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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