Laszlo, Erwin

Childhood and Youth

Erwin Laszlo was born in Budapest ( Hungary ) in 1932 . Already at the age of five, his musical talent was revealed, and at the age of seven he began to study music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music under the guidance of the famous composer and music teacher Ernst von Donagni ^[5] . Laszlo made his successful debut at the age of nine at the Budapest Philharmonic, after which he was recognized as one of the prodigies of his time. After a break from the siege of Budapest at the end of World War II , Laszlo continued his international music career, winning a second prize at the 1947 International Piano Competition in Geneva and the New York Debut Competition a few months later. At the age of fifteen, he was hailed by New York critics as a musician who has only a handful of his own in terms of performance among pianists of any age. From articles in LIFE, Time, Newsweek and other national and international publications it is known that during this period, Laszlo settled in New York and from there made tours with concerts around the world.

Beginning of a scientific career

Remembering the beginning of his scientific activity, Laszlo writes ^[6] :

I spent forty-four years of my life searching for knowledge, through science. I began this quest in the spring of 1959, shortly after the birth of my first son. Until that time, my interest in philosophical and scientific matters was nothing more than a hobby - I traveled the world as a musician, and no one - even I - did not suspect that this would become anything more than an intellectual pastime. But my interest in these matters grew, and the searches that began in 1959 turned into my main activity.

Other

Professor, Doctor of Philosophy , Honorary Doctor of a number of universities, Program Manager at the United Nations Institute for Education and Research, Rector of the Vienna Academy of Futurology, Founder of the International Academy of System Studies. The last brainchild of Professor Laszlo is the union of prominent scientists, artists, writers, public and religious figures in the Budapest Club, an informal, non-governmental association fighting for the preservation of the environment, taking care of the fate of the world and future generations.

An avid music lover, he professionally knows the art of playing the piano , has released a series of 6 discs recording his performance on the piano of classical works.

The holder of the highest degree in philosophy and humanities at the universities of the Sorbonne and Paris, a diploma of a musician-performer at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, among his many prizes and awards are four Honorary Doctorates.

Main research interests: philosophy , aesthetics , systems analysis , ecology .

Dr. E. Laszlo is recognized as the founder of the philosophy of systems and the theory of general evolution.

Erwin Laszlo's unusual career includes music, philosophy, science, futures research and global issues.

During this period, Laszlo again showed and intensified his interest in the question of the meaning of life and the fate of society, instilled in him as a child by his uncle, a philosopher from Budapest. This prompted him to systematically study this field of knowledge, read books on this topic, and attend courses and seminars at New York's Columbia University and at the New School for Social Research. His extensive knowledge in this area became the subject of his writing notes on this topic, with which he did not part even during concert tours. Once during a casual conversation during lunch after a successful concert in The Hague in 1961 , his interlocutor showed great interest in Laszlo's ideas, took notes with him for review, but the next morning he came up with a proposal to publish them - as it turned out, it was Martinus Neuhof, editor of the philosophy department of the famous Dutch publishing house. The publication of these notes two years later was a turning point in the fate of Laszlo. He was invited to the University of the Friborg Institute for East European Studies, and after publishing two books and numerous reports on his studies, Laszlo was invited to spend a year at the Department of Philosophy at Yale University .

His research interests focused on global issues of science and philosophy, in particular about the origin of space and nature, about the origin of life, about managing the development of life and consciousness and the significance of the changes and transformations that we are seeing today in culture and civilization.

In 1963 , after his successful doctorate (Doctorat d'Etates-Lettres et Sciences Humaines) in the Sorbonne , in which he conducts a comprehensive analysis of the situation in the post-war world, Laszlo finally recognized in the academic world as a scientist.

At Yale, Laszlo lectured on general systems theory. Then, after meeting with Bertalanffy, he began to develop his original work “Introduction to System Philosophy”, with which his name was later associated. He was regularly invited to lecture at various prestigious American universities, including State University of New York, the Princeton Center for International Studies. A seminar he held at Woodrow Wilson School attracted the attention of the founder of the Club of Rome, Peccei Aurelio , who invited Laszlo to give a talk at the club on the topic of his research. As a result of his research in 1977 , Laszlo published the report “Common Goals of Humanity”, then the third general report for the Club of Rome, as a personal treatise on “The Inner Limits of Humanity”.

