Wisdom and Science
Wisdom and science are re-integrating after being separated so distinctly in recent centuries. Their intimate dance is of critical importance, as we live in unprecedented times when humanity’s purpose of being is called into question.
Transcending a Newtonian consciousness—that of separation between humans and nature—humanity is invited to embody the essential wholeness and connectedness of life. A quantum ontology invites a new way of experiencing the world and our place in it, and science and wisdom are re-united into one whole. Quantum science provides the language and methods to understand and shape our world.
GCI believes this experiencing of wholeness is the next phase of human evolution, where we experience profound shifts of consciousness, moments of clarity, relatedness, resonance, awe, and love. We also experience dislocating doubt and loss as the world we “knew” dissolves before our eyes. What emerges is a concept-less, word-free space of direct knowing. In this space, human consciousness, thought, and action are active players in ecosystem flourishing. This direct experience is a generative source of new ways of being.
For GCI, this direct experience of wholeness is living wisdom. Living wisdom emerges from the direct experience of the interdependent relationships between all life on the planet. Living wisdom can be facilitated through research-based practices and through knowing that the ecosystems of life and death on earth are an inter-connecting spiral. Living wisdom is wisdom-in-action. It is pragmatic, intuitive, research-based, integral. Living wisdom activates self- and systems-awareness for the good of the whole. Ultimately, living wisdom is the bridge between the new sciences and a consciousness of connectedness that infuses humans, nature, our planet, and the cosmos.
To amplify humanity’s capacity for living wisdom, GCI draws from diverse wisdom traditions (east and west) as well as quantum science to develop and deploy embodied practices and experiential learning opportunities. GCI believes that quantum science has the language to bring to life the practices of perennial and indigenous wisdom. Our approach to this integration is an iterative movement between applied research and practice; one informing the other in movements towards an expanding consciousness of wholeness. We invite leaders and communities around the world to join us in the integration of science and living wisdom in support of mutually beneficial relationships between humanity, all life on earth, and the cosmos.