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Laughing, Learning, and Loving: Behind the Scenes of The Daily Show with Warren Farrell and Corey W. deVos In today’s cultural climate, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to talk about complex things in the mainstream media without being reduced to a caricature or a talking point. This is one of the things that makes The Daily […]
The Need for Men’s Liberation with Warren Farrell and Ken Wilber Come on, let’s say it together: “Men are being oppressed.” It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it? It sort of sticks in the back of the throat, and we almost need to look around to make sure no one is listening before […]
ISE Keynote: Why Be a Buddhist, When You Can Be a Buddha? with Lama Surya Das Why Be a Buddhist, When You Can Be a Buddha? With this simple question, Lama Surya Das cuts directly to the heart of the integral spiritual impulse, hinting at a secret that lies at the center of all the […]
The Need For Men’s Liberation with Warren Farrell and Ken Wilber Come on, let’s say it together: “Men are being oppressed.” It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it? It sort of sticks in the back of the throat, and we almost need to look around to make sure no one is listening before […]
What Is Integral Art? Part 2: The “I” of the Beholder with Ken Wilber and Elle Nicolai Why is art so important? As Ken discusses in this clip, art and creativity represent an intrinsic dimension of human consciousness itself, and developing our aesthetic sensibilities is just as crucial as our moral maturity or expanding our […]
A Slice of Silence by Nathan Wirth Avante garde—synonymous with “vanguard”—represents people at the cutting edge of any emergent cultural thought or expression. These individuals tend to function several steps ahead of the rest of the world, scouting the newly emerging territories of tomorrow and forging pathways toward the artistic, cultural, and intellectual possibilities that […]
Integral Life: Best of 2009 Last year was a pretty incredible year for Integral Life. Since launching the website in late 2008, we’ve published a staggering amount of new content around almost every conceivable topic: spirituality, politics, art, business, sexuality, personal growth, etc. With such rich diversity of subject matter, it can be easy to […]
Obama’s First Year: The Good, the Bad, and the Partial with Ken Wilber, Diane Musho Hamilton, Robb Smith, Aaliyah Haqq, and Bert Parlee After last week’s State of the Union Address, you may have been reflecting upon the past year of Obama’s presidency and asking yourself a few questions: How did he do? Am I […]
Incubate, Don’t Procrastinate! with Jeff Salzman and David Riordan Have you ever felt like you were long on vision, but short on actually making it happen? If so, Jeff Salzman’s Integral Incubator is something you will want to dive into deeply. The first Incubator event hatched in November, attracting participants from seven different countries who […]
A Prayer For Haiti with Marc Gafni There is nothing too big for Big Heart. But when something as overwhelmingly painful as last week’s earthquake in Haiti washes through us, it can be easy to feel like our own access to Big Heart isn’t quite big enough. How can we contain all these tears, all […]
The End of Poverty. Part 1: Dignity in the Midst of Deficiency with Martin Burt and Ken Wilber It was impossible not to feel our hearts burst as we watched the aftermath of last week’s earthquake in Haiti. We looked on with horror as an entire nation of people already on the edge of survival […]
The Extraordinary Commonplace by Bo Bartlett As you may already know, art, creativity, and aesthetics have always been an essential part of an integrally-lived life. In fact, the very existence of a genuinely transformative Integral Art scene is one of the greatest indicators that we are indeed part of a bonafide cultural movement, as we […]
Art, Consciousness, and God: The “I” of Beauty with Ken Wilber and Elle Nicolai Do you know what Integral Art is? Would you be able to recognize it if you saw it? Does a piece of art need to have some intrinsic spiritual component in order to be considered integral? And since the word “integral” […]
3 Easy Steps to Transform Your New Year’s Resolution The way you set your intentions at this time is critical. In the past, even your best and strongest of intentions have faltered in the face life’s obstacles. This quick 3-step technique will transform your resolution into a powerful tool for growth and clarity in the […]
The Power of Premonitions. Part 2: Medical Miracles and the Non-Local Mind with Larry Dossey and Ken Wilber Have you ever had a powerful experience of intuition at one time or another in your life? Perhaps you knew what someone was going to say right before they said it, or you had a dream that […]
Ken Wilber’s Personal Development with Ken Wilber After presenting his fascinating lecture on states of consciousness, stages of consciousness, and the three kinds of “self” (see the previous videos in this series), Ken is asked to report where he is in his own growth and development, what obstacles he has faced, and where he thinks […]
The Kosmos Trilogy, Vol. II, Excerpt G: Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Subtle Energies by Ken Wilber You’ve heard it before: The whole universe is made of energy. Nothing can be created or destroyed, only changed. We’re all made of the same stuff, just stardust looking back at the stars. Observations like these have become […]
