2024 Gold Nautilus Book Award Winner! This is destined to be one of the most important and potent books of our time. -Jean Houston, PhD A Guide to Returning Peace and Harmony to the Planet With humanity facing its greatest series of simultaneous crises, Ervin Laszlo offers a scientifically based perspective on what is called for at this critical juncture of our existence: a phase of upshift to higher levels of order and coherence to keep us on our evolutionary path. This book lays out why this upshift is needed, what resources we possess to draw upon, and what the action steps are that will move us all toward this achievable vision of wellbeing and wholeness. With an inclusive list of conscious organizations already contributing to this vision, Laszlo's book is essential reading for completing the process of global transformation already underway. As a species, humanity has arrived at a crossroads. One road is to sleepwalk to extinction. The other road, which Ervin Laszlo shows so eloquently in this book, could help create a critical mass for a more peaceful, just, sustainable, healthier and joyful world. Only conscious evolution can save us. -Deepak Chopra, MD, pioneer in integrative medicine, author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Metahuman This is destined to be one of the most important and potent books of our time. -Jean Houston, PhD, philosopher, author of The Possible Human The Survival Imperative provides paradigm-shattering new knowledge revealing an extraordinary evolutionary event ... the dawn of a new civilization. -Bruce Lipton, PhD, bestselling author of The Biology of Belief This indispensable and inspiring book, grounded in Laszlo's mastery of systems theory and the science of evolutionary consciousness, provides readers with a lucid, energizing, and visionary handbook for human survival. It is a guide for the species on a global scale. -Richard Falk, Founder, Center of International Studies, Princeton University Laszlo's book catapults us beyond simply knowing that today's world is in the final throes of a dangerously unsustainable path; it provides a mind-map to empowering a new world. -Gregg Braden, bestselling author of The Divine Matrix and The Wisdom Codes I hope this book will encourage and inspire people to pick up the baton and play a part in creating a 'brave new world' - before it is too late. -Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace This book is fundamental for all humankind ... it reconnects us to that universal in-forming field that underlies our existence. -Pier Mario Biava, MD, discoverer of the cell integrity-based cancer treatment This book allowed me to understand Ervin Laszlo's belief that the Universe is conscious - and it also helped me to know what I could do, to feel a unique part of it, and to enjoy helping humanity and the planet progress positively. -Andrew Lord Stone, Member House of Lords, UK Parliament Vital information, if you care about your children's Tomorrow! -Neale Donald Walsch, co-founder of Humanity's Team, author of the Conversations with God series This invaluable book empowers the urgent potential for transformative action whose time has surely come. Founded on the emergent and unitive cosmology of our living Universe and planetary home, Ervin Laszlo extends a global call to embody its innate evolutionary impulse within our collective awareness, offering all of us and especially our young people an achievable vision and authentic hope for a world that thrives for the good of the whole. -Dr. Jude Currivan, cosmologist, author and co-founder WholeWorld-View A beautiful, inspiring and timely book, full of deep insights into humanity's present condition and the opportunity for change. -Roger Casale, CEO, World Upshift Organisation A wake-up call that is so urgently needed by every leader and every human being - and then to be acted upon in oneness. -Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha, author of Tao Calligraphy A book of humanity awakening into conscious evolution. The development of civilization will never be the same any more. -Frederick Tsao, 4th Generation Family Business Steward, author of One Choice One World, The Rise of the Well-being & Happiness Economy Ervin Laszlo spent his childhood in Budapest, Hungary. He was a celebrated child prodigy on the piano, with public appearances from the age of nine. Receiving a Grand Prize at the international music competition in Geneva, he was allowed to leave Hungary and begin an international concert career, first in Europe and then in America.Laszlo received the Sorbonne's highest degree, the Doctorat ès Lettres et Sciences Humaines in 1970. Shifting to the life of a scientist and humanist, he lectured at various U.S. Universities including Yale and Princeton. Following his work on modeling the future evolution of world order at Princeton, he was asked to produce a Report to the Club of Rome, of which he is