To continue research in this direction, Dr. Laszlo was invited to the (UNITAR) and was appointed research director of the Institute on the New International Economic Order. As a project director, Laszlo worked for 7 years at the UN headquarters in New York, being the director of fifteen projects in the New International Economic Order and six more projects in Regional and Interregional Cooperation.

Having completed these projects in the mid-80s, Laszlo decided to relax in his restored medieval rural house in Tuscany and calmly analyze his new experience in the academic world and in the United Nations before returning to university work.

In 1987 , the book Great Synthesis was published, which was very soon translated into Italian, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Portuguese. This was accompanied by the statement of his evolutionary views on modern society in the new book, “The Age of Bifurcation,” which caused controversy and discussion. Inspiring significant debate and discussion, she appeared in Russian and Turkish in addition to all previous languages. To give lectures and continue his research, Laszlo often visited the USA , Japan , China , various places in Europe , the United Nations University, and the recently formed European Culture Impact Research consortium.

In 1993 , when Laszlo was one of two plenary speakers at the Third World Congress of the World Federation of Hungarians (the other was the famous nuclear scientist Edward Teller), he proposed that Hungary, not possessing economic and military strength, but as a real force in the field science, art and culture, terminated its participation in the international club 'Artists and Writers' ('Artist's and Writer's Club') as an addition to the Club of Rome, but created its own club with an emphasis on the urgency of introducing new responsible planetary thinking, new values and deeper personal and professional responsibility. The Hungarian government responded with a proposal to create a secretariat for an international organization that was to become known as the Budapest Club.

In 1993, E. Laszlo became the founder and president of the Budapest Club . In 1998, David Loye published a collection of essays in honor of Erwin Laszlo ^[7] .

Laszlo is a full member of the International Academy of Sciences, the World Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the International Academy of Philosophy.

Akasha Field Theory

In 2004, Erwin Laszlo published the book Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything , in which he advanced the original hypothesis of the origin of the universe, life and consciousness. According to this hypothesis, the basis of the world is an information ( English in-formation ) field, for the name of which Laszlo uses the Sanskrit and Vedic term "Akasha" - emptiness. According to Laszlo, quantum vacuum is an energy and information field that includes not only our Universe , but also all universes in the past and present (Meta Universe).

Laszlo believes that the existence of an information field can explain why conscious life is possible in the Universe (see the anthropic principle ), and why evolution is a purposeful, and not random, process. He also believes that his hypothesis solves a number of problems in quantum physics, in particular, nonlocality and quantum entanglement .

Macro

In a number of his books, Laszlo shows that there are two options for the development of events, in connection with a systemic crisis spanning the whole world. The first is a general catastrophe and decentralization, leading to an increase in inequality and a new arms race. The second is a global breakthrough led by non-governmental international organizations.

A macroshift is defined as a mass movement ^[8] that can turn the situation from a general catastrophe to a universal breakthrough. Laszlo sees the period 2012 - 2020 as a critical time for the upcoming transformation.

Erwin Laszlo initiated the World Day of Planetary Consciousness ( March 20 ), World Day of Planetary Ethics ( September 22 ), World Day of Meditation and Prayers for Peace (May 20) ^[9] .

• International Mandir of Peace Prize (2005)
• The Japanese Peace Prize ( Eng. The Goi Peace Prize of Japan , 2001) ^[10] .
• Honorary Doctor of Universities in America, Canada, Finland, Korea and Japan.

• “The concept of a finely interconnected world, a whispering pond in which and by means of which we are closely connected with each other and with the Universe, assimilated by our intellect and accepted by our heart, is part of the universal human response to the challenge that we now face” ^{[11 ]} .
• “Is it necessary that the strongest survive - can it not happen that the wisest and most willingly cooperate with the others survive?” ^[12] .
• “The historical task of the great religions was to comprehend and proclaim the spiritual aspect of the world and to familiarize believers with its meaning. In the further development of religion, comprehension of the spiritual aspect could lead to the idea of ​​a self-regulating cosmos ” ^[13] .

