Irritation as a Spiritual Path: The Zen of You and Me

Irritation as a Spiritual Path: The Zen of You and Me

Diane Musho Hamilton   May 7, 2017  
For many progressive spiritual practitioners it no longer feels like enough to merely follow an individual meditation practice, as valuable as that is. We want to apply our enlarged selves, skillfully and in real time, to the circumstances of our complex lives, and particularly to our relationships with others. The spiritual potency of relationship is a subject Diane Musho Hamilton explores in her new book, The Zen of You and Me: A Guide to Getting Along with Just About Anyone.
The Great Release

The Great Release

Robb Smith   March 23, 2017  
Rising populism and the election of President Trump are symptoms of massive irresilience that has been building in the U.S.-led world state since 1945, and may reflect the end of the fourth cycle of economic hegemony of the past 800 years. The Great Recession of 2008 was just a tremor. We wind toward a coming global breakdown, a great release that threatens regression across our lives.
What Is the Integral Movement?

What Is the Integral Movement?

Corey deVos   March 7, 2017  
Corey deVos offers a brief overview of a new cultural, artistic, and philosophical movement that is currently taking shape all across the planet. Features dozens of breathtaking images from the Integral Life Art Gallery, as well as music by our own Stuart Davis.
Trump: The Anti-Green Backlash Begins

Trump: The Anti-Green Backlash Begins

Ken Wilber   February 11, 2017  
Jeff Salzman interviews Ken Wilber about how the Trump phenomenon arose, and how an integral sensibility can help us respond to the unique challenge of Trump’s political and cultural movement.
Wake Up, Grow Up: Enlightenment in the 21st Century

Wake Up, Grow Up: Enlightenment in the 21st Century

Ken Wilber   January 20, 2017  
In this feature presentation from the 2016 SAND Conference, Ken Wilber explains why the path of "waking up" (spiritual awakening) needs to be complemented by the path of “growing up” (psychological maturity) in order to renew and replenish our understanding of enlightenment in the 21st century.
Trump and a Post-Truth World

Trump and a Post-Truth World

Ken Wilber   January 2, 2017  
The election of Donald Trump is an evolutionary self-correction that has been decades in the making, a backlash against the failure of the leading edge of consciousness–postmodernism and pluralism–to acknowledge the lie underlying the progress they’ve pursued: it’s not equal, it’s not consistent and it doesn't make room for everyone. But a new integral force is emerging that can move beyond the narcissism and nihilism of political correctness to offer genuine leadership and a move towards a developmental-based wisdom of greater wholeness.
We’ve Elected a Wartime President

We’ve Elected a Wartime President

Robb Smith   January 2, 2017  
I'll get to the point. The United States has just elected a wartime president, a Commander in Chief who is already on a wartime footing and was on a wartime footing from the moment his campaign began last year. And he won because a significant portion of the country were the war’s first casualties and they wanted a president who could help them stop losing. This isn't a military war. It’s a jobs war.
Right Bucks: Money and Spirituality

Right Bucks: Money and Spirituality

Ken Wilber   November 23, 2016  
In dealing with this issue of money and Dharma—or money and spirituality in general—there are at least two very different items that need to be teased apart and addressed separately. The first is the appropriate monetary value of any relational exchange (from medical care to education to goods and services in general); and the second is, should monetary exchange ever be linked to Dharma teaching?
From Rationalism to Nationalism: How the Internet Ruined Everything

From Rationalism to Nationalism: How the Internet Ruined Everything

Corey deVos   November 20, 2016  
We no longer enjoy a “shared reality” in any meaningful sense. We now live in a time-shifted honeycomb of mediated views and values, a flat and fragmented reality that has completely changed the shape of our consciousness, our culture, and our conduct in the public sphere.
Sutras: A Musical Meditation

Sutras: A Musical Meditation

Corey deVos   November 12, 2016  
Sutras is an hour-long musical meditation that includes spoken word pieces by Alex Grey, Ken Wilber, Lama Surya Das, Sally Kempton, and Alan Watts. A synaesthetic journey through gross, subtle, causal, and nondual realms. Sonic tonic for your aching body, mind, and soul. Liberation upon hearing.
The Trump Era: Day 1

The Trump Era: Day 1

Jeff Salzman   November 11, 2016  
Jeff, Diane, and Terry try to come to terms with the victory of Donald Trump, like millions of other people around the world.
The Morning After

