Bruce Alderman, Author at Integral Life

Bruce Alderman

Bruce Alderman, MA, is an affiliate faculty at John F. Kennedy University in the Consciousness and Transformative Studies and Holistic Counseling Psychology departments. Recent integrally themed publications include essays in Integral Review, Dancing with Sophia: Integral Philosophy on the Verge and Wir Vielen in dieser einen Welt: Unsere Weltanschauung weiterentwickeln für den nachhaltigen Umbau unserer Zivilisation. In the early 2000s, Bruce learned about the imminent launch of Integral Naked while visiting Ken's Wilber's loft, and has been a member of IN and its later incarnations ever since. After years of moderating several integral discussion forums of his own, including Integral Postmetaphysical Spirituality and Integral Scholarship and Practice, he is venturing into production of integral video content himself.

Posts by Bruce Alderman

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Ontological Shock: The Accelerating Emergence of Artificial Intelligence

Robb Smith, Bruce Alderman and Corey deVos

Robb Smith, Bruce Alderman and Corey deVosMay 9, 202370 Comments

Robb Smith joins co-hosts Bruce Alderman and Corey deVos in our first episode of Integral Life’s new AI series, where together they grapple with the profound “ontological shock” and societal transformation prompted by the emergence of AI, exploring its impact across education, personal lives, and organizations. They delve into the potential risks and benefits of AI, its role in discourse shaping, the evolving perceptions of AI, and the transformative potential of AI-aided technologies, all while weaving in spiritual insights and invoking a deeper understanding of our interconnectedness in this transformative age.

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Re/Thinking Religion: Integral Postmetaphysical Spirituality

John Vervaeke, Bruce Alderman and Layman Pascal

John Vervaeke, Bruce Alderman and Layman PascalMay 2, 2022

John Vervaeke joins Bruce Alderman and Layman Pascal to explore some of the commonalities and differences between Integral Postmetaphysical Spirituality and Integral Life Practice, and John’s “religion that is not a religion” and his work around developing an ecology of practices suitable for addressing the meaning crisis.

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Inhabit: Your Perspective

Corey deVos, Bruce Alderman and Ryan Oelke

Corey deVos, Bruce Alderman and Ryan OelkeJuly 28, 20212 Comments

This isn’t another hyper-cognitive discussion of integral theory. This is more of a “perspectival yoga”, and we hope that by the time you have finished watching this episode you will be more familiar with these fundamental dimensions of your experience, right now in this very moment.

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The New Axial Age: A Complex Integral Realist Perspective

Paul Marshall, Bruce Alderman and Robb Smith

Paul Marshall, Bruce Alderman and Robb SmithJune 28, 20211 Comment

Why do we do philosophy? For our innate love of wisdom, surely. But isn’t it also so we can better understand ourselves and the world in which we find ourselves so as to chart our way to our best possible futures? And if so, shouldn’t we try to do the best philosophy we can?

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Sacrilegious and Sexy AF

Bruce Alderman and Layman Pascal

Bruce Alderman and Layman PascalOctober 30, 20194 Comments

In this special Devil’s Night interview, our good friends Bruce Alderman and Layman Pascal talk to Hofman and Daemon, former members of The Satanic Temple in New York, and founding members of the Satanic organization LORE: The Satanic Collective of NYC, about the history of Satanism and the new Integral and Metamodern-ish forms that are currently emerging.