Last August, we walked with John Craig as he disclosed that he was living with a debilitating and progressive chronic illness. John Craig’s amazing journey with a chronic disease has taken a twist that he wasn’t expecting. Today’s must read, from his Craig Photography Blog: As I write this it has been six months since [...]
“Religious education is a necessary antidote against fundamentalism and extremism,” says BeliefNet columnist Dr. Arne Kozaz in a profile of James Morrison, a courageous high school comparative religion teacher in Minnesota. Kozak continues: “Religious education should be part of normal human discourse. Information is not the enemy. An inability to handle information is the culprit. [...]
Self-immanence and self-transcendence, agency and communion: these are modern interpretations of Yin and Yang and their permutations. By looking at the I Ching’s hexagrams through the prism of Spiritual Evolution, we may generate new ideas about how the world around us and within us changes. In this post, we look at Following is such a look [...]
Note: This is the fifth in a series of short introductions to the people listed on Watkins Books’s “100 Spiritual Power List.” No. 97, Shakti Gawain, has the following profile on Wikipedia: Shakti Gawain (born 30 September 1948) is an author and proponent of what she calls “personal development”. Her books have sold over 10 [...]
Note: This is the fourth in a series of short introductions to the people listed on Watkins Books’s “100 Spiritual Power List.” The 98th-ranked spsiritual luminary is Claudio Naranjo, described by his profile on Wikipedia like this: Claudio Naranjo (November 24, 1932 in Valparaiso, Chile) is a Chilean psychiatrist who is considered a pioneer in [...]
Yin and Yang are not principles caught in eternal cycles of repetition, but energies constantly evolving through self-immanence and self-transcendence, agency and communion. Interpreted in this way, the traditional judgments of the I Ching may be contemplated with an Evolutionary Spiritual view. Following is such a look at Hexagram 27. I / Corners of the Mouth, Nourishment: [...]
Note: This is the third in a series of short introductions to the people listed on Watkins Books’s “100 Spiritual Power List.” Mastin Kipp, ranked No. 99 in 2012′s list, is described by his profile on Huffington Post: Mastin Kipp is a 28 year-old entrepreneur and writer from Los Angeles, CA. He is the founder of www.TheDailyLove.com which [...]
Our series of meditations on the hexagrams of the I Ching continues today with an interpretation of Hexagram 52, Stillness, Mountain. Looking at the subtle energy of Yin and Yang through a lense which interprets them not as principles of an eternal cycle but as evolving moments in time… Kên / With The subtle energy The energy [...]
In a Facebook status update tonight, Robert Augustus Masters writes: Once we really understand that there is no true escape from feeling, including unpleasant or distressing feeling, we may start, at last, to consciously and consistently turn toward such feeling, like a loving parent turning, with full presence and compassion, toward their just-hurt or badly [...]
Awake, Aware & Alive will be featuring short dialogues with some of the leaders of the World Spirituality movement. Our first dialogue is with Marc Gafni, Director of the Center for World Spirituality. Joe: Let’s limit our dialogue today to about 10 minutes so it won’t overwhelm readers of my blog. I sent you a [...]
Joe Perez is the author of books including Soulfully Gay, one of the first memoirs in the tradition of World Spirituality based on Integral principles. He is Director of Communications, Scholar-in-Residence, and Executive Editor of Spirit's Next Move at the Center for World Spirituality. He is also a blogger and Facebook Page curator exploring and advocating emerging ways of being an awakened human being by consciously evolving a better world and brighter future for all sentient beings. Earlier … [more...]