Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential [Paperback]

A Seminal Work of Visionary Hope, Updated for the 21st Century

In this era of government gridlock, economic and ecological devastation, and seemingly intractable global violence, our future is ever more ripe for — and in need of — fresh, creative reimagining. With her clear-eyed, inspiring, and sweeping vision of a possible global renaissance in the new millennium, Barbara Marx Hubbard shows us that our current crises are not the precursors of an apocalypse but the natural birth pains of an awakened, universal humanity. This is our finest hour.Conscious Evolutionhighlights the tremendous potential of newfound scientific knowledge, technological advances, and compassionate spirituality and illustrates the opportunities that each of us has to fully participate in this exciting stage of human history. As we do, we will bring forth all that is within us and not only save ourselves, but evolve our world.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword to the Revised Edition by Terry Patten
Foreword by Neale Donald Walsch
Introduction

PART I. THE NEW STORY OF CREATION
Chapter One. The Awakening of Humanity
Chapter Two. Discovering the Importance of the New Story
Chapter Three. The Evolutionary Spiral
Chapter Four. Our Crisis Is a Birth

PART II. CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION: A NEW WORLDVIEW
Chapter Five. Conscious Evolution
Chapter Six. Exploring the Meaning of Conscious Evolution
Chapter Seven. The Fabric of Civilization
Chapter Eight. Embracing Conscious Evolution

PART III. THE SOCIAL POTENTIAL MOVEMENT
Chapter Nine. From the Human Potential to the Social Potential Movement
Chapter Ten. Testing the Waters
Chapter Eleven. A Spirit-Motivated Processlan of Action for the 21st Century
Chapter Twelve. A Pattern of Transformation Revealed
Chapter Thirteen. The NewNews
Chapter Fourteen. Education for Conscious Evolution

PART IV. THE GREAT AWAKENING
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