Comments About Matters of Consequence
“Never has a single book brought together such a rich trove of facts, resources, and wisdom.
Here, Copthorne Macdonald blends compelling wisdom of the inner world of mind and consciousness with a keen knowledge of the realities of politics, business, and ecology, to yield up a rich serving of insight and practical suggestions for a spiritually sustainable future. It is authors such as he, and those who read them, who offer the truest future hope for humankind.
Read this book for pleasure. Read it for wisdom. And read it for the wealth of books, organizations, and web resources it puts at your fingertips.”
Allan Combs, author of over 50 articles, chapters, and books including The Radiance of Being: Complexity, Chaos, and the Evolution of Consciousness which won the 1996 best book award of the Scientific and Medical Network of the UK; Editor of Integralis; and member of the Club of Budapest.
“Wake up WORLD. Matters of Consequence outlines the TRUTH—the WHOLE TRUTH. It is a REAL BOOK filled with REAL SUBSTANCE—IMPORTANT stuff for us to read, digest and take action on. As a member of planet Earth I ask everyone to PLEASE read it—we all must work together if we are to realize our fullest potential as a species.”
Doug Hall, CEO of Eureka! Ranch, author of Jump Start Your Business Brain and Making the Courage Connection.
“Matters of Consequence is a master work in applying evolutionary understanding to the critical problems of our time and revealing a design of action to carry humanity through to the next stage of our development. I highly recommend it.”
Barbara Marx Hubbard, futurist, author of Emergence and Conscious Evolution, and founder of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution.
“Matters of Consequence is a truly important book that should be read by everyone interested in the nature of the world, the nature of society, and human nature.”
Ervin Laszlo, system-theory pioneer; author of nearly 70 books, including Macroshift: Navigating the Transformation to a Sustainable World and several reports to The Club of Rome; Founder and President of the Club of Budapest; advisor to the UNESCO Director General; member of the International Academy of Science and World Academy of Art and Science.
“This is an important synthesis of some of the most important thinking being done today among those who hope to heal and repair the world.”
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor of TIKKUN and author of Spirit Matters: Global Healing and the Wisdom of the Soul.
“Copthorne Macdonald has written an utterly splendid review and analysis of what is really important in life. Its particular value is its focus on what we most need to attend to about our emerging world. He has organized his book well, with sharp, incisive comments. Matters of Consequence shows us our own human faces with real gems of insight. I finally found myself creating a new file called ‘Cop’s Gems.’ Get it. You need it.”
Paul H. Ray, co-author of The Cultural Creatives and author of The Integral Culture Survey, books that report on his extensive studies of the lifestyles, interests, values, expectations, preferences, and choices of Americans.
“Herein you'll find a guided tour of the inner and outer landscape an educated, compassionate and engaged citizen needs to inhabit to generate a rich future worth living into. This book is brilliant yet accessible, terse yet so deeply considered that each paragraph opens worlds. One of Macdonald's greatest gifts is the section where he evokes a plausible and pleasing vision for 2050 and then tells us the intelligent steps we could take now to get there. Matters of Consequence is a good read and a lasting resource.”
Vicki Robin, co-author with Joe Dominguez of Your Money or Your Life.
“A tour of The Force and a tour de force!”
Martin Rutte, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work.
“Occasionally when I read a book I get the unmistakable feeling that there is an original mind behind the writing—it is not just a rehash of what has previously been said, but contains genuinely new ideas. Humanity is in great need of a convincing worldview that strongly values both personal development and improvement of our economic and social systems. This book is major contribution to the development of such an integrated approach.”
John Stewart, Australian evolutionary theorist, author of the book Evolution's Arrow and of a number of scientific papers on evolution and its implications for humanity.