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A remarkable change is taking place that will profoundly influence the way we see ourselves and our world. The dominant materialistic, separatist worldview-a perspective that leads individuals to value their own needs over the good of the whole-is giving way to a humanitarian-spiritual orientation. This shift will revolutionize both the way humanity interacts on a global scale and how we live on a day-to-day basis.

Global Shift, co-published with the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), explores the roots of such current planetary crises as climate change, diminishing resources, poverty, and disease, and explains how a new convergence of scientific research and spiritual insight is propelling us toward a more enlightened future. It also presents a call to actions we can implement now, such as voluntary simplicity, nonviolent communication, caring for our bodies, and inclusive global thinking, that can foster personal healing and bring our lives into alignment with the needs of the planet and a conscious universe.

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Publié par	New Harbinger Publications
Date de parution	01 janvier 0001
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781572247819
Langue	English
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HOW A NEW WORLDVIEW IS TRANSFORMING HUMANITY

“An essential guidebook for navigating our time. Bourne concisely articulates the elements of our collective emergence to the neXt stage of cultural evolution.The Aquarian Conspiracy comes of age in this volume with inspiring clarity.”

—Anodea Judith, Ph.D., author ofWaking the Global Heart andEastern Body-Western Mind

“A masterful overview of the shift in global consciousness and how it transforms our personal lives.” —Duane Elgin, author ofVoluntary Simplicityand Promise Ahead

“A truly holistic view of changes now occurring—from global to local and personal. In this book, Bourne combines rare insight into the multiple paradigm shifts due to humanity’s eXpanding awareness with a comprehensive, sensible set of tools for personal alignmentandaction.”

—Hazel Henderson, author ofEthical Marketsand coauthor ofPlanetary Citizenship

“Global Shiftoffers a roadmap for the new consciousness—a sweep-ing survey of the key ideas and books of the last few years that describe an astounding shift in paradigms. It provides a wonderful overview of holistic trends emerging in all îelds, from quantum physics to transpersonal psychology, and includes practical tools for transforming yourself and creating a more sustainable world.”

—Corinne McLaughlin, cofounder of The Center for Visionary Leadership and Sirius Community and coauthor ofSpiritual PoliticsandBuilders of the Dawn

“Global Shiftis a bold and practical work, calling us all to address our global crises at the level of consciousness. Bourne covers an ambitious amount of ground—from concise summaries of the leading thinkers who have shaped our postmodern worldview to implementable steps we can take to reduce global warming—in an entertaining, informative, and easy-to-grasp manner. Not only a summary of causes and indicators of paradigmatic changes,Global Shiftis a hopeful and welcome push to pick up the challenges of our times and create a signiîcant shift in our world.”

—Jeff Carreira, director of education at EnlightenNeXt and host of the EnlightenNeXt Weekly Webcast

“Global Shiftprovides the îrst comprehensive template for massive evolutionary change in the twenty-îrst century. It is not only thor-ough, but also so convincing you will breathe one great sigh of relief for the entire human enterprise. After you have read this book, you will have your înger on the pulse of these challenging times and appreciate the part you are now called to play in this epic story of transformation.”

—James O’ Dea, consultant to Global Systems Initiatives and fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences

global shift HOW A NEW WORLDVIEW IS TRANSFORMING HUMANITY

EDMUND J. BOURNE, PH.D.

Noetic Books, Institute of Noetic Sciences New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Publisher’s Note This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering psychological, înancial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.

“The Cosmological Situation Today,” from Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View by Richard Tarnas, copyright 2005 by Richard Tarnas. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin group (USA) Inc.

A copublication of New Harbinger Publications and Noetic Books

Acquired by Catharine Sutker; Cover design by Amy Shoup; Edited by Amy Johnson

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bourne, Edmund J. Global shift : how a new worldview is transforming humanity / Edmund J. Bourne ; foreword by Matthew Gilbert. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-1-57224-597-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-57224-597-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Philosophy--21st century. 2. Culture. 3. Civilization. 4. Social change. 5. Spirituality. I. Title. B805.B68 2008 190.9’0511--dc22 2008039787

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Contents

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ix

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1 Global Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2The Rise and Fall of the Scientiîc-MaterialistWorldview (But Not Science) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53of an Emerging Worldview

Global Shift: A Preview

4Re-enchantment of Nature . The 71. . . . . . . . . . . . .

5of the Feminine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Return

6a Larger Universe: Reality Outgrows the Toward Bounds of Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

7the Scope of Valid Knowledge: EXpanding Sensory vs. Intuitive Ways of Knowing . . . . . . . . . . . 105

8 Toward a Synthesis of Science and Religion . . . . . . . . 117

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127New Map of the Psyche. A

Life-Force Energy: A Step Beyond Physics . . . . . . . . . 141

Understanding Consciousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

The Universal ConteXt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Toward a Universal Spiritual Perspective . . . . . . . . . . 173

Natural Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Unity of Consciousness: The Interconnection of All Minds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Symbolic Connections: The Role of Esoteric Disciplines in the New Worldview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Implications of the New Worldview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Making the Shift: From Vision to Action . . . . . . . . . . 205

Transformative Practices: An Introduction

Simplify Your Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Build Peace in All Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Care for Your Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Practice Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Think Larger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Take Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Resources and Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

