Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-267) and index.

Introduction: of parts and wholes -- Learning to see. The requiem scenario ; Seeing our seeing ; Seeing from the whole ; Seeing with the heart -- Into the silence. The generative moment ; An emerging understanding ; The eye of the needle: letting go and letting come ; The wedding -- Becoming a force of nature. In the corridor of dreams ; The grand will ; In dialogue with the universe ; Realizing and the craft of institution building -- Meeting our future. Leadership: becomng a human being ; Science performed with the mind of wisdom ; Presence -- Epilogue: "With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?"