Towards a World Spirituality built on Integral values
Some time during the last eight years of the past Millennium and the first 12 years of our present century, the world quietly but inexorably changed. It was a sea change more radical than anything anyone has seen in about 50 years, since the end of the second world war. But it is a change [...]
Sri Aurobindo, with the shining light of a truly enlightened being, revolutionizing the Vedic tradition with evolutionary conciousness, writes of the further reaches of development which he calls Supermind (and Ken Wilber correlates to Clear Light): The Psychic transformation and the first stages of the spiritual transformation are well within our conception; their perfection would [...]
Our True Self is a sea unfathomable by the salt of human tears or the wrecks of rationality, ever impermanent with the waves of cosmic evolution. When Shelley asks “Who shall put forth on thee?” we too ask “Who?” to inquire into the nature of our being. Here’s a new reading of the poem “Time” [...]
Stuart Davis is on an AMAZING roll this year: First, Season 2 of my tv series Sex, God, Rock ‘n Roll is now airing on HDNet cable television network in the US & Canada. It airs Wednesdays at 11pm PST and is re-run on Sundays. Set your DVRs and enjoy. This Season I’m joined by [...]
As you may know, some popular websites and blogs are going dark in protest of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act – H.R. 3261), which these sites say threatens freedom of speech and privacy rights. Proponents of the legislation say that without it online content providers and media companies will lose the battle against piracy, a [...]
Joe Perez's Awake, Alive & Aware is committed to practicing and advocating integral ways of living as conscious beings in an evolving universe. Our vision is to be a source and reflection of God's Light and Love, exploring how to live life to the fullest with inquisitive minds and open hearts. We are grounded in World Spirituality built on Integral principles. I … [MORE...]
Sri Aurobindo, with the shining light of a truly enlightened being, revolutionizing the Vedic tradition with evolutionary conciousness, writes of the … [MORE...]
Kevin, a reader of Awake, Alive & Aware, writes: Spirituality? Questions? Who am I? Yes. Yes. And yes. I would add the search for meaning and a … [MORE...]
Spiritual power is not an oxymoron. Watkins Books, a British magazine publisher, has begun to rank spiritually influential people. In a new list for … [MORE...]
"Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity ... Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom .... love as the will to extend … [MORE...]
Today my home state of Washington becomes the seventh state in the USA to legalize same-sex marriage. I am grateful for the wisdom and discernment of … [MORE...]