Index

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Abdicator Personality, 131–32, 134
adaptive spirit, and business, 91, 103–4
after-death experiences (ADEs), 18–20
Akasha (Akashic field)
    about, 13–14, 53, 55
    Big Bang and, 34
    clusters of vibration in, 14
    consciousness and, 145
    in-formed world and, 11–12, 64
    intuition of, 12
    karma and, 69
    power of purpose and, 68, 69, 72
    universe and, 160, 161
    who we are and, 44–45
    why we are here and, 68
Alexander, Eben, 20–21
animals, as sentient and intelligent, 1–2
Aristotle, 121
Aurobindo, Sri, 41–42, 150–51

Belloche, Arnaud, 33
Bentham, Jeremy, 119
Bergson, Henri, 29, 41
bifurcation, 82, 90
Big Bang, 4, 27, 29, 30, 34–35, 71, 143
Bohm, David, 11, 14, 53
Bradley, Raymond, 97–98
Brown, Rosemary, 18–19, 42–43
Buber, Martin, 58
Buddhism, 110, 111–12, 113–14, 115,
        154
business, purpose of. See also
        evolution of consciousness, and
        purpose of business
    bifurcation and, 90
    culture and, 84
    ethical behavior and, 89, 99, 100, 101
    human challenges and, 89–90, 91,
        106
    new models and, 90–92, 105–6
    profit and, 88–89, 92, 99, 100, 120
    worldview and, 90, 92–93, 94
Byers, William, 149

Centers of SuperCoherence (CSCs),
        83–84
chess games, and ADEs, 19–20
chimpanzees, intelligent behavior of,
        1–2
Chopra, Deepak, 35–36
Christianity, 110, 111, 117–18
Club of Budapest, 81–84, 85
clusters of vibration, 45. See also
        vibration
    consciousness and, 21, 22, 24, 53–54
    cosmic intelligence and, 56
    in-formed, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 45,
        52–54
    materialism and, 13
    worldview and, 52–54, 56
coherence (coherent systems). See also
        supercoherence
    definition of, 31, 79
    evolution’s purpose and, 46, 161
    extrinsic coherence and, 31, 46,
        79–80, 81
    intrinsic coherence and, 31, 46, 78,
        79, 80, 81
    power of purpose and, 66, 70, 76
    religious beliefs and, 120
    universe and, 31, 34–38, 160–61
    worldview and, 31, 55–57, 59
Collins, Francis, 4
conscious individuality
        (individuality), 152–56
consciousness. See also evolution
        of consciousness; higher
        consciousness
    about and definition of, 92–93
    ADEs (after-death experiences)
        and, 18–20
    Akasha and, 145
    Big Bang and, 34, 71, 143
    the body as associated with, 39–41
    the body as not associated with,
        41–42, 68, 71
    clusters of vibration and, 21, 22, 24,
        53–54
    duality of science and spiritual
    knowledge and, 159
    in-formed world and, 22, 43
    mind beyond brain and, 16–17,
        20–21
    NDEs (near-death experiences) and,
        16–17, 24
    old science and, 144, 146
    one consciousness, 3, 5, 41
    reconciliation of science/spiritual
        knowledge and, 144, 145–49, 159
    who we are and, 14–21, 108
    why we are here and, 88
cosmic intelligence (cosmic
        consciousness, cosmo-centric
        viewpoint)
    about, 44
    clusters of vibration and, 56
    consciousness as not associated
        with the body and, 42
    evolution’s purpose and, 35–36
    meaning of life and next life and,
        123
    power of purpose and, 69–70, 73,
        76–77
    vibration and, 22
    who we are and, 23, 45
    why we are here and, 45–47
    worldview and, 53, 56, 61–62
Creator (God), 3–5, 7, 26, 67, 108–9,
        159, 162
Credo: Eight Cardinal Propositions, v
CSCs (Centers of SuperCoherence),
        83–84
culture (tribal consciousness), 65–67,
        70, 73, 84

Dalai Lama, 85
Dalsgaard, Andreas, 103
Darwinian concept, 37–38
Delphi oracle, 10, 61
Denning, Steve, 89
Descartes, René, 121, 148
Diamandis, Peter, 92
Dirac, Paul, 29–30
DNA, 1, 4, 22, 32, 33–34, 160–61
Driesch, Hans, 29
Drucker, Peter, 88, 91
duality of science and spiritual
        knowledge, 159

Eddington, Sir Arthur, 29
EEG frequencies, 24–25. See also
        vibration
Einstein, Albert, 23, 24, 35–36, 44,
        64, 87, 154
Eisenbeiss, Wolfgang, 19–20
Empiricist Personality, 133–34
energetic patterns, and business,
        97–100
Enlightenment, 146, 148
environmental issues. See also
        sociopolitical and economic
        (human) challenges
    about, 5–6
    business’s purpose and, 89–90
    power of purpose and, 64, 65–66,
        70, 74–75
epigenetics, and business, 100, 102
Eternea’s Seven Statements, 135
ethical behavior, 70, 154
    business’s purpose and, 89, 99, 100,
        101
    religious beliefs and, 109, 118, 119
evolution, purpose of
    about, 28–29
    Big Bang and, 34
    coherence and, 34–38, 46, 161
    consciousness beyond the body and,
        41–42
    cosmic intelligence and, 35–36
    Darwinian concept and, 37–38
    evolution of biological forms versus,
        27–28
    Goldilocks zone and, 32–34
    in-formed world and, 43
    natural systems and, 29, 43, 45–46,
        78
    religious beliefs and, 29, 111–12
    supercoherence and, 46, 47
    Telos and, 29
    universe’s parameters and, 29–34
evolution of biological forms, 27–28,
        54–55, 56, 149–50
evolution of consciousness, 6, 38–43,
        45–46, 55–56, 78, 159–60. See
        also consciousness
    adaptive spirit and, 91, 103–4
    consciousness defined and, 92–93
    energetic patterns and, 97–100
    epigenetics and, 100, 102
    networks and, 95–96
    purpose of business and about,
        93–95, 106–7
    reconciliation of science/spiritual
        knowledge and, 149–52, 157
    transcendence and, 91, 104
    workplace health and, 89, 92,
        100–102
Experiential Personality, 132–33,
        134
extrinsic coherence, 31, 46, 79–80,
        81. See also coherence (coherent
        systems); intrinsic coherence

Feynman, Richard, 4
Friedman, Milton, 88
Fromm, Erich, 120
Fuller, Buckminster, 90

Gandhi, Mahatma, 87, 135
Gebser, Jean, 42
Gesell, Arnold, 57
God (Creator), 3–5, 7, 26, 67, 108–9,
        159, 162. See also Source
Goldilocks zone, 32–34
Goodall, Jane, 1–7, 32, 40–41, 65
goodness, 70, 109, 110
Grof, Stanislav, 17–18

Haramein, Nassim, 27
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 41
higher consciousness. See also
        consciousness; evolution of
        consciousness, and purpose
        of business; transmit higher
        consciousness
    power of purpose and, 65, 68–69,
        70, 72, 73, 76
    worldview and, 56, 59
Hinduism, 26, 53, 111–12, 112–13,
        114, 115
Hugo, Victor, 87
human (sociopolitical and
        economic) challenges. See also
        environmental issues
    about, 6
    business’s purpose and, 89–90, 91,
        106
    meaning of life and next life and,
        126
    old science and, 159–60
    power of purpose and, 64
    religious beliefs and, 70

Ibn Al Arabi, 162
individuality (conscious
        individuality), 152–56
in-formed world
    Akasha and, 11–12, 64
    clusters of vibration in, 11, 12, 13,
        14, 21, 45, 52–54
    consciousness and, 22, 43
    worldview in, 11, 13, 21–23, 52–54
intelligence, 1–3
intrinsic coherence, 31, 46, 78, 79, 80,
        81. See also coherence (coherent
        systems); extrinsic coherence
Islam, 26, 111–12, 118–19

Jantsch, Erich, 29
Jeans, James, 10–11
Judaism, 26, 110, 111, 116–17
Jung, Carl, 40–41

Kafatos, Menas, 30, 35–36
karma, 69, 113, 132
“know thyself,” 10, 61
Koestler, Arthur, 79
Korchnoi, Viktor, 19–20
Kuhn, Thomas, 27–28

Lao-tzu, 53, 111
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 52
Lewis, C. S., 131
Linden, Eugene, 105
Lipton, Bruce, 37, 38–39
“love our neighbors as ourselves,” 3
loving intelligence, 109, 110, 118

McCraty, Rollin, 97–98, 99
McGonigal, Jane, 89
Manifesto of the Summit on Post-
        Materialist Science, Spirituality
        and Society, 21
Maroczy, Geza, 19–20
materialism
    clusters of vibration and, 13
    meaning of life and next life and,
        135
    new science and, 53
    old science and, 15, 21, 44, 57, 67
    power of purpose and, 64, 65, 67,
        70, 72
    religious beliefs and, 108, 111, 119–20
    worldview and, 58
Materialist Personality, 128–30, 134
Maturana, Humberta, 40
Maxwell, James C., 154
Mead, Margaret, 76, 86
meaning of life and next life. See also
        reconciliation of science and
        spiritual knowledge
    about, 122–28
    cosmic intelligence and, 123
    Eternea’s Seven Statements and,
        135
    human challenges and, 126
    materialism, 135
    “one for all and all for one” and,
        126, 134
    personality types in search of,
        128–34
    Source and, 134, 135, 136
Mill, John Stuart, 119
mind beyond brain, 16–17, 20–21
Mockus, Antanas, 103–4
moral values, 3–4
Muir, John, 93
Myers, Frederic, 42–43, 68–69

