For several years, something that's been "up" for me has been the evolution of practice: the actual emergence of new dynamics ("life conditions") and capacities relating to the process of growing to higher levels of consciousness. Lots of things are changing—especially the …
Archives for June 2010
On Outrageous Teaching and Charges of Enabling Abuse
One of Andrew Cohen’s critics recently attacked me in a blog post. Detailing a few of the most inflammatory stories about Cohen, a group of teachers (including me, Ken Wilber and others) were accused of “enabling abuse” because we have dialoged and cooperated with Andrew, his …
Integral Evolutionary Spirituality, Spiritual Teachers, Cultism, and Critics — My Response to the Integrales Forum Position Paper
Integrales_Forum_Spiritual_Teachers_only.pdf This is my passionate response to a request for comments from Germany’s Integrales Forum, in response to their position paper, “Integral Spirituality and Spiritual Teachers.” Summary The Integrales Forum “Position Paper” on …
Integrales Forum Position Paper on Spiritual Teachers
In May 2010, the Integrales Forum, which is the central coordinating group organized and coordinates among over two dozen local Integral study groups in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, wrote and translated a "Position Paper" that attempts to set forth some standards for …
Toward the Emergence of Integral Evolutionary Spiritual Culture — For the 2010 Integral Theory Conference
ITC-IESC-Patten-Final_0 Here is the article I submitted May 15, 2010 in conjunction with my presentation at the 2010 Integral Theory Conference. Abstract As culture rapidly evolves, so does leading-edge spirituality. Integral Evolutionary Spirituality manifests in all 4 …
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