Dennis Heaton and Colin Heaton gave a presentation about spirituality and sustainability that was very well received by leading researchers and consultants in the field of spirituality in management.

Father, son present at conference
by Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, The Review
4 Feb 2012

Dennis Heaton, professor of management at Maharishi University of Management (MUM), and is son, Colin Heaton, teaching assistant for Sustainable Living, recently paired up to deliver a paper at an international conference about spirituality and sustainability at the University of Arkansas.

The presentation, titled "Consciousness-Based Education: Cultivating Sustainable Minds," explained that holistic thinking is cultivated by how Consciousness-Based education handles the knower, process of knowing, and the known.

The authors said that Consciousness-Based education develops broader and more coherent awareness in the knower. It also organizes the process of knowing through methods such as main point charts and Unified Field charts to cultivate comprehension of connectedness of the specifics of knowledge with each other and with one's self in a holistic context.

In addition, they said that the body of knowledge in any discipline at MUM is made more profound and more unified with reference to a theoretical framework of unifying principles which are connected to one's personal experience through practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique.

According to Dr. Heaton, this conference was very fruitful in establishing personal contacts with leading researchers and consultants in the field of spirituality in management.

"People we met were very excited about what we had to say about our experiences at MUM," Colin Heaton said.

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