What You Can Do To Contribute to an Integral City Today: Ten
Benchmarks of an Evolved Consciousness
November 15, 2006, ©
Ervin Laszlo
excerpt from “The
Chaos Point: The World at the Crossroads”,
Chapter 7 What You Can Do Today, pp. 80-81 ;
reprinted with permission Hampton Roads Publishing,
www.hrpub.com
You possess a
more evolved consciousness when you:
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Live in ways that
enable all other people to live as well, satisfying
your needs without detracting from the chances of
other people to satisfy theirs.
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Live in ways that
respect the right to life and to economic and
cultural development of all people, wherever they
live and whatever their ethnic origin, sex,
citizenship, station in life, and belief system.
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Live in ways that
safeguard the intrinsic right to life and to an
environment supportive of life for all the things
that live and grow on Earth.
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Pursue happiness,
freedom, and personal fulfillment in harmony with
the integrity of nature and with consideration for
the similar pursuits of others in society.
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Require that your
government relate to other nations and people
peacefully and in a spirit of cooperation,
recognizing the legitimate aspirations for a better
life and a healthy environment of all the people in
the human family.
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Require business
enterprises to accept responsibility for all their
stakeholders as well as for the sustainability of
their environment, demanding that they produce goods
and offer services that satisfy legitimate demand
without impairing nature and reducing the
opportunities of smaller and less privileged
entrants to compete in the marketplace.
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Require public media
to provide a constant stream of reliable information
on basic trends and crucial processes to enable you
and other citizens and consumers to reach informed
decisions on issues that affect your and their life
and well-being.
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Make room in your life
to help those less privileged than you to live a
life of dignity , free from the struggles and
humiliations of abject poverty.
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Encourage young people
and open-minded people of all ages to evolve the
spirit that could empower them to make ethical
decisions of their own on issues that decide their
future and the future of their children.
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Work with like-minded
people to preserve or restore the essential balances
of the environment, with attention to your
neighborhood, your country or region, and the whole
of the biosphere.
For Integral information and action on evolving your
consciousness for an integral city:
AQAL -
Link to
QOL Citizen for Leadership Development insights on
motivation, intention, community development, and quality of
life .
UL/LL -
Order and Read Ervin Laszlo's books:
The Chaos Point ;
Science and the Reenchantment of the Cosmos
AQAL -
Become an integral activist with ideas from David Korten's
The Turning Point
AQAL -
Check out leadership through the lenses of
Margaret
Wheatley's
Leadership and the New Science
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