Nasrudin, Mulla (Nasreddin Hodja),
        55, 75–76, 158
natural systems, 29, 43, 45–46, 78
NDEs (near-death experiences),
        16–17, 24
near-death experiences (NDEs),
        16–17, 24
networks, and business, 95–96
new perspectives, 75–76
new science. See also clusters of
        vibration; evolution, purpose of;
        old science
    about, 26–27, 52
    materialism and, 53
    power of purpose and, 64, 72–73
    reconciliation of science/spiritual
        knowledge and, 139–46
    religious beliefs and, 60–61, 121
    world-centric viewpoint and,
        67–68
    worldview and, 52–53, 60–63
Newton, Michael, 68–69, 154
Newton, Sir Isaac, 148
Nonchalant Personality, in search
        for meaning of life and next life,
        130–31, 134

OBEs (out-of-body experiences), 17
objective knowledge and subjective
        processes of cognition, 147–49
object/objective mode, 57, 58
old science, 27–28, 51, 52, 60. See
        also new science; reconciliation of
        science and spiritual knowledge
    about/description of, 27–28, 51,
        52, 60
    consciousness and, 144
    DNA and, 1, 4, 22, 32, 33–34,
        160–61
    duality of spiritual knowledge and,
        159
    evolution of biological forms and,
        27–28, 54–55, 56
    human challenges and, 70, 159–60
    materialistic, 15, 21, 44, 57, 67
    power of purpose and, 71–72
    religious beliefs and, 121
    transition from, 58
Omega Point, 68, 110, 112
one consciousness, 3, 5, 41,
        64–65, 110, 111, 112. See also
        consciousness
“one for all and all for one,” 126, 134
out-of-body experiences (OBEs), 17

Peñalosa, Enrique, 103–4
personality types, 128–34
perspectives, new, 75–76
philosophical knowledge, 140, 143,
        145, 149, 155
Piaget, Jean, 57
Planck, Max, 12–13, 23, 30, 34
planetary consciousness, 84–87, 120.
        See also worldview
Plato, 53
Polman, Paul, 99–100
power of purpose
    about, 64–65, 77
    Akasha and, 68, 69, 72
    coherence and, 66, 70, 76
    consciousness beyond the body and,
        68, 71
    cosmic intelligence and, 69–70, 73,
        76–77
    culture and, 65–67, 70, 73
    environmental issues, 74–75
    ethical behavior and, 70
    goodness and, 70
    human challenges and, 64, 65–66,
        70, 74–75
    materialism and, 64, 65, 67, 70, 72
    new science and, 64, 67–68, 70,
        72–73
    old science and, 71–72
    Omega Point and, 68
    one consciousness and, 64–65
    perspectives and, 75–76
    reincarnation and, 68–69
    religious beliefs and, 66, 67, 70
    Source and, 73, 74–75
    supercoherence and, 72–73
    transmit higher consciousness and,
        65, 68–69, 70, 72, 73, 76
    who we are and, 64, 67–68, 69, 73, 74
    why we are here and, 64, 67–68, 69,
        73, 74
    worldview and, 66–70, 73
profit, 88–89, 92, 99, 100, 120. See
        also business, purpose of
proximal purposes of existence, 46

receptive mode, 57–58
reconciliation of science and spiritual
        knowledge. See also meaning of
        life and next life; old science
    about, 138–39, 154–57, 161–62
    conscious individuality and,
        152–56
    consciousness and, 144, 145–49, 159
    evolution of biological forms and,
        149–50
    evolution of consciousness and,
        149–52, 157
    new science and, 139–46
    objective knowledge and subjective
        processes of cognition and,
        147–49
    philosophical knowledge and, 140,
        143, 145, 149, 155
re-enchantment of worldview, 58–59.
        See also worldview
reincarnation, 4, 68–69
religious beliefs. See also
        reconciliation of science and
        spiritual knowledge; specific
        religious beliefs
    coherence and, 120
    culture and, 66, 67, 70
    ethical behavior and, 109, 118, 119
    evolution’s purpose and, 29, 111–12
    God/Creator and, 3–5, 7, 26, 67,
        108–9, 159, 162
    goodness and, 109, 110
    human challenges and, 70
    loving intelligence and, 109, 110, 118
    materialism and, 108, 111, 119–20
    new science and, 60–61, 121
    old science and, 121
    one consciousness and, 110, 111, 112
    planetary consciousness and, 120
    Source and, 108
    transmit higher consciousness and,
        109–11, 112–19
    utilitarian ethos and, 119–20
    why we are here and, 26, 108
    worldview and, 51, 53, 113–14,
        116–17, 118–19, 120
Rollans, Robert, 19–20
Roots & Shoots program, 6–7
Russell, Bertrand, 18–19, 20, 69

