The Convergence of Science and Spiritually

The essential shift for social and global transformation will come from the transformation of the consciousness of individuals. This transformation is strongly dependent on the view of the world held by an individual, and of the role of that individual, and of humanity as a whole, in the context of the contemporary world. Hence it is vital that we become aware of the picture of reality suggested by the latest developments at the cutting edge of the sciences.  

The current paradigm-shift in science takes us from a mechanistic universe not just into an incomprehensibly strange reality but into a meaningful world where all things are connected, and all evolve coherently: into a "reenchanted cosmos." At the crucial "tipping point" - or bifurcation-point - of society this shift can change the thinking and the behavior of a critical mass in society, moving us from a trajectory leading to deepening crisis and chaos, toward sustainability, solidarity and peaceful co-evolution.  

For more, see Laszlo, Science and the Akashic Field (Inner Traditions International, 2004)

 Bio: Ervin Laszlo is the author or editor of sixty-nine books translated into as many as nineteen languages, and has over four hundred articles and research papers and six volumes of piano recordings to his credit. He serves as editor of the monthly World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution and of its associated General Evolution Studies book series.

Laszlo is generally recognized as the founder of systems philosophy and general evolution theory, serving as founder-director of the General Evolution Research Group and as past president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. He is 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. His numerous 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 has also included guest professorships at various universities in Europe and the Far East . In addition, Laszlo worked as program director for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). In 1999 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Canadian International Institute of Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics.

Laszlo serves as president of the Club of Budapest and head of the General Evolution Research Group, 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. He is the former president of the International Society for Systems Sciences.