How to Communicate Integral Sustainability

How to Communicate Integral Sustainability

Our environmental crisis is clearly an urgent global concern, and demands immediate response from every one of us — and yet it requires a fairly sophisticated consciousness to even perceive the problem, let alone care enough to do something about it. How can we translate a genuine vision of Integral Sustainability to all the different levels of development, meeting people exactly where they are and framing the problems (and possible solutions) in a way they can actually respond to?
Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The 10 Original Practices for Enlightened Living

Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The 10 Original Practices for Enlightened Living

If you had the opportunity to become a bodhisattva right now, would you take it? Lama Surya Das invites us to learn how to be a bodhisattva, exploring ten of the most important practices of enlightened living, held always in an integral embrace.
The Last Airbender: Spirituality for Kids (of All Ages!)

The Last Airbender: Spirituality for Kids (of All Ages!)

The co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender, one of the most entertaining — and enlightening — animated shows on television, shares the story behind Avatar and why working on Family Guy just wasn't enough.
Integral Mahamudra: The Mandala of Awakening

Integral Mahamudra: The Mandala of Awakening

Patrick Sweeney, the holder of the Karma Kagyü lineage, offers a powerful mahamudra teaching. The term mahamudra literally means "great seal" or "great symbol", a body of teaching that represents the culmination and fulfillment of all the practices of the new schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Mudra refers to the fact that each phenomenon appears vividly, and maha refers to the fact that it is beyond concept, imagination, and projection.
The Integral Artist

The Integral Artist

The creator of some of the most transcendent art of our time explores why it is necessary to go beyond the faded postmodern milieu of today's art world, how psychedelics can play a role in discovering and manifesting one's deeper realms of being, and how the "two kinds of higher" can impact artists and their work.
A Course in Miracles and an Introduction to Integral Spirituality

A Course in Miracles and an Introduction to Integral Spirituality

The author of A Return to Love and Everyday Grace shares her experience with a modern expression of timeless spiritual truths — A Course in Miracles — as an Integral Spirituality weaves the pattern that connects.
Introduction to Ego Development

Introduction to Ego Development

Susanne Cook-Greuter is an internationally recognized researcher in mature ego development and self-actualization. You may have noticed her name alongside Robert Kegan's, Clare Graves', and Jane Loevinger's in Ken's book, Integral Spirituality. Her sentence completion tests are sophisticated enough to tease out the subtle differences between Teal, Turquoise, Indigo, and Violet altitudes of development.
The History of Voice Dialogue

The History of Voice Dialogue

The pioneers of Voice Dialogue (a major component of Genpo Roshi's Big Mind Process) discuss aging, relationships, and their very first experimental sessions together.
Nonviolence, Genocide, and the Quest for a U.S. Department of Peace

Nonviolence, Genocide, and the Quest for a U.S. Department of Peace

Acclaimed author, lecturer, and Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson discusses the Spirit of passive resistance.
The Fountain and the Cure for Altitude Sickness

The Fountain and the Cure for Altitude Sickness

The Direct Approach

The Direct Approach

A modern mystic known for spontaneous and direct nondual teachings shares the sudden insight that changed his life forever, and his evolving understanding of the student-teacher relationship—both as a student, and a teacher.
To the Best of Our Knowledge: Science, Spirituality, and the Future of Technology

To the Best of Our Knowledge: Science, Spirituality, and the Future of Technology

In his first interview for NPR in over 20 years, Ken Wilber offers one of the finest, most sweeping introductions to his work he has ever recorded, presenting a profound new way to integrate science, spirituality, and technology — along with every other facet of the single ever-expanding gem of human knowledge.
The End of Faith

The End of Faith

Mythic-literal fundamentalist religion is quite possibly the single most destabilizing force on the face of the planet. Not only is each religion at war with the other religions, but they are also at war with the modern world as we know it. Listen as Sam Harris and Stuart Davis explore the many challenges faced by religion in the 21st century.
The Three Faces of Spirit

The Three Faces of Spirit

In this practice we contemplate, think, and know about Spirit in the 3rd-person; we relate, dwell, and commune with Spirit in a 2nd-person relationship, and we meditate, feel and know ourselves as Spirit in a 1st-person apprehension of our source and substance.
Integral Ethics: How to Practice an Integral Life

Integral Ethics: How to Practice an Integral Life

Roger Walsh and Ken Wilber discuss one of the most important — and least discussed — aspects of integral practice: how to live an ethical life.
Does Quantum Physics Prove God?

Does Quantum Physics Prove God?

This conversation sheds clarity on a very confused notion in the area of spirituality today—namely, the "tao of physics" and all its variations, as exemplified by the recent film What the Bleep. So what relationship, if any, does God actually have with quantum physics?
State of Fear — Science, Ethics, and the Impossibility of Prediction

State of Fear — Science, Ethics, and the Impossibility of Prediction

Michael and Ken discuss some of the rather extreme reactions to State of Fear, ranging from venomous outrage and smear campaigns to hearty applause and an invitation to the White House. In fact, Michael is a self-described "political agnostic," and simply advocates that policy drafted by any party be based on the evidence of today, not the speculation of tomorrow. As he points out, there is a profound moral and ethical dimension to how science informs our national and international agendas: "If it [the environment] is not a genuine problem... and we go and spend a kazillion dollars on that...
The Meaning of the Avant Garde

The Meaning of the Avant Garde

Ken Wilber, Ed Kowalczyk, and Stuart Davis met at the Ken Wilber's house in Boulder for a special meeting focusing on Integral Art and Transformative Practice. What followed was an afternoon of vibrant discussion and electrifying performances, centered on the themes: What is the relation of art and transformation? How can art be part of an integral transformative practice?
Gratefulness as Great Fullness

Gratefulness as Great Fullness

Br. David Steindl-Rast and Ken Wilber discuss the many ways that we can recognize and express the radical abundance in our lives.
Beyond Genre: Adventures in Rap, Rock, and Romance

Beyond Genre: Adventures in Rap, Rock, and Romance

Rick Rubin, MTV's "most important white boy in hip-hop," has produced some of the most influential and creative albums of the past two decades with artists like The Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Slayer, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Nine Inch Nails, Audioslave, Jay-Z, Saul Williams — and the list just keeps on going. Here Rick and Ken discuss why truly great music almost always transcends our concepts of genre, before waxing philosophic about rock, romance, and the potential perils of paternity....
Evolutionary Panentheism: A Godview for Today’s World

Evolutionary Panentheism: A Godview for Today’s World

Brother David Steindl-Rast, the author of Gratefulness: The Heart of Prayer and a practicing Benedictine monk for over half a century, discusses why a new understanding of God is needed to carry spirituality into the future.
Integral Actors Studio: Engaging the Metaphysics of Acting

Integral Actors Studio: Engaging the Metaphysics of Acting

Listen as Julia Ormond talks to Ken Wilber about her experiences as an actress, as well as the psychotherapeutic work and "ordeal by vulnerability" that is intrinsic to an art that derives its prima mater from the fertile ground of the actor him/herself....
The Evolving Self

The Evolving Self

Dr. Robert Kegan, the author of The Evolving Self and In Over Our Heads, explores the vital role of interior development in creating a more inclusive and integrated world, as well as the importance of the appropriate use of discriminating awareness.
The Higher Reaches of Success

The Higher Reaches of Success

Tony Robbins discusses his model of human needs and motivations, and his intervention strategy for change. From emotions to relationships to finances to physical health, Tony covers the bases. His model allows him to spot a person's leverage points, identify their barriers to change, and redefine their challenges in a way that allows for the most effective action.
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