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		<title>Multidimensional Realities with Jurgen Ziewe (live via Skype from England)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special Consciousness Connections Presentation: Multidimensional Realities with Jurgen Ziewe (live via Skype from England) Sunday, January 22, 2012 Doors open at 1:00 pm; Please arrive by 1:15 pm Presentation will begin promptly at 1:30 pm INACS’ Nerve Centre 12593 Research Blvd, Suite 302 The meeting is free &#38; open to the Public See below for [...]]]></description>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Multidimensional Realities with Jurgen Ziewe </strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>(live via Skype from England)</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Sunday, January 22, 2012</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Doors open at 1:00 pm; Please arrive by 1:15 pm</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Presentation will begin promptly at 1:30 pm</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>INACS’ Nerve Centre</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>12593 Research Blvd, Suite 302</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The meeting is free &amp; open to the Public</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">See below for directions</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Multidimensional Realities;</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reports and observations from Out-of-Body explorations</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>with Jurgen Ziewe (live via Skype from England)</strong></p>
<p>Jurgen will provide an account of his observations during his 40 years of out-of-body explorations. He sees these other dimensions of existence as an extension to our natural world.</p>
<p>Jurgen will discuss the challenges faced by OBE explorers when subjective consciousness</p>
<p>interferes with consensus realities of the higher dimensions. He&#8217;ll also discuss the mindset required to observe and carefully record “objective” data from those environments.</p>
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<td valign="top" width="624">   Born in 1947 in a small town in West Germany, Jurgen suffered the loss of his father following a prolonged illness at only nine years old.  For days after his death, his father appeared to Jurgen repeatedly in lucid dreams assuring the boy that he was still alive and well.  This experience started Jurgen off on his quest into the greater mysteries of life.Passionate about abstract art and intrigued by the philosophy behind Kandinsky’s paintings, Jurgen sought out the last surviving pupil of the artist, and, after serving in the German Air Force, he enrolled at Hamburg Academy of Art.  His desire to seek the very source of creation and his fascination with the mystery behind the appearances of life inspired him to embark on a deeply spiritual path.  His meditation practice, although initially fruitless, presaged his spontaneous awakening experience during his early twenties, and soon after that he began to have spontaneous out-of-body experiences.</td>
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<p>Leading a highly demanding professional life, Jurgen Ziewe compensated by practicing intensive meditation to gain balance and spiritual inspiration.  He soon discovered there was more to life when he was catapulted out of his body into a parallel universe.  For nearly forty years he kept a secret diary detailing his excursions, which reveal a fascinating alternate reality that awaits us once we leave our mortal bodies.  Jurgen discovered a multidimensional universe into which he could step while maintaining full waking consciousness.  He returned each time with breath-taking accounts of a world which forms not only the natural extension but the foundation of our physical universe.  In his 2008 book, <em>Multidimensional Man</em>, Jurgen chronicles his observations and insights from Out-of-Body experiences into higher dimensional realities, and gives vivid and compelling accounts of meeting his deceased relatives, of interviewing the &#8216;dead&#8217;, and even of accompanying himself in a previous life.  He describes with the zest of a travel journalist some of the mind-bending places he has visited, and recalls the excitement of unearthing the magical powers found there.</p>
<p>These powerful experiences shifted the emphasis of his work away from abstract art, and in the nineties with the help of sophisticated computer programs, Jurgen attempted to recreate the scenes he had encountered during his out-of-body journeys.  Soon his work was noticed by poster publishers who established him as a fantasy artist subsequently selling over two million posters world-wide.  Book publisher Collins &amp; Brown became aware of his work and published a folio biography of the artist, <em>New Territories &#8211; The Computer Visions of Jurgen Ziewe</em>, (1997, Suckling, N).  His work has since been featured widely on the covers of best-selling science fiction novels.  Jurgen has also carved out a career as a highly sought-after illustrator and continues to be employed by some of the world’s largest advertising agencies, multinational companies and book publishers.</p>
<p>Jurgen&#8217;s website, <a href="http://www.multidimensionalman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.multidimensionalman.com</a>, has steadily grown in content as well as popularity._____________________________________________________________________<strong> Meeting Details</strong>:</p>
<p>This meeting will be an experiment for INACS in using Skype video for a 2-way interactive presentation from a remote location.</p>
<p>If successful, this format will open up a large selection of potential worldwide INACS&#8217; speakers to us.</p>
<p>The author will briefly present his work, and conduct most of the event in a Q &amp; A format.</p>
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<p>Please view the author&#8217;s website (<a href="http://www.multidimensionalman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.multidimensionalman.com</a>) in advance; it includes several videos and numerous writings that will allow you to get familiar with his work, and help you formulate questions for the presentation.</p>
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<p><strong><em>Recommended Reading</em></strong><strong>____________________________________</strong></p>
<h1>Multidimensional Man</h1>
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<p>An Authentic Eyewitness Account of the World That Awaits Us After death</p>
