We conducted a random event generator/random number generator (REG/RNG) field experiment to test the retroactive effects of field consciousness and unintentional psychokinesis (PK) on targets consisting of prerecorded physical random numbers. An experimenter entered ballparks during eight Japanese professional baseball games. Multiple prerecorded random number targets were presented to a notebook PC monitor, and true random numbers were also generated in real time. Unexpectedly, we found no retroactive effects on the target random numbers, and no statistical biases were evident under the real-time generated condition. Future tasks related to field consciousness are discussed.

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To examine MMI (mind-matter interaction), a field experiment using a random number/event generator (RNG/REG) is methodologically well structured, and the outputs of RNG are often found to be biased when field consciousness is evoked strongly during some events. This study was designed and conducted to compare the validity of hypotheses based on focused attention and on group emotion to explain this anomalistic phenomenon. In the experiment, the top three short films evaluated as stimulating, from 10 candidates, were selected as experimental stimuli, defined operationally as interesting, sad, and humorous. The lowest rated short movie was used as a control condition, a non-emotional stimulus. A total of six groups (total n=230) participated in the field RNG experiment. Results revealed that the total chi-squared statistics were significant for the experimental condition (three short films), although the results for each of the three emotions were not significant. In contrast, the total chi-squared became non-significant when all the output, including the control condition, was calculated. These results appear to support the emotion hypothesis. Stouffer's z-scores showed no statistical biases. No emotion-specific biases became clear in the RNG outputs. Finally, some future research issues are discussed.

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Recent studies in social psychology have revealed large differences between the East and the West in recognizing ambience. R.E. Nisbett writes in The Geography of Thought as follows: "The Western eyeshot is like a telescopic lens, while the Eastern one a wide-angle lens."o; These differences appear to originate from the cultures of ancient Greece and ancient China, and can be observed in various situations. The Western recognition characterized as "separating, analytical, and idealistic" has generated ideas such as the Holy Trinity, individualism, and human-centered environmentalism, and that has resulted in various conflicts including environmental problems. The Eastern recognition characterized as "unifying, synthetic, and realistic" may be able to solve these problems. We consider examples such as the global warming issue and the solar wind-climate correlation and look at the differences between the East and West in dealing with them.

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In modern science, "scientific" means "objective." However, the objective observation, in other words, the public and repeatable one, is nothing but the observation by anonymous observers. Therefore, a person in the scientific world constructed by anonymous observers is, neither "I" nor "you", but "someone anonymous." That is why the existence of "self and others" is unexpectedly experienced, with a sense of wonder, as an "anomaly in this universe." In this lecture, illustrations of several cases among famous scientists of this kind of experience with a sense of wonder are presented which are drawn from a book I wrote. Analysis of these experiences led me to the discovery of a "harder problem of consciousness." I conclude the lecture with a re-construction of this universe starting from the solipsistic world, that is, the "monad," in which the "self-others structure" is central.

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Sixteen and a half years of activities of the International Society of Life Information Science (ISLIS) and the promotion of "Human Potential Science" are reviewed since the Society's Foundation in 1995. ISLIS has sought and continues to seek the realization of the paradigm shift from material-oriented science and technology to a new paradigm including the consciousness, spirit and mind through research based on empirical and positive scientific methodologies, and consequently, to promote the development of health, social welfare, and education as well as social and personal peace of mind, and to contribute to the making of a peaceful world, at one with nature. Since the foundation of ISLIS, 33 Life Information Science Symposia have been held and issues of The Journal of ISLIS have been published regularly twice a year. ISLIS held the "Human Potential Science International Forum" in Chiba, Japan in 2002, the "International Conference on Mind Body Science" in Seoul, Korea in 2004 and the 7th Psi Meeting was held in August 2011 co-sponsored by ISLIS and the Facludades Integradas 'Espirita' (Curitiba, Brazil). ISUS published the book Human Potential Science in 2004. ISLIS has a worldwide presence with 11 International Information Centers and about 270 members in 15 countries.

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Since 2006, we have been working to develop new measuring methods for non-contact healing power, and have succeeded in constructing a biophoton measurement method and a gas measurement method using cucumber pieces as bio-sensors; the former measures biophotons emitted from cucumber pieces and the latter measures odor generated from them. This paper shows a third method to measure fluorescent material which is produced on the cut surfaces of the cucumber pieces. After gas measurements of cucumber pieces, we measured intensities of fluorescence emitted from the cut surfaces of cucumber pieces using band pass filters. There was a significant difference in fluorescence J values in the 562nm band between healing and blank tests (p=0.005, two-tails, t-test, n=32). Also, fluorescence J values correlated negatively with gas J values only in healing tests. In both biophoton and gas methods, we found it was difficult to detect healing effects if in winter because winter cucumber fruits were not reactive. However, the fluorescence measurement method was considered useful even for winter cucumbers.

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We are developing a new measure of health degree based on Mokichi Okada's view of health. We created a 6-rank standard rubber phantom of stiffness to study the changes in health degree. Then we measured the changes in subjects who did continuous practice of the Okada Health and Wellness Program and compared those results with the changes of quality of life and spirituality.

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At the author's clinic, patients are instructed on body movement (medical yoga) which uses traditional yoga for the purposes of improving blood and lymph fluid flows, and correcting the spinal cord for patient's functional maintenance and conditional improvement. The possibility of mastering external Qi-gong by using medical yoga was examined and the findings are reported here. Eight patient cases were examined in which they performed medical yoga. Skin surface temperature changed. The stability of the arms and the posture increased when patients became conscious of the Qi passing through them and they recognized the feeling of Qi. The BP level obtained by AMI measurements increased. And the patients who received Qi from the examiner also recognized the feeling of Qi. From these data, it was thought that performing medical yoga even 1 time made it possible to master external Qi-gong.

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Human beings are always exposed to various stimuli, and they receive various stresses from them. The stresses influence working of the autonomic nervous system and long-term stresses can become a sickness trigger. In this research, changes in working of the autonomic nervous system caused by several kinds of mental workloads and physical exercises were measured from the heartbeat rate, LF/HF, chaos indices, etc. By analyzing those values, working of the parasympathetic nervous system was estimated as an index of the relaxation level. Furthermore, the working features of the parasympathetic nervous system were examined by wavelet analysis. It was seen that doing a favorite activity did not necessarily lead a person to relaxation; strolling outdoors, doing Zen meditation, and listening to classical music were found to be suitable for relaxation.

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We applied this breathing method to 24 patients and studied the effect of the anterograde abdominal breathing method on heart rate variability, arrhythmia and the autonomic nerve using pulse analysis. The subjects were 24 patients (two males and 22 females). Arrhythmia observed in seven patients in Group A was decreased or cured after the breathing method. HRV, SDNN and LF/HF became normal after the breathing method. A significant difference was observed before and after the breathing method. The anterograde abdominal breathing method was observed to have an activating effect on HRV and a decreasing or curing effect on arrhythmia.

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A strong correlation was observed between sales figures of various food products and their stress-reducing capacities. The latter were measured by salivary chromogranin A levels, which are controlled by the involuntary sympathetic nervous system. These data indicate that we buy foods based on subconscious impulses and that products with higher stress-reducing capacities have higher sales figures than those with lower stress-reducing capacities. This study also indicated that hit products can be created by developing products with high stress-reducing capacities. Food has primary (nutritional function), secondary (sensory function), and tertiary (physiological function) functions. The primary function is strongly associated with stress because malnutrition stresses the human body and its cells. The secondary function is also strongly associated with stress because likes and dislikes are considered to be connected with pleasure (low stress) and displeasure (high stress), respectively. The main and most important tertiary function is considered to be prevention of diseases, which are triggered and caused by stress. Stress is a keyword in each of these 3 functions, and we propose that the main function of ingesting food is to reduce stress. In future, various foods with high stress-reducing capacities, which are controlled by the involuntary sympathetic nervous system, will be developed to prevent many diseases.

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Various studies in such fields as positive psychology, psychosomatic medicine, and medical sociology have increasingly shown that how persons looks at the world around them and how they look at their life greatly affect their mental as well as physical health. In this study, the results of the multinational surveys of people's religious beliefs conducted by the International Social Survey Programme are the relationship between the level of happiness persons feel and their beliefs concerning the spiritual notion of the "survival of consciousness after death" is considered.

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The term godai (go "five"+dai "elements"="the five elements") refers to the four essential elements composing the universe, chi "earth," sui "water," ka "fire," fu "wind," plus ku "void." Dai is a translation of the original Sanskrit meaning "elements" and there was a view of life and death called Shitai (shi "four"+dai "elements"), in which the notion of ku "void" played a central role. In the presentation last year, I considered how the philosophy of godai was incorporated in Japanese classical literature, as represented by Matsuo Basho. In this study, I will examine Isemonogatari, Kokindenju, Sasamegoto and other literary works which were not dealt with in the presentation last year and show how they are related to works written by modern-day Buddhists such as Thich Nhat Hanh. As touched on in the previous presentation, through a radioactive isotope analysis, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed that 98 percent of atoms composing the biological body is replaced within a year, which seems to be in accord with the notion of godai, in which shitai or four elements are supposed to circulate around ku "void." In this presentation I will examine how the philosophy of godai is treated both in Japanese classical literature and modern Buddhism.

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In the past, before the development of modem science, religion and medicine had a very close association. These days many scientific research studies are being conducted about the impact of religion or spirituality on health. This includes the relationship between regular church attendance and longevity, and the relation between religiosity and recovery from depression or heart diseases. In this article, the author will summarize these studies and consider the possible mechanisms underlying the impact. Moreover, the author reflects on the value of the scientific method and its limitations to clarify the problems researchers have to address in this field.

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The concept of Death Education was introduced to Japan more than 20 years ago. Many teachers and researchers have reported on studies about the educational effectiveness and educational content of Death Education in the school, but it is rare to report about Death Education in the home. However, thinking about the role of the family in children's growth and development, the development of Death Education in the home is an important subject. In this paper, we present some of our research about Death Education of mothers and their awareness of Death Education. Furthermore, we report on grief care for children in the home, using data gathered through the interview of mothers.

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A questionnaire survey to the guardians registered at a 3601-student nursery school between 2002 and 2003 was conducted. According to the 1st investigations, the result of the ratio of the in-the-womb memory possessed by the guardian and the kindergartner were 1.1% and 33.0%, respectively. The results were compared to those of 12 other similar investigations. The 12 investigations consisted of questionnaires which were distributed at 5 lectures, 4 internet sites and 3 student, mother groups. The comparison could not be identical since these investigations varied in method and target population. The rate of the reported in-the-womb memory possession was 12.2 to 69.3% (mostly 20%) for ages up to 6, 4.1 to 9.0% for primary school ages, 0 to 3.4% for junior high school ages, 3.0% for high school ages and 0.6% for adult ages. Future investigation based on more consistent methods will be necessary to firmly established the above results.

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Depression is a disease that has spread throughout modern society (a 2008 survey reported that approximately 120 million people worldwide suffer from depression). Persons with the disease are prone to feelings of anxiety. One cause of depression is thought to be an insufficient amount of serotonin in the body. We measured the concentration of serotonin in the blood before, immediately after, and 30 minutes after application of sonic vibration energy to determine if a change in serotonin concentration occurred. Results showed a change in the concentration of serotonin in the blood: average values (n7) were 200.01ng/mL before, 191.13ng/mL immediately after, and 204.47ng/mL 30 minutes after application of sonic vibration energy. In contrast to the view of modern humans that they become happy as a result of acquiring things that exist outside of themselves, our experiment results suggest the unexplored possibility that sonic vibration may be useful as a method of producing spontaneous happiness from within.

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Hula dancing is a traditional Hawaiian art form, and a lot of people in Japan enjoy hula dancing. We thought that it might be a useful fitness exercise for elder people, and we examined the effect of hula dancing on physical and mental conditions. Thirty-three women (mean age 55.2 years,) joined a hula class held at our clinic and took lessons of 2-4 hours per week for 2 years. The results of medical and fitness tests showed that hula dancing built up their muscular strength and reduced their visceral fat. And in the results of the Profile of Mood States (POMS), all the scores for TA, D, AH, V, F and C were improved by dancing for one hour. We thought that the mental effect on POMS might be derived by activating the serotonergic system.

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The purpose of this symposium is to describe how the MORININARU movement, which is an anonymous movement to facilitate planting trees to replace tombstones, contributes to one's self-transcending awareness. Kono starts by explaining the background and the overview of the MORINNARU movement, then Koda talks about the meaning of MORININARU from the inpersonal perspective. Next a social psychologist Onodera discusses the issues on gratitude and altruistic behavior. Finally I will describe the meaning of the MORININARU movement as an emergence of spirituality in the context of positive psychology. The MORNINARU movement gives not only useful meaning on environment and death, but also promotes one's positive emotions and life satisfactions, and contributes to one's ultimate happiness as a meaningful life or in other words "eudemonia". I will explain how the possibility of the payback behavior beyond individuals promotes universal altruism based on the broad-and-build-theory of positive psychology.

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The MORININARU Movement proposes planting trees instead of tombstones as memorials, to sustain the global environment for our descendants. This movement is expected to present concrete measures against environmental damage, and attempts help members and the wider community to regain connection with each other and the earth. It offers an alternative community to replace traditional ties to the land and through blood, diminished or lost after World War II. Also, it can be described as a spiritual movement, imparting a new framework for individual consciousness and religious thought, through its practices. MORININARU is also a practical philosophy seeking a new synthesis beyond the binary opposition of dualism. That is, it is an attempt to integrate ancient Eastern and modern Western ways of being. It offers a synthesis of the Western way of being, characterized by putting human beings at the top of a command and control hierarchy over nature seen in terms of resources, and the ancient oriental way of being, which is to worship heaven and earth and be subject to nature. For the individual leaving this life, that passing away itself becomes the opportunity to create a beautiful harmony with the natural environment. Thus, the MORININARU movement will not only promote the practice of peaceful coexistence with nature, but can be expected to promote self-awareness and self-transcendence, to inspire a spirit of altruism, and a virtuous way of life.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the usefulness of the anonymous afforested burial for "MORININARU" movement based on philosophical principles. The paper introduces an impersonal approach as the meta-theory. First, the four quadrants theory by Wilber and the interest-correlative approach by Saijo, which are included in the meta-theory are described. Wilber identifies four perspectives valid for any phenomena: the subjective (interior) and objective (exterior) views of individual phenomena, and the subjective and objective views for a plurality of phenomena. The interest-correlative approach in structural constructivism can be chosen depending on the interest and purpose of the researchers and users. Second, a theoretical model of activity of afforested burial which applies the impersonal approach is suggested. It is expected the people will work in collaboration using the meta-theory in the "MORININARU" movement.

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The purposes of this study are to examine the effects of evocation of gratitude experiences by the Thank-you (Gratitude) Question on mood state and causal attribution; and to explore whether or not (a feeling of) gratitude can promote the MORININARU movement. In this study, the author developed the Thank-you Question which is designed to awaken a gratitude experience. The subjects were 326 healthy college students. The experimental method was a Likert type questionnaire method. The composition of the questionnaire was as follows. First, subjects answered the POMS and then read a short vignette 1 and answered the attribution items. After getting the experimental stimuli (one of the three conditions: the Thank-you Question, Pet Question, and control group), subjects read an experimentally controlled short vignette 2 and then answered the POMS and attribution items again. As a result, the Thank-you Question group had a significantly increased positive mood (Positivity) and a decreased negative mood. In a 2001 report, McCullough and coauthors have conceptualized Gratitude as a moral affect that motivates the grateful person to behave prosocially toward the benefactor and other people. In fact, a lot of empirical studies have demonstrated that gratitude prompts individuals to behave prosocially. Therefore increasing (a feeling of) gratitude (Inclusive Positivity) via evoking gratitude experiences may facilitate an individual's altruistic behavior not only to other people but possibly things around them such as the global environment, Mother Nature, and the MORININARU movement etc.

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The uterus, ovaries, and vagina are connected to the lymphatic trunk. Lymph glands and nodes are detoxification units, and their detoxification abilities are reduced if they became blocked. In addition to the uterus, ovaries, and internal organs, visceral lymph glands can also become enlarged, swollen, indurated, suppurative, and extremely tender. These symptoms can manifest in conditions such as uterine fibroids, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, and ovarian endometrial cysts. Treatment focusing on the lymphatic trunk, lymph nodes, and visceral lymph glands can result in healing without surgery.

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Where will the radioactive materials which have been released by the accident of March 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and deposited in the mountains and forests move to? We followed the Abukuma River from its head and collected samples of soil and river water for which we measured radiocesium concentrations. If radiocesium moves from mountain and forest areas in rain, snow and eroded soil into the river, the radiocesium may be deposited in new places and may create new radiation hotspots. It is important to know the possible routes radiocesium may be moving on. Furthermore, decontaminating the polluted river may be a concern. We report on our investigation of radioactive contamination in the basin of Abukuma River and its branches, including how much radiocesium is flowing through the river and where it goes to.

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The 7th Psi Meeting: Psi Research and Anomalistic Psychology was held in August 2011 in Curitiba, Brazil, co-sponsored by ISLIS and the Facludades Integradas 'Espirita'. The meeting was an international conference in South America, and the 54th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association and the 6th Journey of Altered States of Consciousness were held simultaneously. In the present report, the author gives a brief summary of the 7the Psi Meeting and research trends in the early 21st century including the topics: 1) advancement of anomalistic psychology; 2) world impact of presentiment experiments; and 3) growth of healing studies.

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