Chapter One - Wisdom and Creating a Good Future

• The Question and the Answer
• The Big Picture
• The Author and the Journey toward Wisdom
  

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

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

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

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

Chapter Six - Flourishing through Virtue

• Flourishing, Well Being, and the Good
• The Virtue Theory of Ethics and Happiness
• Flourishing in the Flow of Evolution

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter Twelve - Purposeful Behavior

• Decision and Action
• Focus and Flow
• Rhythm, Discipline, Grit, and Tenacity
• Journeys and Destinations
• Wisdom and Deep Purpose

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

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

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

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

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

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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