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<p>by Jurgen Ziewe</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>This intelligent account takes out-of-body experiences and lucid dreaming to another level while remaining divorced from dogma and the confines of belief systems. This graphic and in-depth record of the afterlife explored through astral travel and lucid dreams invites you to investigate new realms of experience beyond the physical. With each carefully documented journey out of the body, the reader is increasingly assured that death is a journey towards expanded consciousness. Documented in personal journals, this informative first-person account fills gaps in our understanding of ultimate reality and the higher dimensions and serves as a source of inspiration and encouragement. For a book that explores the realms of life after death, Multidimensional Man is a very down-to-earth exploration that will inspire anyone from atheists and skeptics to those with an interest in psychology, metaphysics and the sublime to explore the realms accessible through altered states of awareness.</p>
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<p><strong><em>Directions to the INACS Nerve Centre</em></strong><strong>__________________</strong></p>
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<p><strong>12593 Research Blvd., Suite 302, Austin, 78759</strong></p>
<p><strong>Phone number: 512-425-0822</strong></p>
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<p>It&#8217;s a little tricky to find the first time, so here are the directions:</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re heading northwest on Research/183 from I-35, Mopac or 360, exit 183 at the Oak Knoll exit, pass through the light at Oak Knoll, and stay on the access road heading north.  The next side street off the 183 access road will be Technology Blvd.; do not turn on Technology.  Immediately after you pass Technology, there will be a driveway on your right (the only one in that area)&#8211;Exit into that driveway.  There will be a sign overhead for &#8220;Forest Plaza.&#8221;  After you pull in, you&#8217;ll have no choice but to go to the left into Forest Plaza.  Our building is the back left building within the complex&#8211;Suite 302.   If you&#8217;re heading south on Research/183, you also exit at Oak Knoll, but take the u-turn just before you get to Oak Knoll, get over the right on the northbound access road, and prepare to make the right immediately after Technology Blvd. as in the directions above.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong>Multidimensional Realities;</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong>Reports and observations from Out-of-Body explorations</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <strong>with Jurgen Ziewe (live via Skype from England)</strong></p>
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		<title>Exploring UFOs and Consciousness with SMiles Lewis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INACS (Institute for Neuroscience And Consciousness Study) and the Anomaly Archives present: Exploring UFOs and Consciousness with SMiles Lewis Austin, Texas – Tuesday, October 25th, 7-9pm CST What can we learn about UFOs from studying such diverse arenas of consciousness exploration as shamanism and drugs like DMT? What about Carl Jung’s collective unconscious and parapsychology? [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>INACS (Institute for Neuroscience And Consciousness Study)</strong> and the <strong>Anomaly Archives</strong> present:</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.smileslewis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/smiles-lewis-1a.jpg"><img class="alignright" title="SMiles-Lewis-1a" src="http://www.smileslewis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/smiles-lewis-1a-272x300.jpg" alt="" width="272" height="300" /></a>Exploring UFOs and Consciousness with SMiles Lewis</h3>
<p>Austin, Texas – Tuesday, October 25th, 7-9pm CST</p>
<p><em>What can we learn about UFOs from studying such diverse arenas of consciousness exploration as shamanism and drugs like DMT? What about Carl Jung’s collective unconscious and parapsychology? What about near death and out of body experiences? What have human agencies (governmental, corporate, aboriginal and esoteric) discovered about the UFO phenomenon’s effects on consciousness? Has humanity interacted with Alien Others throughout history? Could we be communicating with CryptoTerrestrials or a Gaian Mind? What do we really know about these diverse and exceptional experiences and those who’ve had them? Come discover the fantastic facts about UFOs, Altered States of Consciousness, and Mind-at-Large!</em></p>
<div><strong><a href="http://www.anomalyarchives.org/public-hall/events/ufos-and-consciousness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UFOs &amp; Consciousness – Part One </a>- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN_z9HNUyU8&amp;list=PL540EFFEFB29537B7&amp;feature=plpp_play_all" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Video</a> / <a href="http://www.anomalyarchives.org/media/INACS20111025-SMilesLewis-UFOsAndConsc.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio</a></strong>: Presented by SMiles Lewis for INACS’ monthly Consciousness Connections meetings. Co-Sponsored by the Anomaly Archives lending library. Presented / Recorded 10/25/11 at the Austin Center for Spiritual Living.<strong><br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free Lecture – Tuesday, October 25th at 7pm</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Austin Center for Spritual Living</strong><br />
5555 North Lamar, Suite D-117<br />
Austin, TX 78751</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.inacs.org/">www.INACS.org</a> / <a href="http://www.anomalyarchives.org/">www.AnomalyArchives.org</a></p>
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<p><strong></strong>SMiles Lewis has had a lifelong interest in all things anomalous. An early age proclivity at recalling his nightly dreams as well as several personal experiences with ESP, precognition and dream switching bolstered his interest in the paranormal. Shortly after high-school he joined the local <strong><a href="http://www.austinmufon.org/">MUFON chapter in Austin, Texas</a></strong>. He would later become a MUFON State Section Director for that group as well as leader of the local <strong>UFO Experiencer Support and Study Group</strong>. A lover of books, SMiles collected over 1000 titles before founding the non-profit <a href="http://www.anomalyarchives.org/public-hall/2011/10/"><strong>Anomaly Archives</strong></a> that serves as the lending library of the <strong>Scientific Anomaly Institute </strong>(501c3). For over twenty years he has worked with digital audio, video and other bleeding edge internet technologies. He has published his own print journal (<a href="http://www.elfis.net/elfol0/"><strong>E.L.F. Infested Spaces</strong></a>), edited a local paranormal newspaper (<a href="http://www.elfis.net/austin/AustinParaTimes/"><strong>Austin Para Times</strong></a>), maintained a large network of websites (<strong><a href="http://www.elfis.net/">ELFIS.net</a></strong>), organized a national UFO conference (<a href="http://www.nufoc.com/nufoc38/"><strong>NUFOC-38</strong></a>), spoken to anthropologists about UFOs and parapsychology (<a href="http://www.elfis.net/elfol7/ufosac.htm"><strong>Encounters with the Fantastic</strong></a>), hosted (and been a guest on) both <a href="http://smileslewis.com/blog/audio/">terrestrial and webradio talk shows</a> and has been podcasting since before the phrase existed. All these efforts and more have led radio talk show host Robert Larson to describe Miles as a “<em>Gonzo Alt-Media Proprietor and Informationalist</em>.” He is also the <strong><a href="http://forteanswest.com/wordpress-mu/texaslowfi/" target="_blank">LOWFI-Texas State Bureau Chief</a></strong> of <strong><a href="http://forteanswest.com/" target="_blank">The League of Western Fortean Intermediatists</a>.</strong></p>
