technological achievements, he realized that we had barely begun to probe the deepest mystery of the universe-the fact of consciousness itself. He became convinced that the uncharted territory of the human mind was the next frontier to explore, and that it contained possibilities we had hardly begun to imagine. Within two years of his expedition, Edgar Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences in 1973.
Research on Consciousness
Consciousness is one of the most difficult research themes in the 21st Century researchers have been tackling. Consciousness is "invisible", however, it is too significant a matter for any person and anything which exists on the planet. Rational way of viewing mind and matter as separate is becoming more and more obsolete today.
- IONS
- Deepak Chopra
- Stuart Homeoff
The IONS' Conferences Dr. Tsunematsu attended
- The Institute of Noetic Sciences, 13th International Conference "Toward a Global Shift: Seeding the Field of Collective Change", Tucson, Arizona, USA (June 17-21, 2009)
- The Institute of Noetic Sciences, 12h International Conference "Consciousness in Action", Palm Springs, California, USA (August 8-12, 2007)
Other Conferences (Attended)
- 11th International Conference on Science and Consciousness, Santa fe, New Mexico, USA (March 27-April 1, 2008)