“Serving the emerging whole means paying attention to what’s right here within my awareness, what’s completely local, and surrendering to what’s being asked of me now.”

What’s emerging is a new synthesis of science, spirituality and leadership as different facets of a single way of being.

The U theory suggests that the central integrating thought … will emerge from building three integrated capacities.

I think a buddhist would say that presencing can arise to the extent that we develop the capacity, individually and collectively, to extend our conscious awareness in both domains.

So you’re stuck. Every time your madman starts to write, your judge pounces on him… So start by promising your judge that you’ll get around to asking his opinion, but not now. And then let the madman energy flow… Save details for the judge.

The emerging whole manifests locally. It manifests in particular communities, groups, and, ultimately, in us as individuals.

The basic problem with the new species of global institutions is that they have not yet become aware of themselves as living.

What we’re calling ‘presencing’ is possible because of this womb, where the absolute and the manifest interact.

When you see what you’re here for, the world begins to mirror your purpose in a magical way. It’s almost as if you suddenly find yourself on a stage in a play that was written expressly for you.

If science is an unfinished project, the next stage will be about reconnecting and integrating the rigor of scientific method with the richness of direct experience to produce a science that will serve to connect us to one another, ourselves and the world.

An awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.

And I think there is a growing awareness of this among Christians and among Jews, and even to some extent to some Muslims. That’s happening for obvious reasons.

You think, you become that thought. And consciousness, or the state of pure awareness, is lost.

You are the best friend you will ever have. In the presence of your true self you will become the most peaceful, the most relaxed, the most natural person possible.

Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.

Its not about learning to trust. Its about learning what it is I place my trust in and why. Its like learning to see the forest for the trees. You cannot see the forest for the trees unless you are outside the forest.

The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.

True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.