The Morning After

Robb Smith   November 9, 2016  
Americans have just elected Donald Trump as President-elect of the United States of America. I know that a few of you are elated and many more are terrified. I can understand both emotions. I am far from a natural-born Hillary Clinton advocate, but during the course of the campaign there was simply no possibility that I would be voting for Trump, a man who who speaks against many of my deepest principles. And yet he won — by the slimmest of margins — but a clear win nonetheless.
(r)evolutions: Protest Music for a New Day

(r)evolutions: Protest Music for a New Day

Corey deVos   November 8, 2016  
An inspirational 2-hour mix of 21st-century protest music. Because a revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having.
Introduction to Integral Spirituality

Introduction to Integral Spirituality

Ken Wilber   November 4, 2016  
Ken Wilber offers an introduction to a spirituality that honors the truths of modernity and postmodernity — including the revolutions in science and culture — while incorporating the essential insights of the great religions.
A Revolutionary Spirituality

A Revolutionary Spirituality

Ken Wilber   November 3, 2016  
Ken Wilber offers a general overview of his comprehensive approach to spiritual growth and awakening, noting an important distinction between spiritual intelligence and spiritual experience.
Campaign Fever: How We’ve Turned Indignation into a National Pastime

Campaign Fever: How We’ve Turned Indignation into a National Pastime

Ginny Whitelaw   November 2, 2016  
It seems we have caught a kind of fever, where anger and indignation are becoming an art form, where one-sided views are called news, and where we can get stuck in a place of no progress. That place could be called coping, as opposed to transforming, and it precedes what I call the "first flip" of Zen Leadership...
The Integral Vision

The Integral Vision

Ken Wilber   October 26, 2016  
Integrative metatheory is arguably the only credible global philosophy of the 21st century. Ken Wilber’s The Integral Vision is one of the finest introductions to integrative thought and practice you can find.
The Great Divide

The Great Divide

Robb Smith   October 12, 2016  
Populism is on the rise. Too many people feel left out of the march of prosperity and more people than ever believe that the future will not see their kids better off than they are today. The rich get richer while the middle class remains stagnant. There is a growing and robust backlash to political correctness and immigration. And artificial intelligence threatens to make the coming jobs war even worse than previously anticipated...
Cleaning Up the Future with Phil Toledano

Cleaning Up the Future with Phil Toledano

Robb Smith   September 21, 2016  
In this fascinating New York Times Op-Doc, noted photographer Phil Toledano takes us on precisely this 3-year journey within himself, confronting all the various ways he can grow old, disease, wither, and die. At first blush it seems like Mr. Toledano's project was custom-designed to address only his deep fears and neuroses. But don't blink, or you might miss the ways his project speaks to what is universal in each of us.
Is the System Rigged? (Yes, and It’s Coming Along Nicely…)

Is the System Rigged? (Yes, and It’s Coming Along Nicely…)

Jeff Salzman   September 8, 2016  
If there's one thing that people on both ends of the political spectrum can agree on, it's this: the system is rigged. But an integral view asks, "which system?" In this episode Jeff explores what corruption actually looks like, and how it relates to the US presidential election.
Easter

Easter

Stuart Davis   September 4, 2016  
Track 04 from the album ¿What (2006). Lyrics by Stuart Davis and Saul Williams.
What is Transformational Learning?

What is Transformational Learning?

Robb Smith   August 15, 2016  
Transformation is the process by which a person “grows their mind” by building a broader worldview, deeper skills, better habits and expanded perspectives. Integral Life is a member community designed to offer experiences, media and practices that help you grow your mind and evolve your life.
Beauty and the Expansion of Women’s Identity

Beauty and the Expansion of Women’s Identity

Vanessa Fisher   August 12, 2016  
The history of women’s beauty is written in bodily gestures that express both the constraints of their culture as well as the unfolding desire of their interiority. Embracing the power of beauty has always been problematic for feminism, and for good reason. This article offers an integrative analysis of the current views that dominate feminist discourse on women’s beauty, as well as a personal story of Vanessa's own ongoing journey as a young woman trying to reclaim her beauty for the benefit of all beings.
What Is Your Native Perspective?

What Is Your Native Perspective?

Integral Life   July 22, 2016  
A big part of having better relationships is clear and meaningful communication. If you're interested in improving how you communicate and listen to others, this exercise can provide you with a fresh perspective on the way you communicate and how it shapes your instinctual way of being, seeing, and doing in the world.
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