TABLE OF CONTENTS In conclusion, I would like to draw the reader s attention to what I believe is the key concept of this book.
For the most part, the decisions we make each day as individuals and groups are based on our subconscious and conscious beliefs about satisfying our individual and collective needs. These beliefs are a reflection of our personal and cultural conditioning concerning what we have to do to maintain or enhance our individual or collective internal stability and external equilibrium within the framework of our existence.
As we evolve and grow as individuals and groups, we adapt our worldviews so that we are able to maintain internal stability and external equilibrium in increasingly complex situations. As long as those situations are defined by a shared culture where we are dealing with people who, like ourselves, operate from similar beliefs because they experienced the same enculturation process, beliefs are adequate for making decisions that help us maintain or enhance our internal stability and external equilibrium.
However, when we are called to make decisions in a larger or a global framework of existence where we encounter people who have experienced a different enculturation process and do not share our beliefs, then beliefs no longer form a valid framework for collective decision making. In such situations, our beliefs separate us from each other. The only mind space where we can meet people who operate from different beliefs is the mind space defined by our most deeply held values the values...
