IONS - Institute of Noetic Science

Hello All,

I wanted to throw this link your way I stumbled upon a while back to the institute of Noetic science. What does Noetic mean? (that was my first question as well) Per their website it is

"Noetic sciences are explorations into the nature and potentials of consciousness using multiple ways of knowing—including intuition, feeling, reason, and the senses. Noetic sciences explore the "inner cosmos" of the mind (consciousness, soul, spirit) and how it relates to the "outer cosmos" of the physical world."

Yes, a bit esoteric, but what gave me a pause is that the institute was founded by an ex Apollo moon astronaut by the name of Edgar Mitchell, who had an epiphany of sorts coming home from the moon and seeing the vastness of space surrounding the earth, and realizing that something much bigger was at work than conventional religion could explain. Apparently, this was the impetus of the beginning of the institute. What impressed me is, these astronauts were highly vetted and chosen because they were NOT considered esoteric, irrational or non-logical in their thinking. If space could get to one of these folks, than there must really be something to this idea that Mr. Mitchell came up with. At least I thought so.

Here is a link to their site, take a look for yourself at ION site