By Willis Harman

Revolutions are commonly regarded as large-scale, bloody upheavals related to entire nations and societies. yet there are quieter revolutions that commence within the person brain and create the type of swap that could be much more major. through intentionally altering their inner picture of fact, everyone is reworking the area. immediately we live via some of the most basic shifts in historical past -- a transformation within the genuine trust constitution of Western business society.

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In the following discussion we will use a way that is adequately powerful, yet as free as possible of psychological jargon. ) People may not realize they have these unconscious beliefs, but the beliefs can be inferred from behaviorfrom slips of the tongue, compulsive acts, "body language," and so on. A familiar example from psychotherapy is an unconscious belief in one's inadequacy or inferiority. Individuals may consciously feel adequate and equal, at least most of the time, but under certain circumstances the behavior, body posture, and so on may betray that they unconsciously believe something else to be the case.

Page xiii Foreword Hazel Henderson I am deeply honored to help refocus attention on Willis Harman's crucial work. Willis considered Global Mind Change his most succinct ''signature" book, and made this revised edition his last task in life. During his final few weeks, Willis and I communicated briefly. He was ready for his next journey, and I promised to stay committed to the spirit of his workopening minds to the dazzling array of possibilities that await humans and their societies as we shed our self-imposed historical, cultural, and conceptual blinders.

Actually, the implication was that man might not have such a special place in creation after all. The Copernican ideas became one focus of tremendous controversies in religion, philosophy, and social theory, which set the tenor of the modern mind; they catalyzed a major transition in Western values. In truth, the Copernican revolution amounted to a successful challenge to the entire system of ancient authority, requiring a complete change in the philosophical conception of the universe. It was heresy on the grand scale.

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