Intelligence of the Cosmos

Ervin Laszlo is a philosopher and systems scientist. Twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, he has published more than 75 books and over 400 articles and research papers. The subject of the one-hour PBS special Life of a Modern-Day Genius, Laszlo is the founder and president of the international think tank the Club of Budapest and of the prestigious Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research. He lives in Tuscany.

• Acknowledgments Foreword by Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBEPART ONE Perennial Questions and the New Answers 1 Who Are We? A NEW CONCEPT OF THE WORLD A NEW CONCEPT OF CONSCIOUSNESS AN IN-FORMED WORLD2 Why Are We Here? INDICATIONS OF PURPOSE IN THE DIRECTION OF EVOLUTION 3 New Answers WHO WE ARE WHY WE ARE HERE PART TWO The Meaning of the New Answers for Our Life and Times 4 The New Answers Re-Enchant Our Worldview Kingsley L. Dennis 5 The New Answers and the Power of Purpose Emanuel Kuntzelman 6 The New Answers and the Goals of Contemporary Social Change Maria Sagi7 The New Answers and the Purpose of Business Dawna Jones 8 The New Answers and the Wisdom Traditions Shamik Desai 9 The New Answers--A Meaning for This Life and the Next John R. Audette10 The New Answers and the Challenge: Reconciling Science and Spirituality with Life Garry Jacobs Afterword by James O’Dea Biographical Notes on the Author and Contributors Books by Ervin Laszlo: A Selected Bibliography Index

“From the time when the conscious universe was a preposterous notion to today, when it’s a cutting-edge idea full of promise for your future, Ervin Laszlo has been its staunch champion. Now he and his colleagues press the argument with even more urgency and depth. I concur that consciousness must be regarded as the ground state of existence. Only when we begin to see ourselves embedded in a reality where mind, body, ecology, planet Earth, and the cosmos are all expressions of the same consciousness will we truly know who we are.”