In this Worldshift Book, Ervin Laszlo (editor of the international periodical World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution), and Kingsley L. Dennis (a sociologist, writer, and co-founder of Worldshift International) have gathered 28 essays which promote "two cultures" dialogue between the leading exponents of the scientific and the humanistic camps. The editors are convinced that this century is "the meeting point where the wisdom of ancient traditions can find a synthesis with modern science."
The paperback is divided into six parts:
• The Shared Essence of Science and Spirituality
• A "Rational" Look at Spirituality
• Searching for the Meeting Ground
• Stepping-Stones toward Unification
• The Nature of Mind and Consciousness
• Crisis and Spirituality
On these pages, Michael Beckwith and Jean Houston affirm that both spiritual and scientific experiences are real along with our acceptance of the oneness that characterizes all reality. Larry Dossey and Barbara Marx Hubbard agree that evolution is pushing us toward a deeper integration of science, technology, and spirituality. In her essay, Alison Rose Levy quotes Albert Einstein as saying: "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." She posits this virtue as a telling force in the bridges between science and spirit. And in one of the best essays, Joanna Macy shares spiritual practices that will be helpful in the creation of a life-sustaining civilization: breath, gratitude, respect for the pain of the world, engaging the power of benevolence, and inhabiting larger fields of time.
