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Inner Work: When Productivity is Counter-Productive

Posted by Julie Stiles on December 8, 2009 | 8 Comments

A friend recently wrote in an email; “I’m coming to realize that this transformational path I’m on isn’t exactly productive. I don’t know what it is but productive it’s not.” Her comments, coupled with my own experiences of times when I am not accomplishing as much as I would like, caused me to reflect on [...]

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IONS opens its doors

Posted by Ryan Hurd on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment

I just learned that the Institute of Noetic Sciences has opened its virtual library of consciousness studies to the public until December 24th.
Included in this promotion are video interviews from Deepak Chopra and other luminaries, as well as access to dozens of articles and audio broadcasts on subjects ranging from spirituality, the paranormal, the [...]

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Laying the groundwork for conversation

Posted by Ryan Hurd on October 24, 2007 | 4 Comments

My comrade-in-consciousness Kevin Kovelant wrote a post recently about how easily discussions about said consciousness can suffer from miscommunication. This is relevant here as we argue about the terms “lucidity” and “consciousness” in regards to dreams, but are often talking about different things altogether, such as awareness of one’s external environment, awareness that one [...]

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New Consciousness and Dream Studies Site

Posted by Ryan Hurd on September 25, 2007 | 3 Comments

Berkeley, CA, September 12, 2007 ” Throughout history, an understanding of the nature of consciousness has been sought after through a variety of fields of research – philosophy, psychology, biology, neurology, physics, various spiritual and occult systems, and more. Often a seemingly concrete solution to the “problem” of consciousness in one field can be counter-balanced [...]

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Lucid Dreaming Interview

Posted by Ryan Hurd on June 29, 2007 | No Comments

The Lucid Dream Exchange just published its quarterly edition, including a long interview of myself on the topic of lucid dreaming. I am grateful to editor Robert Waggoner for the opportunity, which allowed me to tell my story from my early childhood nightmares to my present day academic research. I”m looking forward [...]

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