Right now we would be wise to focus our attention on how basic human beings behave in basic selfish ways. What is there in human nature that impels us to act in certain ways? We need to teach people how to parent, how to get along with each other. Common sense tells us that we are going to have to be more visionary and more compassionate if we are going to survive. That is not 'Blue Sky' talk. Nothing short of being imaginative, creative and compassionate is going to save us.
I'm placing my hope in those people who are awake and who have the courage and conviction to see how many other people they can wake up. If that happens, then we will have a Renaissance. Listen to those leaders who encourage us to be better people, not those playing to our fears. As I see it, either we are going to have a very rapid decline into a "worst-case" scenario, or else the dream of a new Renaissance will be made a reality. The choice is ours.
Excerpted from the book Towards A New World View: Conversations At The Leading Edge with Russell E. DiCarlo. The 377-page book features new and inspiring interviews with 27 paradigm pioneers in the fields of medicine, psychology, economics, business, religion, science, education and human potential. Featuring: Willis Harman, Matthew Fox, Joan Boysenko, George Leonard, Gary Zukav, Robert Monroe, Hazel Henderson, Fred Alan Wolf, Peter Senge, Jacquelyn Small, Elmer Green, Larry Dossey, Carolyn Myss, Stan Grof, Rich Tarnas, Marilyn Ferguson, Marsha Sinetar, Dr. Raymond Moody, Stephen Covey and Peter Russell.
Russell E. DiCarlo is a medical writer, author, lecturer and workshop leader who's focus is on personal transformation, consciousness research and the fields of energy and anti-aging medicine. His forthcoming book is entitled "The Definitive Guide To Anti-Aging Medicine" (1998, Future Medicine Publishing). DiCarlo resides in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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