Towards a World Spirituality built on Integral values
I’m a political blogger, but I’m not a political political blogger, if you know what I’m saying.Today I try to avoid analyzing politics from a conventional angle — who’s up, who’s down, whether a debate or speech will cause poll numbers to move up or down, etc. That’s because it’s not what I do best. [...]
Integral author and activist Steve McIntosh gives his outlook for 2012: I finished the major book I have been working on since 2008, entitled Evolution’s Purpose; An Integral Interpretation of the Scientific Story of Our Origins. As mentioned in a previous blog post, this book will soon be published by New York-based Select Books…. While [...]
Today I’m not only writing for my blog Awake, Alive & Aware, but also for the emerging new blog Occupy Philosophy, a venue for philosophers who stand in solidarity with the #Occupy movement. My blog’s readers are broadly familiar with the tradition of integral philosophy in general and integral politics in particular, but I don’t [...]
We all know what a product brand is: a name, design, logo, or some more intangible quality that identifies one good from another in the marketplace. Marketers sometimes say that a brand is really the first thing you think of when someone mentions a product; in other words, its reputation in totality or the impression [...]
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...]