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Synopsis
SELF. WORLD. COSMOS. This book of sweeping scope presents the knowledge needed to craft a wise, significant, and deeply satisfying life. It presents an illuminating tapestry of ideas that gives us key insights into our own lives and the human situation, helps us envision both an optimized personal life and a world that works for everyone, and empowers us to do what needs to be done to create them.
MATTERS OF CONSEQUENCE is a cross-disciplinary map of reality that addresses human concerns at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Among these are personal concerns such as living a creative and significant life, and societal ones such as sustainability and economic justice. The book's underlying assumption is this: If we come to understand the interior and exterior aspects of the human situation--deeply, comprehensively, clearly--then what needs to be done, both in our personal lives and the world around us, becomes clear. This integral approach is rooted in the Perennial Philosophy, in Jean Gebser and Ken Wilber's work, and in Abraham Maslow's insight that if you come to understand a situation deeply enough, you will know what to do about it. Toward this end, MATTERS OF CONSEQUENCE outlines a process for developing deep understanding--a variety of wisdom that involves the integration of broadly-based contextual knowledge (the humanities plus the sciences plus economics) with introspectively acquired self-knowledge.
The book first explores important contextual matters: the nature of physical and mental reality; the question of cosmic purpose; socio-cultural, economic, and biospheric realities; inner reality (including self-knowledge, freedom, responsibility, identity, ethical sensibility); and creating a life characterized by meaning, purpose, and significance. It then focuses on the action implications of all this. Discussions about predicting the future and creating the future provide background for considering the vision of a year-2050 world worth creating. That world is characterized by economic equity, physical sustainability, vibrant local cultures, an electronically-facilitated world culture, and sufficient time in people's lives to pursue a full, rich, life of the mind. The book concludes by introducing the reader to a variety of print, Internet, and organizational resources in support of personal efforts to develop deep understanding and live toward the vision.
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About the Author
Copthorne Macdonald is a writer, independent scholar, advocate of societal transformation, and former communication systems engineer. His interests include personal spirituality, the nature of reality (including consciousness and mind), the development of wisdom, the global problematique, and the challenge of social/political/economic transformation. Matters of Consequence is his seventh published book and the third that focuses on wisdom and its integration into our personal lives and our culture. (Toward Wisdom and Getting a Life are the other two.) Copthorne has taught meditation, conducted personal growth workshops, and tends The Wisdom Page, a Web-based compilation of wisdom-related resources.
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