Table of Contents

Foreword by Deepak Chopra

Introduction: The Alliance of Science and Spirituality at a Time of Crisis and Transformation

Round One
The Shared Essence of Science and Spirituality

Introduction to Round One
1 Consciousness and the End of the War between Science and Religion
Deepak Chopra

2 J’Accuse: Fuzzy Science and Sloppy Journalists
Rustum Roy

3 Spirituality and the Meaning of Mysticism for Our Time
Jean Houston

4 Extended Awareness
Michael Beckwith

Round Two
A “Rational” Look at Spirituality

Introduction to Round Two
5 The Real Issue
Swami Kriyananda

6 Our Connection to Nature
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

7 Quantum Consciousness: The Way to Reconcile Science and Spirituality
Kingsley L. Dennis

8 Designing a Multiperson Planetary Consciousness
Shinichi Takemura

Round Three
Searching for the Meeting Ground

Introduction to Round Three
9 Science and Spirituality: Observations from Modern Consciousness Research
Stanislav Grof

10 Spirituality, Healing, and Science
Larry Dossey

11 Conscious Evolution as a Context for the Integration of Science and Spirituality
Barbara Marx Hubbard

12 Retrieving the Hidden Rays of Light: A Global Partnership Is Emerging
Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp

Round Four
Stepping-Stones toward Unification

Introduction to Round Four
13 Three Strategies to Promote the Fusion of Science and Spirituality
Hiroshi Tasaka

14 Finding the Holy of Holies: Sticky Particles and the Ground of All Being
James O’Dea

15 Geoesthetics: The Spiritualization of Art and Science in the Noosphere
José Argüelles

16 Passionate Curiosity: The Stance of the Scientist, the Seeker, and the Journalist
Alison Rose Levy

Round Five
The Nature of Mind and Consciousness

Introduction to Round Five
17 Consciousness: The Bridge between Science and Spirit
Peter Russell

18 The Direct-Intuitive-Nonlocal Mind: Another Foundation for Knowledge?
Ede Frecska

19 The Real Secret of How We Create Our Own Reality
Amit Goswami

20 Reclaiming Science and Spirituality from the Ego
Beth Green

Round Six
Crisis and Spirituality

Introduction to Round Six
21 A Path Forward: Embracing Our Creative Imagination
Marilyn Mandala Schlitz

22 Entropy, Negentropy, and Our Moral Imagination
James O’Dea

23 Guiding Our Inner Evolution
Masami Saionji

24 Changing Direction
Jagdish Gandhi

Round Seven
Spirituality as a Basis for the Coming Worldshift

Introduction to Round Seven
25 Deep Wisdom: The Marriage of Science and Spirituality
Gregg Braden

26 The Role of Spirituality in a Worldshift
Bruce Lipton

27 Worldshift: Learning to Live in a Living Universe
Duane Elgin

28 Spiritual Practices for This Time of Crisis
Joanna Macy

Afterword: A Call for Change—Fostering an Effective Worldshift
Ervin Laszlo and Kingsley L. Dennis

WorldShift International: A Global Conscious Evolution Initiative

Contributors

Index

About the Author

Ervin Laszlo is editor of the international periodical World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution and chancellor of Giordano Bruno GlobalShift University. The founder and president of the Club of Budapest and the author of 89 books, he lives in Pisa, Italy. Kingsley L. Dennis is a sociologist, writer and a cofounder of WorldShift International.

Reviews

“...this collection explores phenomena at the crossroads of science and religion, such as the nonlocal mind, conscious evolution, and quantum consciousness, and offers strategies to promote the fusion of science and spirituality and develop a planetary consciousness.”
*Branches of Light, October 2012*