Part One
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Chapter One - Wisdom and Creating a Good Future
- The Question and the Answer
- The Big Picture
- The Author and the Journey toward Wisdom
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Chapter Two - Reality and Cosmic Evolution
- The Circle and the Line
- The Eternal and the Changeless
- The Dynamic Nature of the Cosmos
- Evolution
- The Evolution of Evolution
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Chapter Three - Human Evolution and Consciousness
- The Evolutionary Nature of Human Reality
- The Contemporary Transformational Rush
- Psychological Evolution
- The Future Directional Flow of Consciousness
- Perspectives on Time
- Human Purposeful Evolution
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Chapter Four - Reciprocity
- Taoism and the Yin Yang
- Reciprocity within the World
- The Reciprocity of the Conscious Self and the World
- Order and Chaos - Stability and Change
- Reciprocal Evolution
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Chapter Five - Well Being and the Good
- Ethics and the Good Life
- Well-Being and the Good: Classical Heritage
- Well-Being and the Good: Modernism
- Well-Being and the Good: Problems with Modernism
- Well-Being and the Good: Contemporary Holistic Theories
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Chapter Six - Flourishing through Virtue
- Flourishing, Well Being, and the Good
- The Virtue Theory of Ethics and Happiness
- Flourishing in the Flow of Evolution
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Chapter Seven - Heightened Future Consciousness
- The Primacy of the Future and the Value of Future Consciousness
- The Psychology of Future Consciousness
- A Virtue Theory of Heightened Future Consciousness
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Chapter Eight - Self-Control and Self-Responsibility
- Self-Responsibility
- Psychological Determinism and Freedom
- Self-Efficacy and Internal versus External Locus of Control
- The Theory of Willpower and Self-Control
- The Development of Willpower
- The Evolution of Willpower
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Chapter Nine - The Ecology of Future Consciousness
- Reciprocity and Flourishing within the World
- The Affordances of the Environment
- Social Ecology
- The Virtue of Love
- Stability and Change - Individuality and Conformity
- Flourishing Within Social Transformation and Futures Trends
- Humans and Technology: The Wise Cyborg
- One With Nature - One With the Universe
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Part Two |
Introduction |
Chapter Ten - Emotion
- Fundamentals of Emotion
- Positive and Negative Anticipatory Emotions: Hope and Fear
- Guiding Future Emotional Evolution
- The Virtue of Happiness
- The Necessity and Value of Negative Emotions
- Wonder, Awe, and Astonishment
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Chapter Eleven - Motivation
- Motivation and Purpose
- Goal Setting and Achievement
- Stability versus Growth and Change
- Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism
- Hope, Courage, and Approach versus Fear and Avoidance
- Evolution, Stability, Change, and the Virtues of Growth
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Chapter Twelve - Purposeful Behavior
- Decision and Action
- Focus and Flow
- Rhythm, Discipline, Grit, and Tenacity
- Journeys and Destinations
- Wisdom and Deep Purpose
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Chapter Thirteen - Learning, Memory, and Habit
- Knowledge, Learning, Memory, and Future Consciousness
- Conditioning, Learning, and Habits
- Habits and Motives
- Learning with Understanding: Deep versus Surface Learning
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Chapter Fourteen - Consciousness and Understanding
- Perspectives, Theories, Paradigms, World Views, and Narratives
- The Ethics, Psychology, and Epistemology of Beliefs
- Dualities of Consciousness, Understanding, Enlightenment, and Wisdom
- Controlling the Flow of Consciousness
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Chapter Fifteen - Thinking and Imagination
- The Nature and Purposes of Thinking
- The Standards and Virtues of Thinking
- Imagination: The Possibility Space in the Human Mind
- Thinking About and Visioning the Future: Planning and Foresight
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Chapter Sixteen - Creativity
- The Mythos and Philosophy of Creativity
- The Physics of Creativity and the Creativity of Evolution
- The Psychology of Creativity
- Psycho-Social Creativity
- Creativity, Beauty, and Art
- Techno-Human Creativity
- A General Theory of Creativity
- Creativity, Future Consciousness, and Wisdom
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Chapter Seventeen - The Self and the Personal Narrative
- Theories of the Self
- Self-Reflectivity, Evolution, and Visions of the Ideal Future Self
- Damasio’s Theory of the Autobiographical Self
- Evolving the Personal Narrative
- Connecting the Personal and Grand Narratives
- Rewriting the Ideal Future Personal Narrative
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Chapter Eighteen - Wisdom
- The Contemporary Wisdom Renaissance - The Nature of Wisdom
- An Evolutionary Future-Focused Vision of Wisdom
- The Virtues of Wisdom - Assessing Your Level of Wisdom
- Wisdom and the Ideal Future Personal Narrative: The Wisdom Narrative
- The Centrality of Wisdom
- The New Enlightenment and the Age of Wisdom
- Evolution and Cosmic Consciousness
- The Psychology of the Future and the Future of Psychology
- Summary and Synthesis
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