George Leonard

Quotes:

"In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way."

"History tells us more than we want to know about what is wrong with man, and we can hardly turn a page in the daily press without learning the specific time, place, and name of evil. But perhaps the most pervasive evil of all rarely appears in the news. This evil, the waste of human potential, is particularly painful to recognize for it strikes our parents and children, our friends and brothers, ourselves."

"The simplest single-celled organism oscillates to a number of different frequencies, at the atomic, molecular, sub-cellular, and cellular levels. Microscopic movies of these organisms are striking for the ceaseless, rhythmic pulsation that is revealed. In an organism as complex as a human being, the frequencies of oscillation and the interactions between those frequencies are multitudinous."

"The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite."

"Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick."

For other men with similar names, see George Leonard (disambiguation).

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Integral Thought

Historical integral thinkers: Aurobindo Ghose Jean Gebser Haridas Chaudhuri Indra Sen Rudolf Steiner

Contemporary integral thinkers: Don Beck Allan Combs Sean Esbjörn-Hargens Jorge Ferrer Ashok Gangadean Jennifer Gidley Stanislav Grof John Heron Franklin Jones Ervin László George Leonard Steve McIntosh Michael Murphy Richard Tarnas William Irwin Thompson Ken Wilber Brian Swimme Yasuhiko Kimura Michael E. Zimmerman

Integral themes: Evolution, Involution Integral art, Integral ecology, Integral economics, Integral education, Integral Life Practice Integral Transformative Practice Integral psychology, Integral yoga Transdisciplinarity

Integral organizations: Cal. Inst. of Integral Studies Integral Institute John F. Kennedy University Integral Leadership in Action This box: view • talk • edit

George Burr Leonard (born 1923) is an American writer, editor, and educator who has written extensively about education and human potential. He is President Emeritus of the Esalen Institute, past-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, President of ITP International,^[1] and a former editor of Look Magazine. He is a former United States Army Air Corps pilot, and holds a fifth degree black belt in aikido.^[1]

He is a co-founder of the Aikido of Tamalpais dojo in Corte Madere, California.^[2] He also developed the Leonard Energy Training (LET) practice for centering the mind, body, and spirit.^[2]

Books

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• The Way of Aikido: Life Lessons from an American Sensei
  
• The Decline of the American Male
  
• Shoulder the Sky
  
• Education and Ecstasy
  
• The Man & Woman Thing, and Other Provocations
  
• The Transformation
  
• The Ultimate Athlete
  
• The Silent Pulse
  
• The End of Sex
  
• Walking on the Edge of the World
  
• Mastery
  
• The Life We Are Given
  

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Leonard's ITP Page"
2. ^ ^{a b} "Aikido of Tamalpais Instructors"

External links

• Article in the Encyclopedia of Aikido
• Aikido of Tamalpais
• The ITP Founders & Board of Directors
• Interview with Sensei George Leonard, April 2000, AikiWeb

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