Why We Desperately Need an Integral Islam

Why We Desperately Need an Integral Islam

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.
An Inside Look at the Life and Work of the Dalai Lama

An Inside Look at the Life and Work of the Dalai Lama

Ken Wilber and Victor Chan take an in-depth look at the Dalai Lama’s life, his spiritual practice, and his efforts to bring wisdom to the world and translate compassion into action.
A Few Moments of Being

A Few Moments of Being

Lay claim to your birthright with this short guided meditation by Lama Surya Das.
Inside the Super Brain: Integrating Mind, Matter, and Consciousness

Inside the Super Brain: Integrating Mind, Matter, and Consciousness

Deepak Chopra talks to Ken Wilber about his new book, Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being—exploring how we can train our brain to reach beyond its present limitations, and how our subjective "mind" and objective "brain" co-arise and even co-create one another. Deepak also discusses his experience engaging and debating "new atheists" such as Richard Dawkins, and how he has dealt with the sometimes unkind and mean-spirited attacks from many of these popular modern thinkers.
Six Varieties of Christians and Their Churches: From Tribal to Integral

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

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.
The Kosmos as Evolving Masterpiece

The Kosmos as Evolving Masterpiece

Alex Grey offers a riveting tour through some of his most significant works, offering unique insight into his creative process, his personal inspirations and influences, and his most profound psychedelic experiences.
Five Reasons You’re Not Enlightened (And Five Ways to See That You Always Already Are!)

Five Reasons You’re Not Enlightened (And Five Ways to See That You Always Already Are!)

Here we explore five simple shifts of perspective to help you recognize your own already-enlightened condition, right here and right now — five different interpretations of nondual consciousness at the heart of some of history's greatest spiritual traditions.
The Zen Leader

The Zen Leader

Ginny Whitelaw talks to Ken Wilber about her new book, The Zen Leader, offering an exceptionally simple guide to help maximize your health, happiness, and productivity.
Buddha Standard Time: Why “Now” Is Not Enough

Buddha Standard Time: Why “Now” Is Not Enough

We're all given the same twenty-four hours a day. We can spend our time feeling hurried and harried, overwhelmed by chores and demands, distracted and burned out. Or we can awaken to Buddha Standard Time, the realm of timelessness where every choice, every action, and every breath can be one of renewal and infinite possibilities.
From the Big Bang to the Big Three: The Evolution of the 3 Faces of Spirit

From the Big Bang to the Big Three: The Evolution of the 3 Faces of Spirit

Ken Wilber takes us on a blistering guided tour through the evolution of the universe, describing how each of the "three faces of Spirit" has evolved from the Big Bang to this present moment.
A Heart Blown Open: A Tale of Enlightenment, Debauchery, and Infinite Jest

A Heart Blown Open: A Tale of Enlightenment, Debauchery, and Infinite Jest

In this provocative and exhilarating dialogue, Jun Po Roshi and Ken Wilber take an in-depth look at Keith Martin-Smith's new book: A Heart Blown Open: The Life and Practice of Zen Master Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi. For most of us, we would need to reincarnate at least 50 times in order to attain such an incredible volume of experience. But for whatever reason, it seems that Jun Po went a slightly different route, and chose to live all 50 of those lives at once. Here is his remarkable story—a riveting tale of enlightenment, debauchery, and infinite jest.
Strength to Awaken

Strength to Awaken

This discussion of strength training goes way beyond the conventionally-stated benefits of slimmer waist lines, well-toned arms, or being able to bench press your own body weight. Your physical health and vitality are absolutely fundamental for a happy and well-lived life—your body truly is a temple, and you want your temple to be as strong and solid as possible. But a more contemplative approach to strength training (such as the one developed by Rob) not only helps you rebuild your temple from the ground up, but can also have as much of an impact upon the interiors of your temple...
From Stardust to Supermind

From Stardust to Supermind

Ken Wilber offers a substantive and far-reaching Q&A with some of his students — some of the "best and most difficult questions" that he'd received in quite a long time.
Simply Love: An Integral Prayer