<p>SMiles’ current projects include co-hosting <a href="http://www.psiopradio.com/"><strong>PsiOp-Radio</strong></a> with <a href="http://www.mackwhite.com/"><strong>Mack White</strong></a> as part of the many unique shows airing daily on his <a href="http://www.anomalyradio.com/"><strong>ANOMALY RADIO Network</strong></a>.</p>
<p>He is active with several local non-profits which includes his service on the board of directors for the <strong>Institute for Neuroscience And Consciousness Studies</strong> (<a href="http://www.inacs.org/"><strong>INACS</strong></a>) and the <strong>Scientific Anomaly Institute</strong>‘s lending library, the <a href="http://www.anomalyarchives.org/public-hall/2011/10/"><strong>Anomaly Archives</strong></a>.</p>
<p>His <a href="http://www.smileslewis.com/blog/words/">writings</a> can be found within the Archives of his print journal <a href="http://www.elfis.net/elfol0/"><strong>ELFIS</strong></a> and <a href="http://anomalymagazine.com/zine/category/smiles-lewis/"><strong>ANOMALY Magazine</strong></a>.</p>
<p>In his day job with the <strong><a href="https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/">Texas State Library and Archives Commission</a></strong>‘s <strong><a href="http://www.texastalkingbooks.org/">Talking Book Program</a></strong> he manages a <strong><a href="https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/tbp/vrs.html">Volunteer Recording Studio</a></strong> and audio duplication department and has been a consultant on two digital audio development documents for the <strong><a href="http://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a></strong>‘ <strong><a href="http://www.loc.gov/nls/">National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped</a></strong>.</p>
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		<title>Tuesday Consciousness Connections Meeting February 22nd 2011</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INACS NeuroNews ~ February 2011 ~ NeuroNews &#8211; Consciousness Connections Meeting Tuesday, February 22nd, 2010 6:30p Social, 7:00-9:00p Program Austin Center for Spiritual Living 4804 Grover The meeting is free &#38; open to the Public Location to change in March A quantum-physics experiment to see if “Human Intention” can reverse the spin of a single [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>NeuroNews &#8211; Consciousness Connections Meeting</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Tuesday, February 22nd, 2010</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>6:30p Social, 7:00-9:00p Program</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Austin Center for Spiritual Living</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">4804 Grover</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The meeting is free &amp; open to the Public</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Location to change in March</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/RonaldBrown.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-311" style="margin: 5px;" title="RonaldBrown" src="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/RonaldBrown.jpg" alt="" width="169" height="221" /></a>A quantum-physics experiment to see if “Human Intention” can reverse the spin of a single electron</p>
<p>A Presentation by Ronald Bryan, Ph.D.</p>
<p>In  considering the wave function of an electron, I realized in 2000 that  this entity resembles human consciousness in several ways, so I  hypothesized that the wave function is conscious (and a human  consciousness is a wave function).  Now if an electron’s wave function  is indeed conscious, then it might respond to a command from a human  consciousness, perhaps as one human can communicate with another human  through mental telepathy.  With the help of atomic experimentalists, I  have conceived of an experiment to look for such an effect, in  particular, can human intention reverse the spin of a single electron.  I  describe the experiment and some applications.</p>
<p>The  original paper in this research is entitled “Consciousness and  quantum-mechanical wave functions” and can be downloaded from my website  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/bryan" target="_blank">http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/bryan</a></p>
<p>Many other papers on the subject also appear there.</p>
<p><strong>Ronald Bryan, Ph. D</strong>.,  recently retired from the Physics Department of Texas A&amp;M  University but continues of carry out research there.  He has made  contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics, and  recently turned his attention to atomic physics.  He is a Fellow of the  American Physical Society.</p>
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		<title>Free Lecture: How You Can Achieve Peak Brain Performance</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NeuroNews: Consciousness Connections Meeting Tuesday, November 9, 2010  6:30pm Social, 7:00-9:00pm Program Austin Center for Spiritual Living 4804 Grover The meeting is free &#38; open to the Public   How You Can Achieve Peak Brain Performance Presentation By: Laurie Romig, Optimal Performance Brain Coach Dr. Dennis Romig, Psychologist     Presentation Objectives The last ten years [...]]]></description>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">NeuroNews: Consciousness Connections Meeting</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">Tuesday, November 9, 2010</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> 6:30pm Social, 7:00-9:00pm Program</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Austin Center for Spiritual Living</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>4804 Grover</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The meeting is free &amp; open to the Public</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img class="size-full wp-image-270 alignright" title="L-and-D" src="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/L-and-D.bmp" alt="" />How You Can Achieve Peak Brain Performance</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Presentation By:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Laurie Romig, Optimal Performance Brain Coach</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Dr. Dennis Romig, Psychologist</p>
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<strong>Presentation Objectives</strong></p>
<p>The last ten years have seen an explosion of new research on how our brains achieve peak and optimal performance.  A tool for directly promoting these levels of performance is brain wave biofeedback.  At this INACS presentation you will:</p>
<ul>