A Guided Tour Through the Chakras. Part 1: Food, Sex, and Power with Michal Levin and Ken Wilber You have committed to waking up in this lifetime. But your path to awakening may be blocked by damaged relationships with family, food, sex, money, power, etc. These damaged areas often manifest in the body as a […]
False Self, Actual Self, True Self with Ken Wilber Ken continues his discussion of the three kinds of self: the False Self (the broken or illusory self image), the Actual Self (the “authentic” or healthily-integrated self at any particular stage of development), and the Real Self (the timeless Self behind and beyond all manifestation). He […]
Right Bucks by Ken Wilber The Dharma is free. No one should charge money for teaching or transmitting Dharma. Dharma that touches money is no dharma at all. Selling the Dharma—there is a root of all evil. The Dharma offered freely and without charge to all who seek it: there is purity, nobility, an honorable […]
Like it or Not, You’re a Capitalist. But Are You a Conscious One? with Bert Parlee and Ken Wilber If you shop, have a job, or own any investments, you’re a capitalist. But are you aconscious capitalist? Whether a CEO of a multi-billion dollar enterprise like Conscious Capitalist John Mackey (CEO of Whole Foods Markets […]
Looking at the Overlooked: Integrally Experiencing a Rubinov-Jacobson Drawing with Michael Schwartz and Phillip Rubinov-Jacobson Last month we introduced Light of the Muse, an Integral Life Art Gallery featuring the work of Philip Rubinov Jacobson. Amongst the twenty-four works on display, the one many people might well overlook is this small and exquisite drawing. With […]
The State of the Integral Enterprise. Part 3: Key Ideas for a World at Risk with Roger Walsh and Ken Wilber We live in a time of unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Never before have we had the power to imperil our species and our planet. And never before have we had the power to heal […]
Integral Profiles: Rollie Stanich. Part 2: From Communion to Integral Christianity with Rollie Stanich and David Riordan Many are fortunate enough to be born into a religious tradition that provides a tremendous amount of meaning for us at an early age. But at some point in our lives, we often begin to outgrow the religious […]
The Power of Premonitions with Larry Dossey and Ken Wilber A dream prompts a mother to remove her baby from his crib an hour before a chandelier falls and smashes it. More than a dozen people are no shows for choir practice for the first time ever at the moment their church explodes. Before his […]
Integral Profiles: Rollie Stanich. Part 1: Who Do You Say That I Am? with Rollie Stanich and David Riordan Rollie Stanich has been a vital part of the emerging Integral movement for years, having previously worked as the Chief Facilitator of Integral Spiritual Center, as a former managing editor of Integral Naked from 2004-2005, and […]
Gratefulness and the Spirit of Thanksgiving with Brother David Steindl-Rast and Rollie Stanich It’s that time of year again—the leaves have changed, the birds have made their mass exodus toward the equator, and we’ve begun arming ourselves to the teeth with rock salt and ice scrapers. As the curtain of another year begins to draw […]
Creativity as Unique Self Expression with Alex Grey, Marc Gafni, and Diane Musho Hamilton How do our unique perspectives of the world color our relationship with beauty, creativity, and transcendence? Alex Grey has become one of our most iconic and immediately-recognizable artists, and somewhat of a poster-boy for a genuinely integral approach to art, life, […]
Beauty and the Expansion of Women’s Identity by Vanessa Fisher 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. We have yet […]
Religulous: The Baby and the Bathwater Is Bill Maher too smart for God? Or not smart enough? Listen and find out! Duration: 1 hr 17 min Bill Maher, host of the HBO talk show Real Time With Bill Maher, often asks his guests: “How can someone as smart as yourself actually believe in this religious stuff?” It’s […]
With so much end-of-the-world hype spreading through our digital nervous system, especially in the wake of the new film 2012 we thought we would compile a few clips from the Integral Life archives that offer Ken Wilber’s own perspective about 2012, the apocalypse, and the future of civilization as a whole. All these clips are […]
Light of the Muse Philip Rubinov Jacobson “What I learn and feel, and what I artistically express all reflect an underlying spiritual quest. My work is concerned with the mysteries of life and the perennial questions that arise from such a pursuit. Art is a spiritual practice that casts aside the fallacies of dogma and […]
The State of the Integral Enterprise. Part 2: Potential Traps Roger Walsh and Ken Wilber Written by Corey W. deVos At the 2009 Integral Theory conference, Roger Walsh led a presentation titled The State of the Integral Enterprise, offering a critical appraisal of the “Integral movement:” where it is, where it’s going, and what kinds […]
