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Dawn of an Era of Well-BeingDaoism with Chavalit Frederick TsaoToday on “Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The Podcast” we have a special episode featuring our co-host Chavalit Frederick Tsao sharing some of his extensive knowledge of the ancient Chinese spiritual tradition of Daoism. The body of today’s episode was recorded on May 14, 2022 for the New Paradigm of Sentience and Consciousness Global Symposium which was presented by Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research.
Chavalit Frederick Tsao, is fourth-generation family steward of IMC Group. Assuming chairmanship in 1995, he successfully transformed a shipping business to an industrial supply chain. With more than 40 years’ experience as an entrepreneur, Chavalit...2023-10-1730 min
Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastDaoism (Taoism) with Frederick TsaoToday on “Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The Podcast” we have a special episode featuring our co-host Frederick Tsao sharing some of his extensive knowledge of the ancient Chinese spiritual tradition of Daoism. The body of today’s episode was recorded on May 14, 2022 for the New Paradigm of Sentience and Consciousness Global Symposium which was presented by Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research. Frederick Tsao, is fourth-generation family steward of IMC Group. Assuming chairmanship in 1995, he successfully transformed a shipping business to an industrial supply chain. With more than 40 years’ experience as an entrepreneur, Fred has worked su...2023-10-1730 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastIndigenous Beliefs with Marti SpiegelmanWelcome to a special re-broadcast of of this discussion with Marti Spiegelman in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day 2023 In today’s discussion on Indigenous beliefs, we will revisit a topic that was discussed in some detail in our earlier episode on shamanism, but from some differing perspectives. Our esteemed guest, Marti Spiegelman, actually has mixed feelings about using the term “shamanism” when describing the spiritual practice, believing the term has become too much of a generalization and a catchall. Whatever we may choose to call it, Marti is deeply involved in reconnecting the modern world with an ancien...2023-10-091h 05Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastProtestant with Deborah RundlettWelcome to the THIRD season of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being. This season we are dedicating our focus to the world’s religions, and discovering how religion and spirituality can help bring the us together in a more harmonious condition. Today’s episode will focus on the very broad ranging subject of the Protestant Faith with our special guest Deborah Rundlett. There are numerous examples of Protestantism across the world, such as Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists and so on. What they have in common is a connection to the reform movement originating in Weste...2023-10-0349 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastIslam with Safi KaskasWelcome to the THIRD season of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being. This season we are dedicating our focus to the world’s religions, and discovering how religion and spirituality can help bring the us together in a more harmonious condition. In today’s episode, we will be talking to Safi Kaskas about Islam which is the second largest religion on this planet after Christianity. It is also the most recent expression of the three primary Abrahamic faiths, preceded by Christianity and Judaism. Islamic practitioners, or Muslims, take their spiritual and ethical guidance from the teach...2023-09-2647 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastJudaism with Rabbi Aaron RaskinWelcome to the THIRD season of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being. This season we are dedicating our focus to the world’s religions, and discovering how religion and spirituality can help bring us together in a more harmonious condition.In today’s episode we will be talking about Judaism with the much esteemed Rabbi Aaron Raskin. Judaism is one of the world’s most ancient monotheistic religions, and it is the parent tradition to the Abrahamic faiths, which include Christianity and Islam. The primary text of the Judaic faith is the Torah, which i...2023-09-1258 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastBaha'i with Elena MustakovaWelcome to the THIRD season of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being. This season we are dedicating our focus to the world’s religions, and discovering how religion and spirituality can help bring us together in a more harmonious condition. Today we will turn our attention to the fascinating and perhaps not very well-understood spiritual faith of the Baha’i with Elena Mustakova. A relative newcomer to the spiritual traditions, the Baha’i religion was founded in Iraq in the 19th century by Mīrzā Ḥosayn ʿAlī Nūrī—also known as Bahāʾ Allāh, meaning “Glor...2023-09-051h 03Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastCatholicism with Father Laurence FreemanWelcome to the THIRD season of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being. This season we are dedicating our focus to the world’s religions, and discovering how religion and spirituality can help bring us together in a more harmonious condition.This week we are pleased to present a truly extraordinary conversation on the Catholic faith with the Benedictine monk and Catholic Priest, Father Laurence Freeman.With Irish and English roots, Laurence Freeman was educated by the Benedictines and studied English Literature at New College, Oxford University. Before entering monastic life, he worked with th...2023-08-291h 19Dawn of an Era of Well-BeingCatholicism with Father Laurence FreemanWelcome to the THIRD season of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being. This season we are dedicating our focus to the world’s religions, and discovering how religion and spirituality can help bring us together in a more harmonious condition.
This week we are pleased to present a truly extraordinary conversation on the Catholic faith with the Benedictine monk and Catholic Priest, Father Laurence Freeman.
With Irish and English roots, Laurence Freeman was educated by the Benedictines and studied English Literature at New College, Oxford University. Before entering monastic life, he worked with the United Na...2023-08-291h 19Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastShamanism with Marcela LobosWelcome to the THIRD season of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being. This season we are dedicating our focus to the world’s religions, and discovering how religion and spirituality can help bring the us together in a more harmonious condition. This week we are turning our attention to the extremely broad collection of indigenous traditions, generally referred to as Shamanism. While Shamanism may seem to be a loose terminology, considering the countless regional variants which span the entire globe, we will see that there are common threads which connect many of these local practices. The...2023-08-2259 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastHinduism with SadhvijiThank you for tuning in to Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The Podcast—now in our third season! In this exciting new season we will turn our attention to focus on the world’s religions and observe how religious traditions— and their diverse perspectives— can share an active role in bringing us together with common purpose. Too often in the past, religion has been used as a wedge, pitting us against one another; in the era of “Well-Being” we will see how various spiritual practices can also have the opposite effect of uniting us in harmony. In this fashi...2023-08-151h 11Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastBuddhism with Zoltan CserWelcome to SEASON 3 of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being, the podcast that brings together some of the world’s most innovative thinkers to weigh in on matters concerning the future of ourselves and our planet—and to discuss that future not as something to be predicted, but to be created. In this third season we will be doing something slightly different by dedicating our focus on a survey of the world’s religions and investigating how they offer wisdom to humanity at a time when it is greatly needed. In the past, religion has often been used as an ins...2023-08-031h 14Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastNeale Donald WalschNeale Donald Walsch is author of 39 books on contemporary spirituality and its practical applications in everyday life. Seven of the nine books comprising his extremely popular “Conversations with God” series have made the New York Times bestseller list, with the first one, Conversations with God, occupying a space on that list for an astonishing 134 weeks. His latest book is The God Solution published by Phoenix Books. In Fred and Ervin's book, Dawn of an Era of Well-Being, Mr. Walsch was kind enough to contribute a chapter which begins with the following inquiry:For years, we have received spiritual guid...2023-02-221h 24Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastBruce Lipton (Repeat Broadcast)Dear Audience, Today’s episode is a repeat broadcast from our archive, the Best of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being. In this episode we will revisit our conversation with the spirited and often outspoken, Bruce Lipton. Our talk with Bruce was one of our most popular episodes and he certainly merits a replay. This conversation was originally released on March 1, 2022.Tune in next week for the final episode of Season TWO of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being when we will feature a very special guest, Neale Donald Walsch. And stay...2023-02-161h 24Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastJarvis Smith and Katie Hill (My Green Pod)“Well-being is a system-wide concept. Being well means not just the well-being of one individual, but of everything and everybody. For one to be well, ALL must be well, and for all to be well, evolution must be continuously moving in alignment with the impetus of the universe, thereby allowing for the flourishing of life. If life is flourishing, everything is aligned with the evolutionary impetus of the Dao.” Frederick Tsao from Dawn of an Era of Well-Being (page 38)* Today we are pleased to be joined by Katie Hill and Jarvis Smith, co-founders of My Green...2023-02-091h 10Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastAnne Baring“We know now, more than ever before, that we must change or perish. Worldviews are the foundation of culture, and the crisis has presented us with an opportunity to move to a new world-view linking Ancient & Modern, East & West, Science & Spirituality. Endowed with technology and a new worldview informed by ancient wisdom as well as the findings of contemporary science, we can create a new narrative and witness the dawn of a better era.” Dawn of an Era of Well-Being from the Introductory Note from the Authors (Ervin Laszlo and Frederick Tsao) page xviTod...2023-02-021h 08Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastEben Alexander & Karen NewellCould it be that the universal realization of our spirituality will serve as the catalyst for a new era for the evolution of humanity? Might this be the key that unlocks the door to that “era of well-being” which Ervin and Fred have been heralding through their work? And more to the point of today’s program, how can Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and paranormal activity provide us with information about the spiritual realm? In today’s podcast we are joined by Eben Alexander and Karen Newell, best-selling authors and co-authors of several books, including Proof of Heaven, L...2023-01-251h 18Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastDawson ChurchIn today's episode we are called upon to look within ourselves to discover both identity and healing. Our guest is the best-selling author, Dawson Church, PhD, who will talk about some of the specifics behind mental and spiritual healing. The discussion will focus a great deal on brain function and the healing process which occurs in the brain when coping with stress or trauma. How effectively we cope with this and how quickly can depend on a number of factors, and there are proactive exercises which we can engage in to achieve a higher state of well-being and develop g...2023-01-191h 19Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastJean Houston and Anneloes Smitsman“Patterns of millennia have prepared us for another world, another time, another era. At the same time, the virus pandemic, unlike any ever known in human history or pre-history, has confused our values, uprooted our traditions, and left us in a labyrinth of misdirection. Factors unique in human experience are all around us—the inevitable unfolding towards a planetary civilization, the rise of women to full partnership with men, the daily revolutions in technology, the media becoming the matrix of culture, and the revolution in the understanding of human and social capacities. The Zeit is getting Geisty as the old...2023-01-101h 08Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastAlberto VilloldoWell-being and wellness, it should be noted, are not the same. “Well-being” is an aspirational state of life, while “wellness” refers to the interventions humans perform on themselves to improve their health. Our state of living is not always well, and sometimes there is a need for measures that bring us closer to alignment with the universe.Frederick Tsao from the book Dawn of an Era of Well-BeingIn our quest to overcome the challenges that stand in the way of a better future—an era of “well-being” as our program frequently makes reference—we need to consi...2023-01-0349 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastSeasons Greetings!WELCOME to the Dawn of an Era of Well-Being podcast annual holiday edition! Tis the season for well-being. And that’s precisely what Dawn of an Era of Well-Being podcast brings us throughout the year! Yet at this time of year-end festivity it can also feel like year-end sensitivities. So let’s focus on possibilities, and up-swing toward more invigorating living! Opportunities are burgeoning, perspectives are changing, and our multifaceted Humanity is awakening as the dance between challenge & opportunity finds its new rhythm, synchronicity. Whether you feel festive or reflective, frazzled or dazz...2022-12-2206 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastShamini Jain“Coherence in society calls for working together and creating the system where “I” becomes “WE”—where the parts maintain their unique identity while working together to maintain the integral coherence of the whole that they form. This is the principle we obtain from the quantum paradigm. Public policy is the field for the application of this principle. It defines the coexistence of unique but not separate individuals in coherent wholes, whether these wholes are states and nations, or businesses or social and cultural groups.”From page 49 of the book Dawn of an Era of Well-Being by Ervin Laszl...2022-12-1554 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastDeepak ChopraThat which haunts us will always find a way out. The wound will not heal unless given witness. The shadow that follows us is the way in. – RumiDeepak Chopra is a veritable one-man institution, with over ninety books to his credit, several of them making the New York Times bestsellers list. He is also fonder of The Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global. We at “Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PODCAST” are proud to count Dr. Chopra among the contributors to the book, Dawn of an Era of Wellbeing: New Paths to a Better World by Erv...2022-12-081h 01Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastJohn Bunzl (SIMPOL)John Bunzl is a global political activist and businessman. In 2000, he founded the Simultaneous Policy (Simpol) campaign, a way for citizens to use their votes to drive politicians towards global cooperation. It has supporters in over 100 countries and enjoys the support of a growing number of Members of Parliament around the world. He has authored or co-authored a number of books including The Simpol Solution, Monetary Reform – Making it Happen!, People-Centred Global Governance – Making it Happen!, and Global Domestic Politics. He has published numerous articles on global governance in the Journal of Integral Theory & Practice. He has lectured widely, incl...2022-11-3033 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastIn Memory of QEII with Anne Baring and Jude CurrivanWelcome listeners to the debut episode of Season 2 of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The Podcast.On September 8 of 2022, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, passed away peacefully at her residence of Balmoral Castle, thus concluding the longest reign of any British Monarch, and one of the most elongated terms of any leader known to history. The funeral was a tremendous spectacle as British subjects poured to the streets while an estimated 4.1 billion people around the world tuned in to the televised ceremony, an astounding number by any stretch...2022-11-221h 05Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastIn Memory of Hazel HendersonHazel Henderson was a tremendous intellectual force helping us make economic sense out of human connection and advocating for a green agenda to mitigate climate change long before many of us knew what these terms meant. Hazel was also a close friend and collaborator with our