<li>Learn and observe how brain wave biofeedback can improve both low and high functioning areas of work and life performance;</li>
<li>Understand how brain wave biofeedback can increase receptivity to spirituality and deeper life insights (feelings, body awareness, interpersonal relationship systems); and</li>
<li>Identify optimal brain performance practices you can use to achieve more successes in your life. </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Presentation Outline:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Achieve optimal performance by balancing brain waves in desired areas of improvement: Calmer, Sleep Better, Improve Decision-Making, Improve Memory</li>
<li>Complete Optimal Performance Self –Assessment: Short Form</li>
<li>Obtain peak performance in Sports, Arts, and Cognitive abilities through brain wave biofeedback like Sean Casey, major league baseball player </li>
<li>Achieve greater receptivity to Spirituality and deeper life insights</li>
<li>Identify optimal brain performance practices you can use to achieve more successes in your life on your own<br />
 </li>
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<p><strong>Presenters:</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-261" title="Dennis-Romig" src="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/Dennis-Romig.jpg" alt="" width="161" height="202" />Laurie Romig has been doing neurofeedback coaching for optimal brain performance since 2005.  She has provided executive coaching for twenty years.  Laurie completed the four day BCIA Neurofeedback certification course and has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Texas in Education and Sociology.</p>
<p>Dr. Dennis Romig is a psychologist and CEO of Side by Side, Inc., a multidisciplinary “Think and Do Tank” in Austin, Texas. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Texas at Austin and did post-graduate studies in neuroscience and brain wave biofeedback from 1999 to 2009 in Washington, DC.  Romig, his wife Laurie and his colleague Dr. Angelo Bolea are co-authoring a book, How the Brain Heals Itself.</p>
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		<title>Free Lecture: How Your Brain Can Benefit from Brain Wave Biofeedback</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Your Brain Can Benefit from Brain Wave Biofeedback Presentation by Dennis Romig Consciousness  Connections Meeting Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:30p Social, 7:00-9:00p Program Austin Center for Spiritual Living 4804 Grover Ave Austin, TX 78756 The meeting is free &#38; open to the Public Book donations are welcome Presentation Objectives: Neurofeedback is way to directly [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>How Your Brain Can Benefit from Brain Wave Biofeedback<br />
Presentation by Dennis Romig</strong></h2>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-261" style="margin: 5px;" title="Dennis-Romig" src="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/Dennis-Romig.jpg" alt="" width="123" height="155" />Consciousness  Connections Meeting</strong><br />
Tuesday, October 12, 2010<br />
6:30p Social, 7:00-9:00p Program</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Austin Center for Spiritual Living</strong><br />
4804 Grover Ave Austin, TX 78756</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The meeting is free &amp; open to the Public<br />
Book donations are welcome</p>
<p><strong>Presentation Objectives:</strong></p>
<p>Neurofeedback is way to directly balance an individual’s brain waves using feedback from a portable EEG machine and a therapist.  Dr. Dennis Romig along with his colleague, Dr. Angelo Bolea, from Annapolis, Maryland has successfully treated ADD, Anxiety, Depression, Epilepsy, Drug Addiction, and Sleep Disorders using neurofeedback.  They have also discovered how to enhance brain functioning of individuals pursuing peak performance.</p>
<p>Learn and observe a new form of EEG biofeedback that directly modifies human brain waves and successfully treats, epilepsy, attentions deficit disorders, hyperactivity, depression, sleep disorders, anxiety and traumatic brain injuries.</p>
<p>Participate in a discussion of how the principles of successful brain wave biofeedback can be applied to your brain’s health<br />
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Presentation Outline:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li> The outstanding successes of brain wave biofeedback</li>
<li>Understanding Brain Waves (Frequencies and Amplitudes)</li>
<li> Demonstration of a Brain Wave Assessment</li>
<li> Demonstration of a Brain Wave Training Session</li>
<li> Principles of  Successful Brain Wave Training</li>
<li> Group Discussion:  How the Principles of Successful Brain Wave Training Can Be Applied To Promoting Your Brain’s Health</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Suggested Readings:</strong></p>
<p>Two books that best explain Brain Wave Biofeedback are Getting Rid of Ritalin by Robert Hill and Eduardo Castro and A Symphony in the Brain by Jim Robbins. See the attachment for more information on Dennis Romig and Neurofeedback.</p>
<p>Dr. Dennis Romig is a psychologist and CEO of Side by Side, Inc., a multidisciplinary “Think and Do Tank” in Austin, Texas. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Texas at Austin and did post-graduate studies in neuroscience and brain wave biofeedback from 1999 to 2009 in Washington, DC.  Romig, his wife Laurie and his colleague Dr. Angelo Bolea are co-authoring a book, How the Brain Heals Itself.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[INACS June 2010 Event &#8211; Part Two Part One: Bill Meacham on Consciousness and Human Excellence The lecture is based on materials available on his website, www.bmeacham.com/whatswhat. Thanks to Anne Beversdorf for recording and hosting the audio files for this podcast at her website, www.Stariel.com June 2010, INACS Bill Meacham on Consciousness and Human Excellence.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>INACS June 2010 Event &#8211; Part Two</strong></p>
<p><strong>Part One: </strong><a href="http://inacs.net/site/2010/06/30/bill-meacham-on-consciousness-and-human-excellence-part-one/">Bill Meacham on Consciousness and Human Excellence</a></p>
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<p>The lecture is based on materials available on his website, <a href="http://www.bmeacham.com/whatswhat">www.bmeacham.com/whatswhat</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Thanks to Anne Beversdorf for recording and hosting the audio  files for this podcast at her website, <a href="http://www.Stariel.com" target="_blank">www.Stariel.com</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.stariel.com/podcasts/ionsinacs-austin-lectures/bill-meacham/">June   2010, INACS Bill Meacham on Consciousness and Human Excellence.</a></p>
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		<itunes:summary>INACS June 2010 Event - Part Two

Part One: Bill Meacham on Consciousness and Human Excellence


The lecture is based on materials available on his website, www.bmeacham.com/whatswhat.

