Brenden

Who are we kidding

It doesn't take more than a cursory understanding of development to see where these values line up.  In-Group, Authority above reason, Need for order, Lack of complexity, Moral reasoning, Need for certainty, etc.  Conservatives are all about mythic membership, and liberals are... Read More

Unique Self

I'm a few weeks behind and playing catch up...... I'm SO glad to see this topic addressed.  This is one of a couple areas of the overall Big Picture that I have always wanted to tinker with (the other big one being the seeming late discovery of God in the 2nd person - my own shadow... Read More

Integral Christian

I'm on vacation at the beach, and have given up sitcoms.... Hanging on to mythic forms and "driving oxcarts down superhighways" http://meaningoflife.tv/video.php?speaker=gingerich&topic=complete  MUST BE an expression of fear. (and therefore a lack of real... Read More

Beyond States and Stages

This post is about Craig Hamilton's talk given at the Integral Theory In Action Conference called "Integral Enlightenment: Why Authentic Spirituality Is Much More Than A Line Of Development"  You can find it here:... Read More

Andrew Cohen

So after the first Parliament of World Religions he realized that true "sincerity of heart" did in fact exist outside of his own chest.  It was a beautiful thing.  Even Ken couldn't resist adding the verbal underscore (Two Drives of... Read More

Integral Masculinity

so i met this witch once who said i had a problem with "my power".  she pointed out a spot on the inside of my right thigh, which immediately began to throb and burn.  i'm puttting together a curriculum for a men's group.  other than david deida and one of... Read More

Who Am I

it's so helpful for me to see clearly that our entire modern (western cultural) definition of self, of humanness, of who we are, of what we are all to some degree identified fundamentally with is our rational capacity alone (just as it was once mythic and... Read More

Why Not?

Nothing's happening.... Oh what a shock.... Perfect, once again.... What a twisted joke, this addiction to effort!...