Jaworski - Source : the Inner Path of Knowledge Creation

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In this breakthrough combination of modern physics and ancient wisdom, Jaworski explains the revolutionary process of knowledge creation and the actualization of hidden potentials that lie dormant in all of us. Source is what we have waited for, the guide to a future based on belonging, on compassionate intelligence, and on partnership in the evolution of the universe.

Don Wukasch, MD, cardiovascular surgeon (retired), Texas Heart Institute

Source is an enthralling and enduring gift that profoundly strengthens our belief in ourselves and in each other. Joseph has given us a touchstone of a book to help us realize our significance, influence, and value as individuals and as a united one. Our purpose lies within us, and Josephs stories help us grasp our nature, our raison dtremaybe for the first time.

Barbara Annis, Chair, Womens Leadership Board, Harvard Universitys Kennedy School, and CEO and founder, Barbara Annis and Associates, Inc.

I am continually amazed at Jaworskis ability to peel back the layers concealing breakthrough solutions to seemingly intractable organizational problems. Source reveals that beneath those obstructive layers there exists within individuals the potential to transform their organizations, allowing both to achieve their full potential. Jaworskis contact with brilliant thinkers uniquely equips him to write this truly insightful book.

John Cater, President and CEO Emeritus, Compass BankHouston

When faced with organizational or individual decisions, regardless of our efforts to gather as much data as possible, there is always a gap between the clear-cut facts and the final decision. Jaworski takes us from closing that gap by leaps of faith to doing so with sure faith in our leaps. A must-read for critical change decision-making success.

Paul Comstock, Chairman, Paul Comstock Partners

Joseph Jaworski has once again demonstrated his most unusual talent at bringing forth a valuable and rare contribution to improving the lives of all of us. While it is obvious that reading the book will certainly improve the performance of all who are charged with decision-making responsibility in any organization, it will also benefit all who follow its suggestions as they face each day.

Gibson Gayle, Chairman of the Board, MD Anderson Foundation, and former President, State Bar of Texas

Joseph Jaworski has once again demonstrated his most unusual talent at bringing forth a valuable and rare contribution to improving the lives of all of us. While it is obvious that reading the book will certainly improve the performance of all who are charged with decision-making responsibility in any organization, it will also benefit all who follow its suggestions as they face each day.

Gibson Gayle, Chairman of the Board, MD Anderson Foundation, and former President, State Bar of Texas

Source is a fascinating book and a gripping read, particularly for believers in the power of nature and its impact on getting you closer to the Source. Participating in the retreat where Joseph met the mountain cat left a profound impression on me and led to my decision to redirect my career and to follow my heart. I love the concept of generation IV leadership. This is the kind of leader we need to rescue the world.

Kees van der Graaf, Executive-in-Residence, IMD, and former Executive Director, Unilever PLC

SOURCE

also by Joseph Jaworski
Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership

THE INNER PATH
OF KNOWLEDGE CREATION

Joseph Jaworski

Betty Sue Flowers, Editor

Source

Copyright 2012 by Joseph Jaworski

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2011-1

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For my children
Joseph S.
Leon
Shannon

1. There is an open and emergent quality to the universe.
A group of simple components can suddenly reemerge at a higher level of self-organization as a new entity with new properties. We cant find a cause or reason for this emergent quality, but as we experience it again and again, we see that the universe offers infinite possibility.

2. The universe is a domain of undivided wholeness; both the material world and consciousness are parts of the same undivided whole.
The totality of existence is enfolded within each fragment of space and time whether it is a single object, thought, or event. Thus, everything in the universe, including human intentions and ways of being, affects everything else, because everything is part of the same unbroken whole.

3. There is a creative Source of infinite potential enfolded in the universe.
Connection to this Source leads to the emergence of new realities discovery, creation, renewal, and transformation. We are partners in the unfolding of the universe.

4. Humans can learn to draw from the infinite potential of the Source by choosing to follow a disciplined path toward self-realization and love, the most powerful energy in the universe