Thanks to Anne Beversdorf for recording and hosting the audio  files for this podcast at her website, www.Stariel.com

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<p>The study of consciousness can be approached from a first-person  point of  view that is analagous to objective scientific study in its  rigor and  methodology. Phenomenology is the attempt to examine one’s  own experience  exactly as it is experienced, without bias or  presupposition, and to report  one’s findings to a community of  practitioners. Phenomenological investigation  reveals structures of  experience that are corroborated by neuroscience and that  have a  certain unassailable impact on the investigator him- or herself. Having   originary evidence of the workings of one’s own mind gives one great  assurance  — we might almost say certain knowledge — of the deep anatomy  of one’s very  being. Each of us is constituted as Being-in-the-World.  We are ineluctably  co-present with the objects of our experience and  cannot help but participate in  their formation as experienced. In doing  so we constitute our own self as well.  Knowledge of the nature of that  self is the ultimate goal of the philosophical  quest. Both the method  and the findings of phenomenology yield important  insights into the  nature of human beings and how we can live a fulfilling  life.</p>
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<p><strong>About the Author</strong></p>
<p>After receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas  at  Austin Bill Meacham spent many years as a computer programmer,  systems analyst  and project manager.  Now an independent scholar in  philosophy, he brings the  precision required for good software  development to the analysis of  philosophical concepts and to the deep  questions posed by philosophy: What is  real?  How do we know what is  real?  And what shall we do about what is real?</p>
<p>The lecture is based on materials available on his website, <a href="http://www.bmeacham.com/whatswhat">www.bmeacham.com/whatswhat</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Thanks to Anne Beversdorf for recording and hosting the audio files for this podcast at her website, <a href="http://www.Stariel.com" target="_blank">www.Stariel.com</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.stariel.com/podcasts/ionsinacs-austin-lectures/bill-meacham/">June  2010, INACS Bill Meacham on Consciousness and Human Excellence.</a></p>
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		<itunes:summary>INACS June 2010 Event


The study of consciousness can be approached from a first-person  point of  view that is analagous to objective scientific study in its  rigor and  methodology. Phenomenology is the attempt to examine one’s  own experience  exactly as it is experienced, without bias or  presupposition, and to report  one’s findings to a community of  practitioners. Phenomenological investigation  reveals structures of  experience that are corroborated by neuroscience and that  have a  certain unassailable impact on the investigator him- or herself. Having   originary evidence of the workings of one’s own mind gives one great  assurance  — we might almost say certain knowledge — of the deep anatomy  of one’s very  being. Each of us is constituted as Being-in-the-World.  We are ineluctably  co-present with the objects of our experience and  cannot help but participate in  their formation as experienced. In doing  so we constitute our own self as well.  Knowledge of the nature of that  self is the ultimate goal of the philosophical  quest. Both the method  and the findings of phenomenology yield important  insights into the  nature of human beings and how we can live a fulfilling  life.


About the Author

After receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas  at  Austin Bill Meacham spent many years as a computer programmer,  systems analyst  and project manager.  Now an independent scholar in  philosophy, he brings the  precision required for good software  development to the analysis of  philosophical concepts and to the deep  questions posed by philosophy: What is  real?  How do we know what is  real?  And what shall we do about what is real?

The lecture is based on materials available on his website, www.bmeacham.com/whatswhat.

Thanks to Anne Beversdorf for recording and hosting the audio files for this podcast at her website, www.Stariel.com

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		<description><![CDATA[Experiences of Consciousness Beyond Hypnagogia presented by Sirley Marques Bonham, Ph.D. Background information. You may download the article that accompanied that talk through these links: PowerPoint presentation: Beyond Hypnagogia (.ppt) Article- INACS-PUB-Consciousness and Hypnagogia (.doc) Article_INACS_PUB_Consciousness (.pdf) Thanks to Anne Beversdorf for recording and hosting the audio files for this podcast at her website, www.Stariel.com [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img class="aligncenter" title="Michael Parkes - Sky Meditation" src="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Parkes-Sky-Meditation.jpg" alt="" width="316" height="420" /></strong></p>
<p>Experiences of Consciousness Beyond Hypnagogia presented by Sirley  Marques Bonham, Ph.D.</p>
<p><a href="http://inacs.net/site/2010/05/02/free-lecture-experiences-of-consciousness-beyond-hypnagogia-presented-by-sirley-marques-bonham-ph-d/">Background information</a>.</p>
<p>You may download the article that accompanied that talk through these  links:</p>
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<li><strong>PowerPoint presentation:</strong> <a href="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/Beyond-Hypnagogia.ppt">Beyond Hypnagogia</a> (.ppt)</li>
<li><a href="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/Article-INACS-PUB-Consciousness-and-Hypnagogia.doc">Article- INACS-PUB-Consciousness and Hypnagogia</a> (.doc)</li>
<li><a href="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/Article_INACS_PUB_Consciousness.pdf">Article_INACS_PUB_Consciousness</a> (.pdf)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Thanks to Anne Beversdorf for recording and hosting the audio   files for this podcast at her website, <a href="http://www.stariel.com/" target="_blank">www.Stariel.com</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.stariel.com/podcasts/ionsinacs-austin-lectures/inacs-may-2010/">May  2010, Dr. Sirley Marques Bonham on Hypnogogic states.</a></p>
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		<itunes:summary>Experiences of Consciousness Beyond Hypnagogia presented by Sirley  Marques Bonham, Ph.D.

Background information.

You may download the article that accompanied that talk through these  links:

	PowerPoint presentation: Beyond Hypnagogia (.ppt)
	Article- INACS-PUB-Consciousness and Hypnagogia (.doc)
	Article_INACS_PUB_Consciousness (.pdf)

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		<description><![CDATA[Experiences of Consciousness Beyond Hypnagogia: Using introspective experiences to develop skills like Remote-Viewing, Lucid-Dreaming, Out-of-body Experiences, or for the development of Spiritual Experiences Hypnagogia is a generic label given to sensorial perceptions that happens “automatically” – without conscious control – while falling asleep, or while awakening from sleep. Hypnagogia may also happen while a person [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-208" title="Michael Parkes - Sky Meditation" src="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Parkes-Sky-Meditation.jpg" alt="" width="316" height="420" />Experiences of Consciousness Beyond Hypnagogia:</strong></p>
<p>Using introspective experiences to develop skills like Remote-Viewing, Lucid-Dreaming, Out-of-body Experiences, or for the development of Spiritual Experiences</p>
<p>Hypnagogia is a generic label given to sensorial perceptions that happens “automatically” – without conscious control – while falling asleep, or while awakening from sleep. Hypnagogia may also happen while a person is meditating &#8211; or while in trance-like situations.</p>
<p>In this talk we will explore what can be learned from the perceptions we encounter during the sleep/awake thresholds, and from trance-like situations usually encountered in introspection practices like, for example, meditation and hypnosis. The most common and accessible skills that can be developed through situations of hypnagogia are lucid-dreaming and out-of-body experiences. However, remote-viewing frequently makes use of perceptions “on the threshold of consciousness,” which is obviously within the realm of hypnagogic perceptions. Remote-viewing may also make use of a conscious interaction with the subconscious mind, done while fully awake. Therefore, while working on developing these skills, we willingly or unwillingly tend to encounter experiences that are considered spiritual, and may be used for personal and spiritual development. We will discuss various examples of situations where the explorer discovered him or herself in contact with something that could be interpreted as our higher-self, or by a surprising meeting with a spiritual teacher or guide to help along the way. </p>
<p>This talk expands on the former talk presented through INACS in May 2007, titled:</p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Consciousness and Hypnagogia:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;"><strong><em>Dream imageries, reveries, and the development of a relationship with the “unconscious” mind</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;"><em>By Sirley Marques Bonham, Ph.D.</em></p>
<p>You may download the article that accompanied that talk through these links:</p>
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<li><a href="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/Article-INACS-PUB-Consciousness-and-Hypnagogia.doc">Article- INACS-PUB-Consciousness and Hypnagogia</a> (.doc)</li>
<li><a href="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/Article_INACS_PUB_Consciousness.pdf">Article_INACS_PUB_Consciousness</a> (.pdf)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>About the Author:</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong><em>Sirley Marques Bonham </em></strong>is a Ph.D. physicist by education, but due to her long time involvement with the subject of consciousness, she also considers herself somewhat of a neuroscientist. She was born in Brazil and first came to the US in 1986 to follow post-doctoral research with the Astrophysics Group at the University of Chicago and the NASA-financed Theoretical Astrophysics Group at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located in Batavia (IL), near Chicago. Her main scientific work was done in an extension of Einstein’s unified field theory, but she has also worked in neuroscience research at the University of Texas at Austin, and in biophysics for the US Air Force in San Antonio, Texas. She has also taught at universities in Brazil, South Africa, and the US.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Dr. Bonham’s involvement with the phenomenon of Consciousness, as viewed by neuroscience, started in 1992 through a group of scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, followed by a brief work with a group for research in neuroscience, specifically in the processes of memory and learning, at the University of Texas at Austin. Though she has learned about the paranormal through her father’s interest in this area, it has been her practice to approach this science strongly rooted in a scientific perspective, which has influenced her personal self-experimentation with the phenomenon of awareness during sleep, represented by the modern approach to the so-called out-of-body experiences, and the recently developed techniques of lucid-dreaming.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Dr. Bonham came to live in Austin, Texas, in 1993. She presently is a visiting scholar at the Center for Relativity at the University of Texas at Austin, and is a member and scientist of the Institute for Neurosciences and Consciousness Studies (INACS). Her writings can be accessed at her website: <a href="http://www.TheConsciousDreamer.org">www.TheConsciousDreamer.org</a></p>
<p><strong>WHEN:</strong> Tuesday, May 11th at 7pm</p>
<p><strong>WHERE:</strong> Austin Center for Spiritual Living<br />
4804 Grover Ave<br />
Austin, TX 78756</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>Consciousness   Connections Meeting</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Tuesday, March 9,   2010</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">6:30p Social,   7:00-9:00p Program</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Austin Center for   Spiritual Living</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>4804 Grover</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Note &#8211;   New Location</strong></em></p>
<p>Visitors   are welcome, the meeting is free.</p>
<p>Book   donations are welcome.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Documentary and Panel Discussion</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“God on the Brain”</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> From BBC Horizon (2003)</strong></p>
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<p>Rudi Affolter   and Gwen Tighe have both experienced strong religious visions. He is an   atheist; she a Christian. He thought he had died; she thought she had given   birth to Jesus. Both have temporal lobe epilepsy.</p>
