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What is community?
Community is a place of belonging, a place where people feel grounded and find their identity. The FIONS community seeks to foster this connectedness in a variety of ways. From formal meetings to spontaneous get-togethers, members share their talents, gifts, and stories. Here in this forum, we periodically spotlight members of our community. We welcome your participation and feedback. One of the ways in which we can build community is to share our stories. In a new addition to our Web site, called Noetic Stories, we invite you to share stories of your noetic experiences.
What is a noetic experience?
Apollo 14 astronaut, Edgar Mitchell, had a "noetic experience" that changed the course of his life. Returning to Earth after walking on the moon, he was flooded with the powerful awareness that our beautiful home planet is an integral part of a living and harmonious system of consciousness as vast as the universe-yet as intimate as our own human minds.
"Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is Earth . . . home".
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Lunar Module pilot, sixth man to walk on the moon. Founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)
Whether through an epiphany in nature, an experience of human love, a mystic opening, a lucid dream, or an insight in prayer or meditation, we have all had moments when the veils parted and we were granted a glimpse of "the Larger Picture". Something greater than ourselves that was in some way, transformative. If you have such a story, and are willing to share it, we'd love to hear from you.
Submissions to Noetic Stories
FIONS welcomes noetic stories from members and friends. In all instances, these stories must be original and cannot be copied from any other publication or writer. FIONS retains the right to edit for clarity, spelling or grammar. If you want us to run the final version by you for approval after editing and before publication, do let us know.
To send us your story, click here: fions12@gmail.com. Please write "Noetic Story" on the Subject line. Copy your story in the body of your e-mail. Any accompanying photographs or illustrations should be submitted in JPEG format. We will contact you via e-mail with more details.
Art & Photography
The photographs on the website were taken by FIONS member Jeffrey Kaufman.
We want to hear from you!
If you are a FIONS member and would like to submit (brief) works of original writing, digital art or photographs, or be featured in an upcoming issue of Community Forum, please contact us by calling (212)741-2207 and leaving a message, or e-mail us at fions12@gmail.com letting us know what you would like to do.
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