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The Santa Barbara Institute is dedicated to interdisciplinary research and education to advance understanding of the nature and potentials of consciousness. Its comprehensive approach integrates the insights and techniques of contemporary science with those of the world’s classic contemplative and philosophical traditions. Consciousness studies are at a critical juncture. It is now possible for the first time to synthesize rigorous scientific research in such disciplines as neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry with the techniques of consciousness study and development found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism. The Santa Barbara Institute was established as a nexus for advancing interdisciplinary and cross-cultural understanding that joins scientific knowledge and spiritual practice. It is a non-sectarian organization that reaches out to the scientific and academic communities, a variety of contemplative traditions, and the general public. The Santa Barbara Institute’s activities focus on three inter-related fields of endeavor: |
The Santa Barbara Institute embodies ‘balance.’ [It] balances pure and applied research, inquiry and education, science and spirit, first- and third-person approaches, East and West. I heartily welcome the project, with its goal of well-being through balanced living. Rev. Anthony Freeman, Managing Editor, Journal of Consciousness Studies |
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© 2005 Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies |