Rohnert Park, CA
\nFebruary 6, 2016<\/p>\n
by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n
In a perfect Universe, the death of Edgar Mitchell, would be the subject
\nof much discussion in the media honoring this very special man.<\/p>\n
But in the world we now inhabit, his passing yesterday is barely noticed
\nand his many accomplishments appreciated by only a few.<\/p>\n
I was privileged to have spent some brief time with Edgar over the last
\n20 years in a variety of different situations. Without question, he was one
\nof the most inspiring people I ever met………….and his death saddens me.<\/p>\n
His experience as an Astronaut led to establishing the Institute of Noetic
\nSciences (IONS) which serves as a testament to his visionary leadership.<\/p>\n
As one of only 12 humans to walk on the Moon, his uniqueness is firmly Mitchell’s strength of character, quest for deeper truths, sense of adventure God speed and Ad Astra, dear Edgar, on your new journey to the stars!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nestablished on that basis alone. But there was so much more to the man as
\nthe beautiful In Memoriam statement by IONS CEO Cassie Vieten captures so
\neloquently.
\nhttp:\/\/noetic.org\/blog\/cassandra-vieten\/memoriam-edgar-mitchell-scd<\/a><\/p>\n
\nand dedication to elevating humanity inspired me and countless others who
\nsaw him as one of the true heroes of the modern age.<\/p>\n