My last blog entry was written as Deborah and I prepared to fly to France so I could MC the 5 day Renaissance2 Great Shift Gathering in Perpignan. I asked a lot of questions in my last post about the efficacy of such an endeavor. And my report is, I'm happy to say, essentially …
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Two Interesting New Books
I want to let you know about an important new book, by a longtime close friend. It's about effective, research-proven ways to light up the circuits in your brain that will bring you more joy, more fulfilling relationships, and more inner peace. It's called Buddha's Brain: The …
In Memoriam: Adi Da Samraj — 1939-2008
My root-guru, Adi Da Samraj, passed a year ago this Thanksgiving in Fiji. He was 69. I was a devotee of this great God-realizer from the age of 22 until I was 37. He not only profoundly transformed my life and consciousness, but, I think, helped transform the entirety of …
Integral Heart Newsletter #1: Exploring Big Questions in the Integral World
This, the first in my series of monthly newsletters, is written as an open letter from The Crossings, a retreat center near Austin, where the Integral Leadership in Action (ILiA) conference has just concluded. Tomorrow my wife Deborah and I set out for Perpignan, France, where …
“Integral” — What’s in a word?
Assumptions about Organizational Hierarchies The word "integral" evolved etymologically from the Latin root "tangere." This same root is also the source of words like "tactile," "tangible" and "tangent." It means "touch." The first syllable of the word Integral, "in" is a …
Iran 2009 — A New Kind of Revolution (4)
How can we help those who are demonstrating and dying on the streets? I think that what we are already doing — paying rapt attention — is the most powerful thing Americans can do to empower Iran’s popular uprising. If the USA is preceived to be attempting to interfere, we …
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