Simply Love: An Integral Prayer

Integral Christianity: Answering the Call to Evolve

Integral Christianity: Answering the Call to Evolve

Paul Smith talks to Ken Wilber about his latest book, Integral Christianity: The Spirit's Call to Evolve, laying the groundwork for a truly integral approach to Christianity that identifies, honors, and includes the very best of all previous interpretations of the Gospel, while clearing the space for radically new understandings, expressions, and experiences of Christianity to emerge.
Liberation Upon Seeing

Liberation Upon Seeing

Alex Grey and Ken Wilber take us on a breathtaking journey through five of Alex's paintings — Gaia, Net of Being, Cosmic Christ, Light Walker, and Theologue — offering an intimate glimpse into the creative process, the nature of reality, and the unique capacity art possesses to awaken the viewer with a single glance.
Nature Mysticism: The Re-Enchantment of the World

Nature Mysticism: The Re-Enchantment of the World

Many of us already know Susanne Cook-Greuter as one of the Integral movement's most beloved scholars and authorities on mature adult development. But it's not all developmental structures and tiers and fulcrums for Susanne, as she also has an exquisite, life-long appreciation and reverence for the world of Nature. In this dialogue, Susanne and Ken have some very interesting things to say about the role of Nature as a spiritual teacher, and as a source of mystical state experiences that can irrevocably transform us from the inside out.
Spiritual Intelligence: Measuring the Infinite

Spiritual Intelligence: Measuring the Infinite

Cindy Wigglesworth and Ken Wilber explore the history of human intelligence research, beginning with the well-known ideas of IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence), noting their impact on our personal relationships and careers.
Tipping Points and the Eye of Contemplation

Tipping Points and the Eye of Contemplation

Ken Wilber explores the profound changes that occur when a newly-evolved set of visions, views, and values reaches a cultural tipping point and begin to saturate the rest of society. He then turns his attention to the question of how we come to know Spirit, and how that 'knowing' differs from other forms of knowledge.
Death, Rebirth, and Meditation

Death, Rebirth, and Meditation

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.
Transfigurations: Art, Consciousness, and Spirituality

Transfigurations: Art, Consciousness, and Spirituality

In early May of 2011, Alex and Allyson Grey stopped by Ken's loft for an afternoon of catch-up and conversation. This is a spontaneous iPad recording of the meeting, offering you a chance to sit in with some of the most important creative minds of our time.
Atlas Evolved: The Life and Loves of Nathaniel Branden

Atlas Evolved: The Life and Loves of Nathaniel Branden

Nathaniel Branden, Ayn Rand's former lover and the inspiration for her famous John Galt character, was at ground zero during the rise of the Objectivist movement. Listen as Nathaniel offers an intimate insider's view of the origins, major contributions, and inevitable limitations of Rand's philosophy and the intellectual movement it sparked. Masterfully hosted by Ken Wilber, this talk offers invaluable insight into Ayn Rand's legacy, the human potential movement, romantic love, self-esteem, self-transcendence, and the art of conscious living.
Meditation for the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience

Meditation for the Love of It: Enjoying Your Own Deepest Experience

In this extraordinary dialogue, Sally Kempton helps us to approach meditation from a position of abundance—as an expression of abundance—rather than from a position of lack, need, or obligation. If you are a long-time meditator, this dialogue will offer some key perspectives to help deepen and strengthen your practice. If you happen to be new to meditation, or have perhaps experienced a lapse in your daily practice, this dialogue will give you the jump-start you need to take the next crucial steps toward recognizing the radical freedom and eternal spaciousness that rests at the heart of everything you have ever...
The Empty Flute: Translating the Ecstatic Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi

The Empty Flute: Translating the Ecstatic Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi

Coleman Barks and Stuart Davis explore the powerful cultural and spiritual legacy left by one of the world's most famous and most beloved spiritual writers, as well as Coleman's own creative process as he works with this fascinating material.
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