I met Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Founder of The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) in Petaluma, California, one night in February of 2004. Dr. Mitchell, an accomplished human-being, was the sixth man to walk on the moon as part of the Apollo 14 mission. After partaking in this monumental exploration, his life was completely transformed. This transpersonal experience in outer space led to the creation of IONS. IONS’ precept was developed as means to “conduct and sponsor leading-edge research into the potentials and powers of consciousness—including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition. Furthermore, to explore phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional scientific models, while maintaining a commitment to scientific rigor!!

Spending time with Ed was a gift from God. During dinner he emphasized the importance of daily meditation as a way of quieting the mind and developing the ability to discern the important from the less important things in life. He brought tears to my eyes when he recalled an eye-opening experience during his Apollo mission. While looking at our blue planet from space, he realized that there is only ONE human-being—not the Americans, the French, the Russians, etc. There is either ONE or nothing.

The reason I chose Dr. Mitchell as a Sageera Weight Loss Expert is because his whole scientific life, his spiritual journey and how he conquered cancer can be an inspiration to all of us. From Ed we can learn how we can unleash our inner power to achieve anything we ever want in life including weight loss, healing disease as well as living a life of meaning and contribution beyond ourselves.

For more information about Edgar Mitchell, please visit hiswebsite.