Editors note: This article by Edmund J. Bourne, PhD first appeared in the Winter issue of Shift Magazine, the quarterly magazine of the Institute of Noetic Sciences - organization that conducts and sponsors leading-edge research into the potentials and powers of consciousness—including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition. To learn more about the Institute click here

“On a global level, humanity will outgrow its adolescence…Cooperation among nations will of necessity begin to supersede conflict.”

Time is moving faster these days. On some level we all know that we live in a time when our earth and civilization stand at a crossroads.

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Why do 90% of the population take an interest in para psychological phenomena, but science and academia chooses mostly to ignore it?

Many people believe that "PSI" is just superstitious nonsense. Others believe that their experiences are consistent enough to warrant further investigation and make them into believers. The skeptics hit back by saying that their are "trillions of experiences in the world, and the select few which make news are not normal". Yet, when these things are test empirically - they cannot be ignored.

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Imagine this: You're going about your day to day job, when suddenly you get a gut feeling that you've made a mistake. No one has pointed this out to you, and you think you've done everything right--but a lingering feeling inside you says otherwise.

You didn't get the strange gut feeling because of a coincidence--your brain actually sent chemicals throughout your body--its automatic error-detection system detecting an imbalance. This error-detecting system you have is automatic--and it has saved you from likely failure on at least more than one occasion.

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