The CCR project appears to me to be a fantastic idea. Contemplative technologies to study mental phenomena directly via first person subjective inquiry are precious in our times! Utilising contemplative technology as a legitimate tool of science could be a vastly beneficial thing for all beings.
– Anonymous Donor
We believe that to successfully address and solve the monumental issues facing humanity
WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE MIND.
The Centers for Contemplative Research offer unprecedented long-term access to the
CONTEMPLATIVE TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO STUDY CONSCIOUSNESS.
Cultivating an ever deepening understanding of the mind and consciousness
SHOWS US HOW TO HEAL OURSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND US.
Welcome to the Centre for Contemplative Research Aotearoa.
The Centre for Contemplative Research Aotearoa is part of a global network of groundbreaking research observatories that provide the ideal environments for dedicated contemplatives to explore the nature and potentials of consciousness firsthand, while fully engaging with scientists to develop rigorous measures for novel research into the nature of the mind.
Located on recently acquired property on the South Island of New Zealand, The Centre for Contemplative Research Aotearoa is CCR’s Asian Pacific affiliate where dedicated contemplatives will engage in long-term meditation retreats and collaborate in rigorous research with leading scientists and philosophers from a variety of fields, including physics, neuroscience, psychology, and phenomenology.
OUR PILLARS
EXPERIENTIAL
What happens when people train full-time to be the Olympic athletes of the mind?
Highly trained contemplatives engage in full-time retreat practice, training the mind in robust, time-tested methods of internal inquiry to gain insights into the defining characteristics of human flourishing and consciousness itself. Practitioners emerge to apply these insights practically in the world, applying their own balanced and healthy minds across disciplines and sectors.
SCIENTIFIC
The elegant methods of science can support a more thorough understanding of inner discoveries of contemplative inquiry.
Interdisciplinary scientists conduct rigorous, novel research with contemplatives and publish their results. Studies explore what is widely regarded as a mystery—consciousness itself—in order to make discoveries that transform the way we inhabit our world and cultivate our minds toward balance and health.
APPLIED
These tools are for everyone.
Researchers and subject matter experts across industries develop accessible, widely applicable interventions grounded in contemplative practices and research findings to enable people and organizations to cultivate exceptional mental health, resilience, creativity, and contentment.
DIALOGIC
Interdisciplinary common ground is a launchpad for sharing wisdom.
Teachers and practitioners alike encourage dialogue across the world’s great scientific, religious, and wisdom traditions, nurturing inter-contemplative dialogue and rediscovering the valuable depths of the world’s diverse traditions.
Working collaboratively across the interface of religion, science, and philosophy, we seek to catalyze a revolution in the mind sciences and nurture a renaissance within the world’s great contemplative traditions, so that together we may discover the true causes of sustainable well-being, grounded in nonviolence and compassion.
