An Overview of the Transformative Events of June 2009 I think the events we have been seeing this month —June 2009 — represent a seismic shift, a great exclamation point in the punctuated evolution of the Islamic Republic. It is not just a political shift. This week of …
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Integral In Iran – 2009
In spring 2007 I visited Iran as a member of a citizen’s diplomacy delegation. The day after we arrived in Tehran, our meetings with former President Khatami, Grand Ayatollah Saanei, peace activist Emmadin Baghi, and Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi were abruptly cancelled. Our …
Growing Equals Serving
Practice unites our two impulses (1) to awaken & self-actualize, and (2) to "make a positive difference" in the larger world. Neither are possible without the other. From Stockholm, Sweden …
The Three Faces of Spirit
Handout- 3 Faces (3pp).pdf The Three Faces of Spirit is one of the most important insights that Integral theory offers to the field of spirituality. All human approaches to spiritual practice and mystical realization can be seen to fall into three broad categories — …
What Is Integral Life Practice?
Handout- What is ILP Since I’ve recently co-authored a book titled Integral Life Practice, I am often asked, “What is ILP?” Integral Life Practice is best understood not as a new approach to personal growth, but as a clarifying, highly-efficient way of approaching (and …
What is a “post-ironic worldspace”?
After learning the postmodern lesson that every point of view is partial, we remember how to appreciate what's also true. We graduate from irony. Which performs an essential critical function, and then mostly outlives its usefulness. In a post-ironic worldspace, a sincerely …
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