We are living in exciting times in terms of our ability to explore consciousness and the big questions about life and the universe. When the Institute of Noetic Sciences was founded fifty years ago, many of the things it was interested in were foreign to mainstream thinking. Most people were limited to the religion/philosophy of their immediate environment.

But, as Alex Ferrari, producer of the popular YouTube "Next Level Soul Podcast", explains, in the last few years there has been an explosion of ideas, books, and information about spiritual topics.