AWAKENING COMPLEXITY CONSCIOUSNESS

[...]our experience supporting change leaders has taught us that while careful analysis, systemic approaches, fierce commitments, and the development of new skills and capabilities are all vital, they are not enough. "1 Through webs of influence and impact, we are "related" to everyone and everything on the planet. Amid the current metacrisis, it gestures to the glint of water through the trees-the urgency and possibility of restoring a sense of reverence and care for the Earth, recognizing that humans are part of a larger community of life, and taking responsibility for the well-being of one another, the planet, and future generations. A growing body of research explores the nature and quality of consciousness as it relates to neural complexity6 while developmental psychologists suggest that later stages of adult development represent an increase in interior complexity and a corresponding capacity to perceive, think, act, and imagine in more complex ways.7 We find these perspectives valuable, but suggest that complexity consciousness has an additional, more primal quality.