Towards a World Spirituality built on Integral values
The hexagrams of the I Ching, interpreted through an evolutionary spiritual prism. These reflections are invitations to bring our awareness on the subtle repeating patterns that connect different situations and objects. In this way, we divine some of the many faces of our own true nature. Today we look at Hexagram 18, Ku / Remedying or Work [...]
Note: This is the second in a series of short introductions to the people listed on Watkins Books’s “100 Spiritual Power List.” Lynne McTaggart, ranked No. 84 in 2012′s list, is described by Wikipedia thusly: Lynne McTaggart (born 1951) is an American journalist, author, publisher, lecturer, and spokesperson. According to her author profile, she is [...]
Where is God? I repeat: Where is God? Here’s one important way of answering the question, one anyone striving for an integral spiritual outlook ought to consider. According to an article by Corey de Vos published on Ken-Wilber.com, Wilber and Brother David Steindl-Rast engaged in a dialogue on Integral Christianity in 2008. A key part [...]
If Integral were a product, how would you sell it? Maybe, by not talking about what Integral is, but why someone ought to care. On the Personal Branding Blog, a corporate brand strategist discusses an idea advanced by Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why. The article by Wendy Brache uses the Wright Brothers to [...]
A lengthy article by Algis Valiunas in The New Atlantis describes psychologist Abraham Maslow’s life and influence. Valiunas concludes that Maslow would not have been pleased with his legacy: It is a rare American today whose most cherished desire is loftier or purer or bolder than simply and happily to be himself, and the peculiar [...]
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...]