program’s co-host, Ervin Laszlo—in fact, she was our first guest on the show. She was also a contributor to Ervin Laszlo and Fred Tsao’s recent book which shares the same title as this podcast, Dawn of an Era of Well-Being. Sadly, Hazel departed this world on May 22, 2022, though we can...2022-06-2315 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastMaster ShaToday’s conversation with Master Sha is very special for a few reasons. First of all, this will be the last episode of our first season of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The Podcast. We thank all of our wonderful listeners for your mindful support and love as we brought you this initial season, and do not be dismayed since we are preparing to bring you another exciting season with more fascinating guests and topical discussion. So stay tuned, season two of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being is coming soon!Another reason this episode is so...2022-04-0558 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastMarianne WilliamsonToday we have the distinct honor of speaking with the author, political activist, spiritual advisor, and one time US Presidential candidate, Marianne Williamson. You can expect a dynamic conversation as Williamson is rarely one to mince words, nor has she ever been known to flinch at confronting life’s uncomfortable truths. Our interview starts off with a discussion about the necessity to come to terms with an old paradigm as part of the process of entering a new paradigm— and how the “letting go” process is critical to our development as a society. In the course of this we will exa...2022-03-151h 01Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastStop Wars: Special AnnouncementTo our dear audience, as warfare escalates in Ukraine, we are taking a week off in honor of those who have fallen and those who continue to struggle for their lives in a truly terrible sequence of events. These are indeed troubling times and we hope that our podcast helps us in some small way to find light in the darkest hours.Please rest assured that Dawn of an Era of Well-Being will return next week at the customary time when we will bring as our guest, none other than the author, political activist, spiritual advisor, and...2022-03-0902 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastBruce LiptonToday we are joined for a dynamic conversation with the noted biologist Bruce Lipton whose ground breaking work on the connection between science and spirituality has made him an important voice in the fields of new biology and epigenetics. Dr. Lipton will discuss some of his thoughts on how thoughts and emotional experiences impact the human organism on a cellular level. We will also consider the legacy of the human species’ tendency to regard itself as an entity outside of nature when it is imperative that we realize that we are nothing more than a part of the...2022-03-011h 23Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastGarry JacobsOur world is entering what may be referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This is an era marked by technological advances which manufacture machines that are capable of outperforming human beings in a variety of activities and with the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI.), this will include “thinking”. The Fourth Industrial Revolution was ushered in by the Third Industrial Revolution from which we are only now emerging and was characterized by a widespread dissemination of information—steam and electricity were the attributes of the First and Second Industrial Revolutions, respectively. As A.I. becomes more prevalent technology will contin...2022-02-2250 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastKingsley DennisToday’s discussion starts off with an investigation of storylines and narratives. Are storylines a necessity for the human species, perhaps an element that is intrinsic to our DNA? What role do they serve in furthering our evolutionary progress to a new paradigm, and how often are they at odds with such progress? Do storylines have an expiration date at which they outlive their usefulness and then require a new narrative to take over? Helping us to answer some of these questions we are joined by the renowned author, researcher, and futurist Kingsley Dennis. This deeply informative dis...2022-02-1552 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastMichael BeckwithIn this episode, Ervin and Alison are joined by Michael Beckwith, Founder and Spiritual Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center. Agape is a term from ancient Greek meaning “unconditional love” and since its founding in 1986, the Agape Center has pursued a mission of fostering a living environment for individuals to realize that they are unique emanations of God, the Love-Intelligence governing the Universe. Today Michael and our hosts discuss the distinction between our ego and the subtle voice of guiding consciousness, and how to navigate between the two. From there, we also engage in a conversation abou...2022-02-0858 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastJude CurrivanDr. Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, author, previously one of the most senior business women in the UK and co-founder of WholeWorld-View. Having grown up as the daughter of a coal miner in the north of England, she has since journeyed to more than eighty countries around the world and for the last twenty -five years has lived in the sacred landscape of Avebury. She has experienced multidimensional realities since early childhood and worked with the wisdom keepers both incarnate and discarnate of many traditions.Jude integrates leading edge science, research into consciousness and...2022-02-0153 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastRoger NelsonRoger Nelson, Ph.D., was Coordinator of Research at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory at Princeton University from 1980 to 2002, and has directed the Global Consciousness Project (GCP), since its inception in 1997.Interests in psychology, physics, philosophy and the arts have given opportunities to collaborate with creative interdisciplinary teams at PEAR and elsewhere developing ways to study consciousness and intention. Roger's work integrates science and spirituality, including research that is directly focused on numinous communal experiences.Building on years of laboratory experiments, Roger began using random event generator (REG) technology in the field to...2022-01-2541 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastHoward Martin (HeartMath)https://www.heartmath.comhttps://www.thepoweroftheheart.comHoward Martin is one of the original leaders who helped found HeartMath in 1991. A key spokesperson for the HeartMath Companies, Howard Martin is deeply passionate about the topics he presents. Through his talks Howard illuminates the intelligence of the heart, describing how we can access it to create positive and sustainable change. His presentations provide a unique clarity and sense of ease about the evolutionary changes many are experiencing personally, collectively and socially. Howard shows us how we...2022-01-181h 29Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastLynne McTaggartLynne McTaggart is an award-winning journalist and the author of seven books, including the worldwide international bestsellers The Power of Eight, The Field, The Intention Experiment and The Bond, all considered seminal books of the New Science and now translated into some 30 languages.She’s consistently voted one of the world’s top 100 spiritual leaders for her ground-breaking work with consciousness and the power of intention. Lynne is known for the quality of her writing and in-depth research, her inspirational speaking style and her uncompromising role as New Thought leader and spiritual change agent. In 2020, she was sing...2022-01-1044 minDawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastMichael TobiasMichael Tobias is an ecologist, author, filmmaker, historian, explorer, anthropologist, educator and non-violence activist. His work encompasses ecological anthropology and aesthetics, the history of ideas, environmental psychology, comparative literature, philosophy and ethics, global biodiversity field research, systematics, deep demography, animal rights and animal liberation. In addition, he focuses on aspects of zoosemiotics and ethology, and the critical links between human demographic pressure (various population issues) and the genetic corridors and diverse, remaining habitats on Earth.He has received The Courage of Conscience Award, the Parabola Focus Award, in addition to countless film awards, nominations...2022-01-041h 02Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastHoliday MessagesWelcome to the special Holiday edition of Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: the Podcast. This program includes holiday messages from:Marianne Williamson, bestselling author, spiritual leader, and political activist; Democratic candidate in the 2020 United States presidential electionMichael Tobias, author, environmentalist, and filmmaker; Producer of the ten-hour dramatic television series, Voice of the PlanetMichael Beckwith, founder and spiritual director of the Agape International Spiritual CenterJude Currivan, cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, and author; previously one of the most senior business women in the UK and co-founder of WholeWorld-ViewKingsley Dennis, researcher and...2021-12-2922 min
Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastHazel Henderson (Ethical Markets)Hazel Henderson D.Sc.Hon., FRSA, founder of Ethical Markets Media, a Certified B Corporation. She is a world-renowned futurist, syndicated columnist, and author of award-winning Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy (2006); Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age (2014) now in 800 libraries. Her earlier books are worldwide in 20 languages. Ethical Markets TV series distributed globally at www.films.com. She created the EthicMark® Awards, the Green Transition Scoreboard®, EthicMarkGEMS®.com and co-created Ethical Biomimicry Finance®. Henderson served as a science policy advisor to the US Office of Technology Assessment, the National Science Foundation and National Academy of Engineering, and s...2021-12-211h 48Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The PodcastPilot with Ervin Laszlo and Frederick TsaoThank you for listening to Dawn of an Era of Well-Being: The Podcast. Please subscribe to the program as we have more guests joining Ervin and Fred and Alison for more fascinating conversation. If you enjoyed our program, here are a few links that may be of further interest:ERVIN LASZLOhttps://thelaszloinstitute.com/ https://ervinlaszlobooks.com/FREDERICK TSAOhttps://www.aitiainstitute.org/https://www.octaveinstitute.com/enALISON GOLDWYNhttps://www.synchronistory.com/Please visit the SelectBooks Studios YouTube channel for episodes and bonus video...2021-12-1046 min
Destination Unlimited with Victor FuhrmanErvin László - Dawn of an Era of Well-beingErvin László – Dawn of an Era of Well-being: New Paths to a Better WorldAired Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 5:00 PM PST / 8:00 PM EST Today we have an opportunity to create a new future. As we move from the aftermath of a global crisis, we face the astounding task of needing to rebuild our world. But do we have to “rebuild” it in the strict sense of constructing it as it was—or can we form another world, a better one? This possibility exists, and it poses an unprecedented challenge. There are no historical precedents for consci...2021-10-0756 min