Science has guided the investigation and understanding of both the world outside of us and our inner, private worlds for millennia. Our lifespan has doubled, our quality of life has significantly improved, a technology age beyond our wildest expectations has begun, and humanity have traveled to the moon and shortly beyond thanks to the incredible advancements made possible by science's strong instruments in just the last century. 

Despite these developments, science still does not fully understand how reality functions, and humanity has yet to fulfill its promise to the earth, to each other, and to ourselves. Spiritual wisdom practices, on the other hand, enable us to investigate, characterize, and communicate some of the most profound mysteries of being human, whereas science observes and experiments in our mostly physical reality. How to get over our baser tendencies. Techniques for establishing compassion and love as the main guiding concepts in our life. These two approaches—learning by scientific investigation and learning deeply through firsthand experience—have mostly stayed apart.  Science is important to certain people. Direct experience and spirituality are valued by others. Both are valued by IONS. It's time to reunite them so that each can educate the other, enhancing our collective comprehension of reality rather than undermining either.

The little yet lethal Poison Garden, which is exclusively composed of about 100 poisonous, intoxicating, and narcotic plants, is located in the Alnwick Garden. Only guided excursions are permitted to enter the Poison Garden, which is enclosed by black iron gates.

Although it is completely forbidden for visitors to smell, touch, or taste any plants, some people nonetheless pass out from breathing in harmful odors while strolling through the garden.

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