Spiritual Marketing and the Journey that Became Holosync Bill Harris and Ken Wilber When you look at someone like Bill Harris, who has been wildly successful at creating and marketing the Holosync product, you assume that he must have gathered a crack team of experts, promotion gurus, and product technologists and carefully mapped out a […]
Practice for Two Realities Ken Wilber Here Ken discusses two very different approaches to spiritual practice, both of which need to be recognized and honored in order to bring ourselves into the fullest possible relationship with ourselves, each other, and the world around us. In the majority of the world’s mystical literature dealing with concepts […]
Integral Profiles: Bill Harris. Part 1: TM, Big Mind, and the Heart of Suffering with Bill Harris and Jeff Salzman In this video, Bill offers us an intimate glimpse into his personal spiritual path. He traces the arc of his own awakening from his early roots in the Presbyterian church to an early encounter with […]
Health and Healing. Part 2: The Nightingale Initiative for Global Health with Barbara Dossey and Ken Wilber “It’s a very exciting time in nursing,” says Barbara Dossey at the beginning of Part 1 of this dialogue. She’s right, of course—many people are unaware of the internal pressures that have been building within the healthcare system […]
Homosexuality and Gay Rights. Part 2: Same-Sex Marriage, Sacha Baron Cohen, and the Future of Love with Jeff Salzman and David Riordan Jeff’s perspective on homosexuality and gay rights continues as he turns his attention to the hot topic of same-sex marriage and what gay people really want. Also included in this exceptional piece is […]
Esoteric Christianity. Part 1: Two Kinds of Religion with Father Thomas Keating, Rollie Stanich, and Ken Wilber written by Corey W. deVos It has often been said that there is a central paradox in the role of religion throughout history: on the one hand, religion has been the single greatest cause of war and suffering. […]
Film Review: For the Bible Tells Me So with Ken Wilber and David Riordan A provocative documentary, For the Bible Tells Me So attempts to reconcile homosexuality and biblical scripture while exploring whether Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias might be based entirely upon a misinterpretation of the Bible’s original text. Dan’s stated intention with this film is […]
Homosexuality and Gay Rights. Part 1: Growing Up Gay with Jeff Salzman and David Riordan The current cultural dust-up around same-sex marriage has certainly made gay rights a hot topic, but what Jeff shares about his own journey as a gay man—and the immense personal value he found in taking an Integral perspective on an […]
Integral Art and Literary Theory (excerpt from The Eye of Spirit) Ken Wilber A pièce de résistance in its own right, here Ken Wilber walks us through his integral process of art interpretation and takes an in-depth look at a famous painting by Van Gogh of a pair of worn shoes.
The Complementary Dance of Art and Economics Michael Schwartz and Stuart Davis Whether you’re an artist or not, we invite you to listen in on the ways we can all bring a more comprehensive, integral, balanced approach to life as a human being. And balanced doesn’t mean boring—you can rock the boat all the more […]
The Life of an Artist: Fantasies, Realities, and a Thousand Views of God Bryce Widom and Stuart Davis Be sure to check out Bryce’s Widom’s exclusive interview with Stuart Davis in which you can find insight into his creative process and some of his own personal struggles eking out a living as an artist. Free […]
1000 Views of God Bryce Widom Our debut gallery features the work of Bryce Widom, an accomplished painter, designer, and illustrator as well as a beloved part of the Boulder/Denver integral community. His gallery is titled 1000 Views of God, and we are sure you will find it as breathtaking as we did….
State Pathologies and the Three Kinds of Self with Ken Wilber Here Ken deepens his exploration into states of consciousness. He discusses some of the crucial distinctions between states and stages, most notably the fact that while stages of development are inclusive (each new stage building upon the last), states of consciousness are not—they are […]
Big States, Small States, and Peak Experiences with Ken Wilber Here Ken Wilber offers one of his finest presentations on states of consciousness, bringing a great deal of clarity to one of the most important conceptual maps of our time. Many of us have long intuited that the world’s great spiritual traditions must share some […]
The State of the Integral Enterprise. Part 1: Current Status Roger Walsh and Ken Wilber The State of the Integral Enterprise is the headline article in the latest edition of JITP, based on Roger Walsh’s keynote address at the 2008 Integral Theory Conference. At the conference, Roger was asked to provide some reflective comments that […]
The Integral Leader’s Job Hazard: Walking on the Map Cindy Wigglesworth and Robb Smith How should you use integral philosophy to lead others? Walking on the map is when we confuse integral philosophy as the destination of our leadership efforts rather than as a toolkit to get to new places in our own lives and […]
Better Relationships: Who Are You Talking To? How useful would it be during any communication in your personal or professional life to know who you were really talking to? We know it’s a big claim, but if you play with the Better Relationships Part 2 exercise, we think you can learn to spot the perspective […]