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Integral Post is a high-profile blog series that features writings and articles from many of our favorite Integral thinkers, offering exciting updates, observations, and applications from their respective corners of the Kosmos—reaching all the way from academia to pop culture to the innermost heart of the world's great spiritual traditions.



Why We Desperately Need an Integral Islam
Amir Ahmad Nasr
Fri, 06/07/2013

Amir tells his own story of coming to a more integral Islam, finding new ways to embrace and express this rich spiritual lineage while helping to carve a new path beyond the fundamentalist extremism so often associated with Islam in today's world. This piece is heavily adapted from Amir’s new book, My Isl@m: How...

Brave New Future?
An Integral Look at Super Artificial Intelligence
Michael Zimmerman
Tue, 05/28/2013

These days, discourse about intelligent robots—thinking machines—is as widespread as discourse about zombies. Both have been the subjects of recent bestsellers, which are the basis of two forthcoming films. Popular culture’s depiction of humankind under attack by either the undead or by the never alive (autonomous...

How to Get Stuff Done, Integral Style!
Ginny Whitelaw
Wed, 05/22/2013

Let’s look at what we’re trying to get done from a broader perspective and apply a principle I learned from one of my Zen teachers, Tanouye Roshi, and that is: driving rhythm.

Introduction to the Elegant Self
Rob McNamara
Wed, 04/24/2013

Whether you are aware of it or not, mental development determines the underlying context of your life. It determines what you can dream of, how you are motivated, what you are capable of seeing and feeling and, thus, what you can achieve. Development sets fundamental limitations on how you communicate with others, and it powerfully shapes the...

Bringing Your Shadow Out of the Dark
Robert Augustus Masters
Tue, 04/23/2013

Deep shadow-work does not leave us intact; it is not some neat and tidy process but rather an inherently messy one, as vital and unpredictably alive as birth. The pain it brings up is the pain we've been fleeing or suppressing most of our life; the psychoemotional breakdowns it catalyzes are the precursors to hugely relevant breakthroughs;...

Celebrating 10 Years of Integral Membership
Ken Wilber
Sun, 04/21/2013

Today, April 21st, marks the 10-year anniversary since we launched Integral Naked (and kept the dialogues going now under Integral Life). All of us here are really moved by this occasion, especially since we were told from the start that people just wouldn't support this type of membership online. Over 500 weekly releases later, the critics...

Sex, Zen, and Whole Leadership
Ginny Whitelaw
Tue, 04/16/2013

OK, let's talk about sex. I've probably grabbed your attention as few other topics could. It's the mountainous life-force energy that, from adolescence through every stage of adulthood, turns our life around through its desires and our varying ability to navigate them. It's the mother lode of all explosive topics and, for better...

Integral Christianity: What About the Resurrection?
Paul Smith
Sun, 03/31/2013

What does the belief that Jesus rose again from the dead mean to an integrally-informed Christian? What do reasonable, integrally-informed people today on a spiritual path do with the resurrection of Jesus?  Let’s explore....

Tony Robbins and the Buddha Compare Notes
Andrew Cohen
Thu, 03/21/2013

What would it be like if the historical master of enlightenment, Gautama the Buddha and the legendary personal development coach Tony Robbins had a conversation about higher human development? What might their differing answers be to the following questions: how can we be the best we can be, how can we cultivate pure motivation, and what does...

The Fears Leaders Never Speak of (And How AQAL, Zen, and the Chinese New Year Can Help)
Ginny Whitelaw
Thu, 02/21/2013

What keeps you up at night? It's a favorite question asked of senior leaders, whether they're being interviewed on a talk show, addressing a company town hall meeting, or speaking to a group of leaders-in-training. "I worry that we're not moving fast enough," is a common answer to this question, "That what made us...

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