About ICR
Institute for Consciousness Research is a non-sectarian group with the goal of raising public awareness of Kundalini. We believe this energy is the divine energy force, guiding mankind through the evolution of higher states of consciousness. According to this view the mechanism is responsible for all extraordinary talents, intuition, genius, inspiration, and spiritual illumination. The ICR would like to see more scientific investigation of Kundalini and believe that this research will lead to a new understanding of evolution, religion, insanity, psychic gifts, and other mind related aspects.
In addition to the research described on this site, ICR holds conferences, distributes a newsletter, publishes articles, books, CD’s and DVD’s and maintains a reference library on the subject of Kundalini and consciousness.
Of particular interest on our website is the ICR Learning Center and our online store, where you can find a wealth of information about Kundalini and related topics.
Objectives
The main objectives of ICR are:
- To conduct research into the existence of a mechanism responsible for the evolution of human consciousness through the investigation, identification and understanding of subtle energy systems and their psycho-physiological manifestation in the human body.
- To hold and participate in conferences, seminars, workshops and discussion groups directly related to the research being conducted by the Institute.
- To publish and distribute newsletters, articles, tapes, books and other material containing the research conducted by the Institute and by other researchers and authors that is relevant to the research undertaken by the Institute.
- To maintain a reference library of books, audio-visual and other material related to the research and the other activities of the Institute.
Meet the ICR Board of Directors (2011-2012)
Michael Bradford
Michael Bradford has been involved in research on Kundalini for more than 30 years. In 1977 he traveled to India where he spent six years serving as a volunteer worker for the Central Institute for Kundalini Research, founded and directed by the late Pandit Gopi Krishna. Michael is a long-time board member of ICR, and currently works as both a computer consultant and a Vedic astrologer.
Dale Pond
Dale L. Pond has been involved in Kundalini Research for more than 30 years and is the corresponding secretary of The Institute for Consciousness Research. She resides in Markdale, Ontario, Canada, with her husband. In 1975 she was introduced to meditation and spiritual laws and had a transformative experience that changed her life. In 1977 she met Gopi Krishna and learned about Kundalini, the psycho-physiological mechanism held to be responsible for the evolution of consciousness acting within the human body and brain. In 1988 she experienced a profound Kundalini awakening that opened her up to the creative impulse. Poetry flowed, songs came and she began painting and wood sculpting. She also had what she calls ‘a blossoming of the intellect’, which inspired her to read, focusing mainly on the lives of mystics and geniuses in order to understand the process she was undergoing. Having found the answers to many of her questions within this framework, she continues to promote Kundalini research. She intimately shares details of her transformative experiences and how she has woven them into her life in a balanced and healthy way.
Paul Pond
Paul Pond, Ph.D., has a doctorate in physics and has been involved in Kundalini experience and research for more than 35 years. He has written and spoken extensively on the subject. His focus has been on lifestyle issues and their impact on individual spiritual experience. In 1973, after having spent three years doing post-doctoral research, Paul’s life underwent a dramatic event while he was meditating. The experience included energy movement in the body and an explosion of inner light and sound followed by a river of tears of joy. His perception and direction of life permanently changed at that moment. He realized that there are subtle laws of consciousness just as there are the physical laws of physics and decided shortly thereafter to pursue the study of consciousness. At the time, Paul had no idea what had happened to him. It was the introduction of the concept of Kundalini through the writings and discourses of Gopi Krishna whose call for a scientific investigation of the Kundalini phenomena appealed Paul. He has added his voice to the call for open-minded research into Kundalini ever since.
Tom Howe
Bio coming soon...
More board member profiles and information about the ICR coming soon!