Saint-Martin, Louis Claude de, 63
Schrödinger, Erwin, 41, 87
science. See new science; old science;
        reconciliation of science and
        spiritual knowledge
Seba, Tony, 90
Smolin, Lee, 30
social change
    about, 78
    Club of Budapest and, 81–84, 85
    holons and, 79
    intrinsic/extrinsic coherence and,
        78–80, 81
    planetary consciousness and, 84–87
    supercoherence and, 79–84
sociopolitical and economic (human)
        challenges. See environmental
        issues; human (sociopolitical and
        economic) challenges
Socrates, 106, 135
Source, 159, 161. See also God (Creator)
    meaning of life and next life and,
        134, 135, 136
    power of purpose, 73, 74–75
    religious beliefs and, 108
    worldview and, 61
spiritual beliefs. See religious beliefs;
        specific religious beliefs
spiritual knowledge, 159. See also
        reconciliation of science and
        spiritual knowledge
Stevenson, Ian, 68
Stigmergy, 105
Sufism, 118, 162. See also Islam
supercoherence
    Club of Budapest and, 81–84, 85
    evolution’s purpose and, 46, 47
    power of purpose and, 72–73
    social change and, 79–84
    worldview and, 56
systemic (workplace) health, 89,
        92, 100–102. See also business,
        purpose of

Taimni, I. K., 12
Taoism, 53, 111, 115
Teilhard de Chardin, 29, 41, 110, 112
Telos, 29, 45, 47, 110
Tesla, Nicola, 13
transcendence, and business, 91, 104
transcendental experiences, 4, 17–18,
        23–25
transmit higher consciousness, 88. See
        also higher consciousness
    power of purpose, 65, 68–69, 70,
        72, 73, 76
    religious beliefs and, 109–11, 112–19
    why we are here, 88
    worldview and, 59
tribal consciousness (culture), 65–67,
        70, 73
Tucker, Jim, 68

universe
    Akasha and, 160, 161
    coherence and, 31, 34–38,
        160–61
    parameters of, 29–34
utilitarian ethos, 119–20

Vedic texts and thinkers, 12, 29
vibration, 24–25. See also clusters of
        vibration
    Big Bang and, 29, 30, 34–35
    cosmic intelligence and, 22
    transcendental experiences and,
        24–25
    worldview and, 11–14

Weinberg, Steven, 27
Weismann, August, 39
Weiss, Brian L., 68
Welch, Jack, 89
who we are
    about, 10, 108
    ADEs (after-death experiences)
        and, 18–20
    Akasha and, 44–45
    clusters of vibration and, 45
    consciousness and, 14–21, 108
    cosmic intelligence and, 23, 45
    EEG frequencies and, 24–25
    in-formed world and, 11, 13,
        21–23, 43
    NDEs (near-death experiences) and,
        16–17, 24
    new science and, 52
    OBEs (out-of-body experiences)
        and, 17
    power of purpose and, 64, 67–68,
        69, 73, 74
    transcendental experiences and,
        17–18, 23–25
    worldview and, 10–14, 56–59
why we are here
    Akasha and, 68
    cosmic intelligence and, 45–47
    new science and, 26–27, 52
    power of purpose and, 64, 67–68,
        69, 73, 74
    proximal purposes of existence
        and, 46
    reincarnation and, 68
    religious beliefs and, 26, 108
    Telos and, 45, 47
    transmit higher consciousness
        and, 88
    worldview and, 56–59
wisdom traditions. See religious
        beliefs; specific religious beliefs
workplace (systemic) health, 89,
        92, 100–102. See also business,
        purpose of
worldview
    about, 50–51, 62–63, 158
    business’s purpose and, 90, 92–93, 94
    clusters of vibration and, 52–54,
        56
    coherence and, 31, 55–57, 59
    consciousness and, 55–56
    cosmic intelligence and, 53, 56,
        61–62
    evolution of biological forms and,
        54–55, 56
    in-formed world and, 11, 13, 21–23,
        52–54
    materialism and, 58
    new science and, 52–53, 60–63
    object/objective mode and, 57, 58
    old science and, 52
    planetary consciousness and,
        84–87, 120
    power of purpose and, 66–70, 73
    receptive mode and, 57–58
    re-enchantment of, 58–59
    religious beliefs and, 51, 53, 113–14,
        116–17, 118–19, 120
    Source and, 61
    supercoherence and, 56
    transmit higher consciousness and,
        56, 59
    vibration and, 11–14
    who we are and, 10–14, 56–59
    why we are here and, 56–59

youth movement, 6–7

Zeniuk, Nick, 96–97