Podcasts about integral spirituality

You may have already heard the recent sad news that Doug Qapel Duncan passed away suddenly on October 5th. Today we are sharing the last public teaching that Qapel gave, exactly two weeks before he passed away. The occasion was the 20th anniversary celebration for Clear Sky, the retreat center he co-founded in 2004. Qapel spoke about the next stage of evolution of the dharma as he saw it, referring to it as ‘The Fifth Turning of the Wheel'. If Qapel's vision is of interest to you and you haven't yet checked out what Planet Dharma is doing, I encourage you to go to planetdharma.com and look at what is happening there. For example, you'll see that Sensei will be going ahead with the planned online course on Integral Spirituality in January 2025 that she and Qapel were set to co-teach.  We hope you found Qapel's words illuminating and will join us next season, online or in person. May all our efforts benefit all beings!

Ep. 151 (Part 1 of 2) | Life coach, recovery coach, and plant medicine ceremonialist Ron Interpreter has created a multidimensional, whole person healing modality that integrates Navajo spiritual teachings and traditions with Ken Wilber's Integral Model and Integral spirituality. Humanity is shifting, Ron explains, and is now looking to the teachings of the ancestors and Indigenous practices that can bring a sense of authenticity, purpose, and meaning to our lives. Native spirituality teaches us how we can relate to the elements of earth, fire, water and air in terms of remedies and medicines, and also in terms of beliefs and emotional connections. Plant medicine and other mind-altering ceremonies provide us with the means to get beyond the psychological limitations we put on ourselves, attain higher states of consciousness, and receive answers to our deepest questions.With a calm, articulate fervency, Ron shares the ancestral wisdom he teaches to people in recovery or who are suffering from trauma, including special ops forces and veterans: the Native concepts of taking responsibility, being accountable, forging a relationship with God or Spirit, and living from a profound understanding of what it means to be a human being. “We are in the creation of self—how do we practice ourselves?” Ron asks. The Indigenous teachings that Ron brings forward provide a deep sense of grounding in Nature and Spirit, as we come to a better understanding of our place in the universe and the practices that can open us up to living in a sacred way, in connection with divine being. Recorded August 1, 2024.“What life am I practicing? Am I understanding who I am?”(For Apple Podcast users, click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)Topics & