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IONS Northwest Newsletter
March '07 News and Events
March 5, 2007
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Featured This Month
--Integrative Dialogue on Towards A Science of Peace - March 12, 2007, 7:15 PM
--IONS Seattle Is Shifting with Shift
--IONS Seattle Calendar of Upcoming Meetings
--An Emerging Science of Peace and Transformation with James O’Dea
President of The Institute of
Noetic Sciences
--IONS Northwest Community Group Coordinators Retreat
--Pachamama
--Update on IONS Northwest Integral Health and Healing Forums
--IONS 2007 International Conference Preparation
--Shift in Action Update
--About Joining IONS and Joining our Seattle IONS Group
March ’07 News
Recently, the coordination across our events for deeper insight are in
parallel to new developments at IONS. "The
2007 Shift Report," an 81 page summary of long term research on
transformation, will be mailed to each IONS member this week in place of the
Shift magazine.
We are very pleased to announce the May 4 visit of IONS President James O'Dea
to
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Integrative Dialogue on Towards A
Science of Peace - March 12, 2007, 7:15 PM
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This winter, a series on the science of peace in 3 related evenings brings us
to our next Monday, March 12 Meeting at East Shore Unitarian when we will
host a Bohmian Dialogue for personal and collective integration. We will integrate
our learning from the January and
February meetings on the theme, Towards A
Science of Peace. It is not necessary to have attended the meetings to join
us.
This dialogue process elicits experiences, thoughts, feelings, questions, and
visions about peace while co-creating with others a "quieting space."
Reflection, respect for diversity, the willingness to speak without needing
feedback, to hear without giving direct response are distinctive to the
dialogue process. One of our members has described this form of conversation as
a "talking meditation." Read more in the events section of our web.
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IONS Seattle Is Shifting with Shift
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Like our January to March 12 dialogue, building on the theme of Towards a
Science of Peace, next quarter a coordinated series of meetings will take focus
on The Science of Peace and Transformation.
On April 9, we facilitate a careful study of The Shift Report On May 4, IONS President James O’Dea will
help us understand new developments in the relationship of the science of peace
and transformation. We then follow with a meeting on May 14, which integrates
all of the above.
First time visitors to our Seattle IONS Community Group will be able to join in
at any point and are always welcome.
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Below is a calendar of our next few Seattle IONS
meetings. Everyone is welcome:
Monday, March 12, 2007, 7:15 - 9:15 PM, East Shore
Unitarian, 12700 SE 32nd, I-90 at Richards RD
Bohmian Dialogue on Towards a
Science of Peace
Monday, April 9, 2007, 7:15 - 9:15 PM, East Shore
Unitarian, 12700 SE 32nd, I-90 at Richards RD
Focused Study of IONS Shift report on
Transformation
Friday, May 4, 7: 00-9:30 PM, Seattle, Seattle Unity
An Emerging Science of Peace
and Transformation
with IONS President James O’Dea
Monday, May 14, 2007, 7:15-9:15 PM, East Shore
Unitarian, 12700 SE 32nd, I-90 at Richards RD
Integrative Dialogue on Shifting into a
Science of Peace and Transformation
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An Emerging Science of Peace and
Transformation with James O’Dea,
President of The
Institute of Noetic Sciences May 04, 2007
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James O’Dea, President of The Institute
of Noetic Sciences will present on An Emerging Science of Peace and
Transformation on Friday, May 4, 7:00-9:30 at a Seattle Unity. This event
is cosponsored by Unity of Seattle and supported by many
James O’Dea believes that to understand the Science of Peace one must also
understand the science of stress, manipulation and oppression. He says: "Both the science of peace and of
transformation herald deeply practical insights and models that will guide us
though a time of unprecedented breakdown into a new center of prodigious human
creativity and planetary civilization." Read more about this event and
register by visiting our web through the link below.
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IONS Northwest Community Group
Coordinators Retreat
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Our Seattle IONS Community group, for several years now, has been coordinating
an annual gathering for IONS Community
Group Coordinators in the Northwest. We will have our fourth retreat
together May 5-6. This will be the
second time IONS president James O’ Dea will join in. All those who share
leadership in IONS NW Community groups (4 states and
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Pachamama Alliance Awakening the Dreamer
Facilitator Training
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An upcoming four-day, non-residential training program has been designed for
people who want to be trained to facilitate (or lead) the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium, and also for
those who want to fulfill other leadership roles in bringing Symposiums to
their local communities.
The Awakening the
Dreamer Symposium facilitator training intensive will take place at Bastyr
University, March 15-18, 2007, registration fees basically cover overhead and
materials. Follow the web link to Seattle IONS for more info and to register.
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Update on IONS Northwest Integral Health
and Healing Forums
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We have been in transition with our Integral Health Forums, re-grouping to form
a committee around developing our integral health meetings. If you would like
to be part of future planning please let us know.
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IONS 2007 International Conference
Preparation
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We are very busy preparing for the next IONS conference: Consciousness in
Action: The Science and Practice of Transformation,
There are still early bird discounts to the 2007 IONS Conference. IONS
membership discounts are available as well. We would like to know if you are
going to the Conference so we can plan to meet together at the conference.
In addition, Susan Burns and others are coordinating a complimentary leadership
day as a Pre-Conference Institute for IONS Community Group Coordinators and
those interested in beginning IONS Community groups. We also have a
complimentary breakfast meeting set aside for IONS Community Group
Coordinators.
Help us get the word out about the conference locally. Join a team of
people who will disseminate promotional materials and receive complimentary Pre
and Post Conference Institutes. Please contact Susan Burns.
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Shift in Action Update
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IONS Interactive web site, Shift in Action, has a promotion currently going on.
For a limited time you can still get a trial membership as a Shift in Action
partner. Benefits include interactive teleseminars, free audio and video
downloads, and interactive web pages. The promotional package includes CD?s and
a book. In April IONS will be releasing version 2.0 of Shift in Action with
various upgrades. Now is the time to sign on for a trial and learn how to use
the Shift in Action website.
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About Joining IONS and Joining our
Seattle IONS Group
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Although our
Joining IONS as a member is a separate process, and of course, we want to
encourage membership. The Institute of Noetic Sciences hubquarters has 2 levels
of membership: Basic and Shift in Action Partnership. See the current promotion
above.
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IONS Northwest and Seattle IONS - Find other links to events mentioned above
here.
The Institute of Noetic Sciences
IONS 2007 Conference - Consciousness in Action: The Science and Practice of Transformation
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All welcome to our Seattle IONS
events. To find out more about The Institute of Noetic Sciences, visit http://www.noetic.org,
for local pages, visit
www.ionsnw.org. To see our local schedule visit http://www.ionsnw.org/events.htm.
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Susan Burns
The Institute
of Noetic Sciences (http://www.noetic.org/)
Seattle IONS
Community (http://www.ionsnw.org/)
Contact: sburns@ionsnw.org