The Consciousness Revolution

Dec 6, 2003 | News, Published Books & Articles

by Ervin Laszlo (Author),  Stanislav Grof (Author, Peter Russell (Author), Ken Wilber (Foreword), Yehudi Menuhin (Afterword)

“The Consciousness Revolution is an extrodinary discussion among three of the very finest minds of our time, spirited in its exchange, compassionate in its embrace, brilliant in its clarion call to awaken our conscience and consciousness.”

– Ken Wilber, Author of Sex, Ecology, Spirituality and One Taste

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents 

FOREWORD

PREFACE

by Ervin Laszlo

THE FIRST DAY: MORNING

WORLD IN TRANSFORMATION

Taking Stock: the Chances of a Transformation

Death and Rebirth: Extinction and Renewal

A Revolution in Consciousness

THE FIRST DAY: AFTERNOON

DIMENSIONS OF THE TRANSFORMATION

Consciousness-Shift in Society, Paradigm-Shift in Science

A Role for Spirituality

THE FIRST DAY: EVENING

FROM INSIGHT TO ACTION

Healing Ourselves and Healing the World

Synchronicities and Curious Connections

THE SECOND DAY: MORNING

PERSONAL IMPLICATIONS

The Change in Values

On Goals in Life

The Doomsday Scenario — and Beyond

THE SECOND DAY: AFTERNOON

WORLD AND INDIVIDUAL

About Birth and Development — On Growing into a New World

A Map of New Reality?

On the Potential of Art and the Responsibilities of Artists

Values and Ethics Revisited

THE SECOND DAY: EVENING

ULTIMATE QUESTIONS: SOME CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS

Karma

Consciousness

AFTERWORD

Further Reflections by Yehudi Menuhin

BOOKS BY THE AUTHORS
OTHER READINGS

About the Co-Authors

 

Ervin Laszlo is a philosopher and systems scientist. Twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, he has published more than 75 books and over 400 articles and research papers. The subject of the one-hour PBS special Life of a Modern-Day Genius, Laszlo is the founder and president of the international think tank the Club of Budapest and of the prestigious Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research. The winner of the 2017 Luxembourg Peace Prize, he lives in Tuscany. In 2019, Ervin Laszlo was cited as one of the “100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in the World” according to Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine.

Stanislav Grof heads the Grof Transpersonal Training Program and teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Described by Charles Tart as “the world’s leading authority on the deep exploration of the mind and the soul,” his books include The Holotropic Mind (with Hal Zina Bennett) and The Cosmic Game. He lives in Northern California.

Peter Russell was voted “Eco-Philosopher Extraordinaire” by the American environmental magazine Buzzworm. He earned degrees in theoretical physics, psychology, and computer science at the University of Cambridge, England. He is the author of ten books, including The UpanishadsFrom Science to God: A Physicist’s Journey into the Mystery of Consciousness, and The TM Technique. His home is in Northern California.

Latest Publications

The New Paradigm in Cosmology – The Book

The New Paradigm in Cosmology – The Book

The New Paradigm in Cosmology – New eBook Release by the Laszlo Institute and the AITIA Institute! This book compiled and edited by Richard Blum is based on the second Online Global Symposium of The New Paradigm Symposia Series sponsored by the AITIA Institute and the Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research.