Trump, Hamilton, and the Zen Leader Walk Into a Bar…

Trump, Hamilton, and the Zen Leader Walk Into a Bar…

Ginny Whitelaw   May 9, 2016  
...the Zen Leader would want to learn from these two cultural phenomes how to message in a culturally resonant way — how to inspire people to pause in their busyness, connect with what is, to resource their lives and leadership from a place of centered connectedness.
The Meaning of “2nd-person”

The Meaning of “2nd-person”

Ken Wilber   October 6, 2015  
There has been, for quite some time, a considerable misunderstanding about how the Integral Framework views 2nd person (e.g., "you," "thou"). Ken Wilber thought it was time to address it.
The Shape of Things to Come: A Singularity in All Four Quadrants

The Shape of Things to Come: A Singularity in All Four Quadrants

Corey deVos   September 11, 2013  
It seems clear is that we are seeing a general pattern of accelerated returns in at least four irreducible dimensions of our lives. It is a "singularity in all four quadrants" — Post-Humanism, Post-Scarcity, Post-Irony, and Post-Metaphysics. Let’s take a brief look at each of these dimensions.
Why We Desperately Need an Integral Islam

Why We Desperately Need an Integral Islam

Amir Ahmad Nasr   June 7, 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 book, My Isl@m: How Fundamentalism Stole My Mind–and Doubt Freed My Soul.
Brave New Future? An Integral Look at Super Artificial Intelligence

Brave New Future? An Integral Look at Super Artificial Intelligence

Michael E. Zimmerman   May 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 machines) suggests widespread anxiety about and fascination with technical developments that may generate a future out of human control (as if the future ever were under our control!)
Six Varieties of Christians and Their Churches: From Tribal to Integral

Six Varieties of Christians and Their Churches: From Tribal to Integral

Paul Smith   December 4, 2012  
Christians and their communities of faith exist in rich diversity today. Why are there so many different kinds of Christians and churches? There are historical aspects, political factors, matter of taste, and personality types. However, from an integral perspective of evolutionary stages we can see a quite remarkable tendency for churches to fall into one of perhaps six different altitudes of understanding.
Yes, Virginia, Consciousness Goes All the Way Down. But Does It Go All the Way Up?

Yes, Virginia, Consciousness Goes All the Way Down. But Does It Go All the Way Up?

Michael E. Zimmerman   August 6, 2012  
Although the apparent confirmation of the Higgs Boson, the so-called God particle, has been attracting attention recently, the most vexing problem in science and philosophy remains the mind-body problem: What relation is there between material brain states and conscious, first-person experience? In the past few years, as we shall see in a moment, some neurosciences have now arrived at an answer that was anticipated by Ken Wilber’s version of integral theory.
Simply Love: An Integral Prayer

Simply Love: An Integral Prayer

Corey deVos   December 24, 2011  
Albert Murray’s Lines of Cultural Development

Albert Murray’s Lines of Cultural Development

Greg Thomas   July 13, 2011  
Greg Thomas explores the fascinating intersection between the work of Albert Murray and Integral Theory.
Death, Rebirth, and Meditation

Death, Rebirth, and Meditation

Ken Wilber   July 5, 2011  
Some type of reincarnation doctrine is found in virtually every mystical religious tradition the world over. Even Christianity accepted it until around the fourth century CE, when, for largely political reasons, it was made anathema. Many Christian mystics today now accept the idea. As the Christian theologian John Hick pointed out in his important work Death and Eternal Life, the consensus of the world religions, including Christianity, is that some sort of reincarnation occurs.
Responding to the Death of Osama bin Laden

Responding to the Death of Osama bin Laden

Corey deVos   May 4, 2011  
Osama bin Laden did not just attack the American people or the American economy, he attacked the American subconscious. Even as we can breathe a sigh of relief that justice has been served and this monster has been finally eliminated from our world, the fabric of our shared American mythos remains as tattered as ever.
An Integral Take on the Blues Idiom

An Integral Take on the Blues Idiom

Greg Thomas   April 19, 2011  
From an integral perspective, the blues has many dimensions, from the personal to the bio-behavioral aspects of the individual, to the cultural and social dynamics of collectives. The blues can be experienced from an egocentric, ethnocentric, and world-centric value level or stage of development. We can view the blues as a musical or cognitive or aesthetic line of intelligence or development also, and even as a philosophical proposition—an existential response to life in the late-19th through the 20th century.
Albert Murray Defines Art

Albert Murray Defines Art

Greg Thomas   October 10, 2010  
Whether or not Albert Murray's thought and frameworks of analysis are Integral remains to be seen and decided by Integral readers and scholars; however, what's indisputable is his deeply pluralistic and interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. A prime example, in which he elaborates definitions of art and aesthetic statement, follows.
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