<p>Like other forms of epilepsy, the condition causes fitting but it is also   associated with religious hallucinations. Research into why people like Rudi   and Gwen saw what they did has opened up a whole field of brain science:   neurotheology.</p>
<p>The connection between the temporal lobes of the brain and religious feeling   has led one Canadian scientist to try stimulating them.  80% of Dr   Michael Persinger&#8217;s experimental subjects report that an artificial magnetic   field focused on those brain areas gives them a feeling of &#8216;not being alone&#8217;.   Some of them describe it as a religious sensation.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;a high probability [Ellen White] had temporal lobe epilepsy&#8221;   says Prof Gregory Holmes, Dartmouth Medical School. His work raises the   prospect that we are programmed to believe in god, that faith is a mental ability   humans have developed or been given. And temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) could   help unlock the mystery.</p>
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<p><strong>What side   are you on, science or spiritualism?</strong> <strong>Be prepared to defend your position.</strong></p>
<p>The   documentary will be shown followed by a discussion. Is Illumination, cosmic   consciousness, Kundalini and various religious sensations a spiritual   manifestation, or is it simply the neurological manifestation of the brain?   If there are volunteers from the audience, a panel will be selected for a   debate and Q &amp; A. Please prepare for a lively debate.</p>
<p><strong>Resources:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Great article:</strong></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=24068" target="_blank">www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=24068</a></p>
<p><strong>Good articles:</strong></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/neuro/neuronewswk.htm" target="_blank">www.cognitiveliberty.org/neuro/neuronewswk.htm</a><br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_3_116/ai_53739125/?tag=content;col1" target="_blank">findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_3_116/ai_53739125/?tag=content;col1</a></p>
<p><strong>A few others: </strong><br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/06/this-is-your-brain-on-religion-.html" target="_blank">blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/06/this-is-your-brain-on-religion-.html</a><br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.livescience.com/culture/090309-brain-religion.html" target="_blank">www.livescience.com/culture/090309-brain-religion.html</a><br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.religionlink.com/tip_050425.php" target="_blank">www.religionlink.com/tip_050425.php</a></p>
<h3><strong>Recommended Reading&#8230;</strong></h3>
<p><a href="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/WhyGodWontGoAway.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-198" title="WhyGodWontGoAway" src="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/WhyGodWontGoAway.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Why God Won&#8217;t Go Away</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Brain Science and the   Biology of Belief</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Authors</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Andrew Newberg, Eugene   A’Quili, Vince Rause</p>
<p>Over the centuries, theories have abounded as to why human   beings have a seemingly irrational attraction to God and religious   experiences. In <em>Why God Won&#8217;t Go Away</em> authors Andrew Newberg, M.D.,   Eugene D&#8217;Aquili, M.D., and Vince Rause offer a startlingly simple, yet   scientifically plausible opinion: humans seek God because our brains are   biologically programmed to do so.</p>
<p>Researchers   Newberg and D&#8217;Aquili used high-tech imaging devices to peer into the brains of   meditating Buddhists and Franciscan nuns. As the data and brain photographs   flowed in, the researchers began to find solid evidence that the mystical   experiences of the subjects &#8220;were not the result of some fabrication, or   simple wishful thinking, but were associated instead with a series of   observable neurological events,&#8221; explains Newberg. &#8220;In other words,   mystical experience is biologically, observably, and scientifically real&#8230;.   Gradually, we shaped a hypothesis that suggests that spiritual experience, at   its very root, is intimately interwoven with human biology.&#8221; Lay readers   should be warned that although the topic is fascinating, the writing is   geared toward scientific documentation that defends the authors&#8217; hypothesis.   For a more palatable discussion, seek out Deepak Chopra&#8217;s <em>How to Know God</em>,   in which he also explores this fascinating evidence of spiritual hard-wiring.   <em>&#8211;Gail Hudson</em> <em>&#8211;This text refers to an out of print or unavailable   edition of this title.</em></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="The+Soul+in+the+Brain" src="http://inacs.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/The+Soul+in+the+Brain.jpg" alt="" width="231" height="231" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The   Brain in the Soul</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Cerebral Basis of Language, Art, and Belief</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>By</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Michael R, Trimble, M.D. </strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;There have been a flurry of books recently on God   and the brain, written either from the cold hard world of a neuroscientist or   the more abstract but less brain-informed pulpit of a spiritual leader.   Trimble tackles this most important topic with his unique knowledge and   perspectives gained as a knowing and caring physician, a critical   neuroscientist, a gifted historian, and a superb storyteller. He fuses these   fields to address the simplest and most important questions: Why do we cry   when we listen to music, or pay money to go and weep in the theater? This   book is a remarkably new approach to understanding why we behave, think, and   feel as we do.&#8221; &#8212; Mark S. George, Medical University of South Carolina</p>
