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The Consciousness Revolution
"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
180 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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Ervin Laszlo
223 books228 followersErvin Laszlo is a systems philosopher, integral theorist, and classical pianist. Twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, he has authored more than 70 books, which have been translated into nineteen languages, and has published in excess of four hundred articles and research papers, including six volumes of piano recordings.
Dr. Laszlo is generally recognized as the founder of systems philosophy and general evolution theory, and serves as the founder-director of the General Evolution Research Group and as past president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. He is also the recipient of the highest degree in philosophy and human sciences from the Sorbonne, the University of Paris, as well as of the coveted Artist Diploma of the Franz Liszt Academy of Budapest. Additional prizes and awards include four honorary doctorates.
His appointments have included research grants at Yale and Princeton Universities, professorships for philosophy, systems sciences, and future sciences at the Universities of Houston, Portland State, and Indiana, as well as Northwestern University and the State University of New York. His career also included guest professorships at various universities in Europe and the Far East. In addition, he worked as program director for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). In 1999 he was was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Canadian International Institute of Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics.
For many years he has served as president of the Club of Budapest, which he founded. He is an advisor to the UNESCO Director General, ambassador of the International Delphic Council, member of both the International Academy of Science, World Academy of Arts and Science, and the International Academy of Philosophy.
Dr. Laszlo is generally recognized as the founder of systems philosophy and general evolution theory, and serves as the founder-director of the General Evolution Research Group and as past president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. He is also the recipient of the highest degree in philosophy and human sciences from the Sorbonne, the University of Paris, as well as of the coveted Artist Diploma of the Franz Liszt Academy of Budapest. Additional prizes and awards include four honorary doctorates.
His appointments have included research grants at Yale and Princeton Universities, professorships for philosophy, systems sciences, and future sciences at the Universities of Houston, Portland State, and Indiana, as well as Northwestern University and the State University of New York. His career also included guest professorships at various universities in Europe and the Far East. In addition, he worked as program director for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). In 1999 he was was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Canadian International Institute of Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics.
For many years he has served as president of the Club of Budapest, which he founded. He is an advisor to the UNESCO Director General, ambassador of the International Delphic Council, member of both the International Academy of Science, World Academy of Arts and Science, and the International Academy of Philosophy.
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June 9, 2022
true conscious-nauts! Masters
September 17, 2011
'We are, each of us, pulling together the pieces that allow us to make more sense of our lives, and to lead happier, healthier and more caring lives. Each little bit counts. And sometimes, that new little bit can be the piece that suddenly brings many other pieces together, leading to a breakthrough or spiritual awakening. If we think we have to change others, we are missing the point. It makes us think we are special. It puts us in the position of being in command of trying to control the situation. We are all part of the same groundswell. The most important question we need to ask is, how can I put my own life in greater alignment with that groundswell? How ca I do my little one-hundred-thousandth worth to facilitate that shift a bit further?'
January 3, 2016
This book emphasizes the idea that our world is based on wrong concepts. Nowadays quantum physics is much better the Newtonian mechanical physics but it still can't explain some basic elements of life such as consciousness.
The authors are indeed great minds of our time, that were not afraid to try a different perspective to science. A consciousness revolution is indeed needed if we are to escape the materialist paradigm of our times and enter a new more spiritual era. If we are to survive as a species we do need to change something and why not start with our own consciousness?
The authors are indeed great minds of our time, that were not afraid to try a different perspective to science. A consciousness revolution is indeed needed if we are to escape the materialist paradigm of our times and enter a new more spiritual era. If we are to survive as a species we do need to change something and why not start with our own consciousness?
November 26, 2020
[EN/RU] Philosophical dialogue of three brilliant scientists – Stanislav Grof, Ervin László and Peter Russell, about consciousness, culture, science, spirituality and religion, internal development and positive transformations of oneself and society.
The book's foreword was written by Ken Wilber, an American philosopher, and writer on transpersonal psychology, author of the integral theory, a systematic philosophy that suggests the synthesis of all human knowledge and experience.
Stan Grof is a Czech-born psychiatrist who has been living in the United States since the 1960s. Grof is one of the principal developers of transpersonal psychology and research into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of exploring, healing, and obtaining growth and insights into the human psyche.
