Spirit manifests through multiple perspectives: as the 1st-person I AM of pure awareness; as the 2nd-person Great Other and Beloved; and as the 3rd-person evolutionary play of the objective Kosmos. AND... Spirit is beyond any perspective or mental conception. It's also beyond any …
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The Spiritual Fulfillment of Modernity (Transrational Spirituality)
Nowhere does the modern world coexist peacefully with the traditional world. Whether it's "culture wars" in Western nations or all-out jihad in the Middle East, the traditions and modernity have not found a way to get along. But what if modernity has not fully developed yet, and …
Be Free To Do What You Must
In traditional spiritual lineages, practitioners could count on a teacher to hold them accountable to their vows and commitments. However, in post-postmodern culture, a spiritual teacher is not always available or advisable. So how do we attain a high level of intensity in our …
Studying the Map and the Territory
The AQAL Map is powerful way of catalyzing our developmental process. It gives us a way to pinpoint virtually any conscious occasion in a multi-dimensional "grid," encompassing both inner and outer experience, at multiple levels of being. However, we misuse the map if we fail to …
Serving the Integral Enterprise
There are countless ways to serve the emergence of Integral consciousness in the world. While some may work to bring more people into 2nd-tier (teal and turquoise) levels of awareness, others will focus on preserving a "wisdom stream" of 3rd-tier awareness, which can beneficially …
The Intersubjective Mystery
Higher consciousness becomes especially real to us when we experience it in relation to another person. Whereas we ordinarily experience each other in terms of our limitations, neuroses, and other "stuff," when we spontaneously witness the mystery of each other's existence, it …
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