333References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Foreword by Matthew Gilbert

As I write this, a barrel of oil approaches $150; oods, droughts, tornadoes, and typhoons wreak unprecedented havoc in certain parts of the world; and the global economy seems poised on a downward spiral. Perhaps by the time you read this, things will have improved; perhaps they will have become worse. Either way, it seems clear to more and more of us that we have collectively created an unsustainable way of life for most of the world’s people and jeopardized our very eXistence as a species. I îrst found out about Ed Bourne’s book when it was submit-ted to a colleague at New Harbinger. The company had recently entered into a copublishing relationship with the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where I’m director of communications and acqui-sitions director of our new imprint, Noetic Books. I was stunned by how closely Ed’s narrative mapped onto a new study we had just released,The 2007 Shift Report: Evidence of a World Transforming, and further impressed that he was inspired to write this book by Willis Harman, the late former president of IONS and a renowned visionary thinker. We wrote that report to help answer the questions we kept hearing: What is going on? Why is all this happening? Where is all this leading? We began by noting the inuence of a power-ful worldview—scientiîc materialism—that arose in response to the religious fanaticism and conicts of the seventeenth and eigh-teenth centuries. It elevated reason, objectivity, and the primacy of the physical universe, and focused on the study of parts instead of wholes. While providing an abundance of impressive advances in

such areas as technology and medicine, it also promoted a separat-ism that has been encoded into many of our institutions. This has led a majority of people to prioritize their own needs over the good of the commons, to disassociate their own well-being from that of the world around them, and to see nature as nothing more than an inert source of raw materials and a vast receptacle for the garbage and toXins of an industrial and consumptive lifestyle. All of this is underwritten by a deeper story that human life is a random accident and human beings are basically no more than complicated machinery run by genes and neuronal programming. As for reli-gion and spirituality, they are merely evolutionary adaptations to keep us interested in staying alive. It’s a dismal scenario, to be sure, but then look at the stories that feed us every day. For anyone who reads the papers, scans the Internet, listens to the radio, or watches the nightly news, the world seems relentlessly hopeless and compleX. Economic uncer-tainty, ecological collapse, ethnic conicts, religious extremism, heartbreaking poverty—these harsh realities depict a world îlled with fear, pain, and fragmentation while reinforcing a belief that there is little we can do about it. No wonder sales of antidepres-sants keep spiking upward. Yes, the evidence is compelling that the arc of human eXistence is on a self-destructive decline, but it’s vitally important to distin-guish between breakdown andemergence, because once the pieces are put together, there is no denying that another reality is îghting through the cracks of the dominant narrative. It is this story that Ed Bourne rigorously presents in this homage to our potential. In calling our current moment in time a “rite of passage,” Ed shows readers a landscape of fundamental shifts that are broad, deep, and ultimately life-afîrming. He presents some dominant themes of a new overarching worldview—a conscious universe, multidimensional realities, interconnected minds, and life beyond physics—and describes the shift as “a movement away from a materialistic to a humanitarian-spiritual orientation toward life.” These are awfully big ideas, pushing the boundaries of our con-ditioning and beliefs, but our collective future is at stake and this is not a time to be reticent. Braving the currents of postmodern malaise, Ed, and the Institute, and many others believe that we are just beginning to tap into our potential as human beings despite, or perhaps because of, the multiple crises that we are facing.

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This new story remains largely unreported. It reects not an evolutionary model of randomness and survival but an evolution of human capacities that may alter the course of history and that a growing body of data from psychologists, paleontologists, neuro-scientists, and quantum physicists are beginning to acknowledge. It’s also a story that was further eXplored in the Institute’s second worldview analysis,The 2008 Shift Report: Changing the Story of Our Future. Over the past several decades, new scientiîc discoveries, along with a surge in grassroots initiatives addressing social and economic injustices, have begun calling into question that view of the universe—and in essence ourselves—as ultimately cold and mechanistic. Credible studies are înding that we’re as hard-wired to connect and collaborate as to compete; that genes—as well as the brain—are malleable; that altruistic behavior enhances our immune system; and that at a subatomic level, everything is connected—literally. On the îeld of daily human endeavor, thousands of groups and millions of people are saying no to the madness of our time—a tacit acknowledgment that we have been sold a bill of goods about our potential and who we are. The story being told of a conniving, selîsh, survival-driven species is in fact a small part, perhaps even a footnote, of a larger story in which the wisdom of our spiritual traditions and the îndings of new science are înally beginning to converge. As science and human progress are ineXtricably linked, the twenty-îrst century is înding a way to bring the highest poten-tial of both back together. While changing paradigms is never easy, an evolutionary acceleration seems to have been unleashed, and worldview is at the center of it. Worldviews both large and small shape how we see the world, how we structure our institu-tions, and how we înd meaning in what we do and where we’re going, individually as well as collectively. The inuence of modern science on worldview—the assumptions we make about how the universe works and the means we use to test those assumptions— is signiîcant. How we’ve internalized this paradigm into our own being is also signiîcant, perhaps even more so. So while marching on the World Trade Organization and confronting misuse of power remain necessary acts of deîance, marching against the dominant paradigms that live in our own hearts may have even more far-reaching effects. For the ultimate change will be a change in our

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