<p>Inspired by the writings and reflections of his patients   &#8212; many of whom have epilepsy, psychosis, or affective disorders &#8212; Trimble   asks how the human species, so enamored of its own logic and critical   facilities, has held from the dawn of civilization strong religious beliefs   and a reverence for the arts. He explores topics such as the phenomena of   hypergraphia and hyper-religiosity, how religious experiences and poetic   expression are neurologically linked with our capacity to respond to music,   and how neuropsychiatric disorders influence behaviors related to artistic   expression and religiosity by disturbing brain function.</p>
<h3><strong>NeuroNews – A Toyota Unbash</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Toyota   technology has brain waves move wheelchair</strong><br />
<strong>The Associated Press</strong></p>
<p><em>TOKYO &#8211; Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a   wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a   muscle or shout a command. Toyota&#8217;s system, developed in a collaboration with   researchers in Japan, is among the fastest in the world in analyzing brain   waves, it said in a release Monday.</em></p>
<p><em>Past systems required several seconds to read brain waves, but the new   technology requires only 125 milliseconds , or 125 thousandths of a second.   The person in the wheelchair wears a cap that can read brain signals, which   are relayed to a brain scan electroencephalograph, or EEG, on the   electrically powered wheelchair, and then analyzed in a computer program.</em></p>
<p><em>Research into mobility is part of Toyota&#8217;s larger strategy to go beyond   automobiles in helping people get around in new ways. The new system allows   the person on the wheelchair to turn left or right and go forward, almost   instantly, according to researchers. Coming to a stop still requires more   than a thought. The person in the wheelchair must puff up a cheek, which is   picked up in a detector worn on the face.</em></p>
<p><em>Japanese rival Honda Motor Co. is also working on a system to connect the   monitoring of brain waves with mechanical moves. Earlier this year, Honda   showed a video that had a person wearing a helmet sitting still but thinking   about moving his right hand. The thought was picked up by cords attached to   his head inside the helmet. After several seconds, Honda&#8217;s boy-shaped robot   Asimo, programmed to respond to brain signals, lifted its right arm.</em></p>
<p><em>Neither Honda nor Toyota said it had any plans to turn the technology into a   product for commercial sale as each said they are still developing the   research.</em></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/features/high_tech/49426247.html" target="_blank">www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/features/high_tech/49426247.html</a></p>
<h3><strong>INACS News&#8230;</strong></h3>
<p>Benefits of an INACS membership include but are not limited to   Quickstart grants, the NeuroNews newsletter, monthly meetings related to   consciousness (Consciousness Connections), and attendance at quarterly   research and educations meetings. Membership is $25 a year and can be paid   through Paypal on the INACS website  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.inacs.org/" target="_blank">www.INACS.org</a></p>
<p>For   those of you that have a project that is consistent with the INACS mission,   and need financial assistance, a Quickstart Grant might be available.</p>
<p>The <em>INACS   NerveCenter</em> space is available for classes and lectures. Call 704-8167 for   information.</p>
<h3><strong>INACS The Organization&#8230;</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>The   <strong>Institute for   Neuroscience and Consciousness Studies, Inc</strong></em></strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Or <strong><em>INACS</em></strong>, is an   Austin-based, 501 (c) 3, </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>nonprofit,   scientific, Research, and educational institute, </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>incorporated in the State of Texas.</strong></p>
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<p>Mission</p>
<p><em>INACS</em>’ mission is   to expand, deepen, and enrich our understanding of brain functioning and the   phenomenon of “consciousness,” and to develop innovative,   practical applications of this understanding for public benefit. INACS will   pursue its mission by:</p>
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<p><strong> EEG correlates of Human Subtle Energy Vibrational States</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Psycho-Grapho Correlation Study</strong></p>
<p>Raymond Hawkins PhD, Marcus Barnes</p>
<p><strong>QEEG Correlates to Motor Tasks – Baseline Studies</strong></p>
<p>James King, Jan Six, PhD</p>
<p><strong>Finding the Golden Key to Every Kid (Quick Start Grant)</strong></p>
<p>Roberta Shoemaker-Beal,   ATR-BC</p>
<p><strong>12593   Research Blvd., Suite 302, Austin, Texas 78759   <a href="http://www.inacs.org/" target="_blank">www.INACS.org</a></strong></p>
<h3><strong>The Consciousness Groups&#8230;</strong></h3>
<p><strong>ACA     (Austin Creativity Association)</strong></p>
<p>A forum for professionals seeking to explore and develop     creative ideas and technologies.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amcreativityassoc.org/" target="_blank">www.amcreativityassoc.org</a></p>
<p><strong>Austin     IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences Community Group) </strong></p>
<p>Consciousness research &amp; education group founded by astronaut Edgar     Mitchell</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ions-austin.org/" target="_blank">www.ionsaustin.org</a> 258-9878</p>
<p><strong> Anomaly     Archives</strong></p>
<p>Library of scientific anomalies located in the INACS Nerve Center</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.anomalyarchives.org/" target="_blank">www.anomalyarchives.org</a> <strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong> INACS     (Institute for Neuroscience and Consciousness Studies)</strong></p>
<p>Consciousness research and education group located in NW Austin on Research     Blvd.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.inacs.org/" target="_blank">www.INACS.org</a> 425-0822</p>
<p><strong> </strong> <strong>Jung     Society Austin</strong></p>
<p>Promoting     the study of Carl Jung&#8217;s psychological works</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jungsociety.com">www.jungsociety.com</a> 366-2357</p>
<p><strong> MUFON     – Mutual Unidentified Flying Objects</strong></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.austinmufon.org/" target="_blank">www.austinmufon.org</a> 250-1167</p>
<p><strong>What if it Really Works</strong></p>
<p>Internet radio featuring the spiritual and metaphysical</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whatifitreallyworks.com/" target="_blank">www.whatifitreallyworks.com</a> 673-7051</p>
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