• System theory
• Holism

List of works

• Essential Society: An Ontological Reconstruction (artinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1963)
• System, Structure and Experience: Toward a Scientific Theory of Mind (Gordon & Breach, New York and London, 1969).
• Introduction to Systems Philosophy: Toward a New Paradigm of Contemporary Thought (Gordon & Breach, New York and London, 1972)
• The Systems View of The World: The Natural Philosophy of the New Developments in the Sciences (George Braziller, New York; Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1972)
• Evolution: The Grand Synthesis (New Science Library, Shambhala, Boston and London, 1987)
• The Age of Bifurcation: The Key to Understanding the Changing World (Gordon & Breach, New York and London, 1991).
• The Interconnected Universe: Conceptual Foundations of Transdisciplinary Unified Theory (World Scientific, Singapore and London, 1995).
• The Systems View of the World: A Holistic Vision for Our Time (Hampton Press, 1996)
• The Whispering Pond: A Personal Guide to the Emerging Vision of Science (Element Books, Ltd., 1996)
• Evolution: The General Theory (Hampton Press, 1996)
• The Connectivity Hypothesis: Foundations of an Integral Science of Quantum, Cosmos, Life, and Consciousness (State University of New York Press, 2003)
• You Can Change the World: The Global Citizen's Handbook for Living on Planet Earth: A Report of the Club of Budapest (Select Books, 2003)
• Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything (Inner Traditions International, 2004)
  • Integrity Theory of the Universe: Science and the Akashic Field = Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything. - SPb. : All, 2011 .-- 160 s. - (Quantum magic). - 1,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9573-1940-5 .
• Science and the Reenchantment of the Cosmos: The Rise of the Integral Vision of Reality (Inner Traditions, 2006)
  • Science and the revival of the magic of space: A holistic vision of reality (IG All, 2011)
• The Chaos Point: The World at the Crossroads (Hampton Roads, 2006)
• Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and our World [Rochester VT: Inner Traditions, 2008]
• The Akashic Experience: Science and the Cosmic Memory Field (Inner Traditions, 2009)
• Simply Genius! (Hay House, 2011)
• Macroshift: Toward Sustainability of the World through Change (Tydex Co., 2004)

Bibliography

• Pokazanyeva A. Mind within Matter: Science, the Occult, and the (Meta) physics of Ether and Akasha (Eng.) // Zygon: journal. - 2016 .-- 5 May ( vol. 51 , iss. 2 ). - P. 318—346 . - ISSN 0591-2385 . - DOI : 10.1111 / zygo.12259 .

• ervinlaszlo.com - personal site of Erwin Laszlo
• Budapest club
• Worldshift2012 - Erwin Laszlo Movement
• Worldshift2012.tv - social network, supporters of Erwin Laszlo
• Laszlo Books on Google Books
• New Concepts of Matter, Life and Mind

Books and essays in Russian

• • E. Laszlo, M. Laitman, Tower of Babel. The Last Tier, M. 2011, ISBN 978-5-91072-039-2
• The Century of Bifurcation: Comprehension of a Changing World (inaccessible link)
• Whispering Pond (inaccessible link)
• The revolution of consciousness. Transatlantic Dialogue (co-authored with S. Grof and P. Russell) (inaccessible link)
• The Tower of Babel - the last tier (co-authored with M. Laitman)
• Live with a multitude of cultures
• My vision of Europe
• The foundations of a transdisciplinary unified theory
• The paths leading to the coming millennium
• Cliff path
• Modern myths

Interview

• Will Spring and Summer No Longer Come?
• Macroshift: Evolving with Technology

Video

• Ervin Laszlo on 2012
• Sustainable transformation: An Interview with Ervin Laszlo
• My way to worldshift

Citation

• Google scholar

Criticism

• David Wasdell. Global transformation
• Lothar Schäfer. A Response to Ervin Laszlo: Quantum and Consciousness