“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.”

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.

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.

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.

But when you first embark on the Path, your awareness won’t be focused. You’re likely to see all sorts of strange, dreamlike scenes. But you shouldn’t doubt that all such scenes come from your own mind and nowhere else.

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.

Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.

The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.