Noetic Jediism

The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)

The Jediism Way

Readings:

Tao te Ching at http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/taote-v3.html is available online. The Mitchell translation is a wonderful, brief work dense with the wisdom common to Taoism and Jediism.

The Axemaker's Gift at http://www.amazon.com/Axemakers-Gift-Robert-Ornstein/dp/0874778565 is a recent academic work that comes to the conclusion that the many dark modalities of centripetal control and over-specialization that have led civilization collectively down the Sith path, instigated by the ancient axemakers of the Paleolithic and intensified greatly by the God-Kings of Mesopotamia, may be reversed by a new marriage with primitive holism. Prescription: get off the grid, return to Nature, decentralize, distribute, network, forge local community.

The Timeless Way of Building at http://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Way-Building-Christopher-Alexander/dp/0195024028. Most, if not all, human endeavour incorporates design. Alexander introduces the design principle of "quality without a name", which is essentially the end result of the Jedi concept of undesign. This is particularly relevant if you are employed in or interested in any area of design, not just architecture, which this poetic book is largely about. Alexander shows us the mystical, meditative approach to making things that maps well onto the Jedi noetic approach: finding the place where individual and Universal mind or nous meet in a good fit with Nature. Once Jedi communities begin to form, it may behoove us to study Alexander's insights.

Bioelectromagnetic Healing: A Rationale for its Use at http://www.amazon.com/Bioelectromagnetic-Healing-Rationale-its-Use/dp/0964107058/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246600660&sr=1-1. A fascinating read covering an aspect of the lost technologies of Tesla: the application of bioelectromagnetics—that is, electromagnetism tuned to biologically relevant frequencies—in medicine. Conventionally bioelectromagnetics are used ubiquitously in the forms of X-rays and MRIs, but there are a host of applications that may be beneficial for human health and healing, and much supporting evidence.

Consilience at http://www.amazon.com/Consilience-Knowledge-Edward-O-Wilson/dp/0679450777. This seminal work by eminent biologist E.O. Wilson covers much noetic ground, from the need to unify the branches of science lest they disintegrate into irrelevance, to the nature of the human mind. He even proposes, shockingly, that we are no longer Homo sapiens. Rather, he posits that we have become Homo proteus, since we now have the ability to change the human genome at will.

The Celestine Prophecy at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celestine_Prophecy. This 1996 book on New Age spirituality depicts an adventurer recovering an ancient Peruvian manuscript, despite the violent resistence of both the Peruvian government and the Catholic Church, which contains nine forgotten spiritual insights.

The Holographic Universe at http://www.amazon.com/Holographic-Universe-Michael-Talbot/dp/0060922583. Michael Talbot and contributing physicists independently arrived at the same conclusion: that what we think of as the real Universe may actually be a projection from elsewhere. In this book they discuss why and how certain scientific observations such as quantum entanglement, and paranormal experiences such as hauntings and telepathy, might be better accommodated by a holographic model of reality.

What the Bleep Do We Know? at http://www.amazon.com/What-Bleep-Know-Discovering-Possibilities/dp/075730334X/ref=sip_rech_dp_5. For hundreds of years, science and religion have been completely separate endeavors. This book dares to ask why! Since both are concerned about furthering human understanding of the Universe, isn't it important that they cooperate with each other instead of relying on petty turf wars and dogma? In a merger, religious dogma may have the most to lose—but is that a bad thing?