Ervin László is a Hungarian philosopher of science, systems theorist, integral theorist, originally a classical pianist. He is an advocate of the theory of quantum consciousness.
Peter Russell is a theorist, author of The Waking Earth, The Global Brain, and The White Hole in Time, in which he discusses how changes in consciousness affect the transformation of the world as a whole.
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Философский диалог трёх блистательных ученых – Станислава Грофа, Эрвина Лазло и Питера Рассела – о сознании, культуре, науке, духовности и религии, внутреннем развитии и позитивных трансформациях себя и общества.
Предисловие книги написано Кеном Уилбером, американскиим философом и писателем, автором интегрального подхода.
Стэн Гроф – психиатр чешского происхождения, живущий в США с 1960-х годов. Гроф – один из основных разработчиков трансперсональной психологии и исследований использования необычных состояний сознания в целях изучения, исцеления и достижения роста и понимания человеческой психики.
Эрвин Ласло – венгерский философ науки, системный и интегральный теоретик, первоначально классический пианист. Является сторонником теории квантового сознания.
Питер Рассел – теоретик, автор книг «Пробуждающаяся земля», «Глобальный мозг» и «Белая дыра во времени», в которых он обсуждает, как именно изменения в сознании воздействуют на трансформацию мира в целом.
Кен Уилбер: "Эти три человека встречались в течение нескольких дней, чтобы, как рассказывает Эрвин, «поразмышлять о шансах на установление мира во всем мире». «В результате же оказалось, – продолжает он, – что разговор идет о кризисе, о трансформации, о целях и ценностях, о мировоззрениях, о понимании себя и других, об искусстве, науке, религии и духовности. Более всего мы говорили о сознании, очень быстро обнаружив, что ключевым моментом, лежащим в основе практически всего остального, как раз и является состояние нашего сознания»."
The book's foreword was written by Ken Wilber, an American philosopher, and writer on transpersonal psychology, author of the integral theory, a systematic philosophy that suggests the synthesis of all human knowledge and experience.
Stan Grof is a Czech-born psychiatrist who has been living in the United States since the 1960s. Grof is one of the principal developers of transpersonal psychology and research into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of exploring, healing, and obtaining growth and insights into the human psyche.
Ervin László is a Hungarian philosopher of science, systems theorist, integral theorist, originally a classical pianist. He is an advocate of the theory of quantum consciousness.
Peter Russell is a theorist, author of The Waking Earth, The Global Brain, and The White Hole in Time, in which he discusses how changes in consciousness affect the transformation of the world as a whole.
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Философский диалог трёх блистательных ученых – Станислава Грофа, Эрвина Лазло и Питера Рассела – о сознании, культуре, науке, духовности и религии, внутреннем развитии и позитивных трансформациях себя и общества.
Предисловие книги написано Кеном Уилбером, американскиим философом и писателем, автором интегрального подхода.
Стэн Гроф – психиатр чешского происхождения, живущий в США с 1960-х годов. Гроф – один из основных разработчиков трансперсональной психологии и исследований использования необычных состояний сознания в целях изучения, исцеления и достижения роста и понимания человеческой психики.
Эрвин Ласло – венгерский философ науки, системный и интегральный теоретик, первоначально классический пианист. Является сторонником теории квантового сознания.
Питер Рассел – теоретик, автор книг «Пробуждающаяся земля», «Глобальный мозг» и «Белая дыра во времени», в которых он обсуждает, как именно изменения в сознании воздействуют на трансформацию мира в целом.
Кен Уилбер: "Эти три человека встречались в течение нескольких дней, чтобы, как рассказывает Эрвин, «поразмышлять о шансах на установление мира во всем мире». «В результате же оказалось, – продолжает он, – что разговор идет о кризисе, о трансформации, о целях и ценностях, о мировоззрениях, о понимании себя и других, об искусстве, науке, религии и духовности. Более всего мы говорили о сознании, очень быстро обнаружив, что ключевым моментом, лежащим в основе практически всего остального, как раз и является состояние нашего сознания»."
May 12, 2024
Thoughtful, front forward, deep, contested and insightful. Widely recommended.
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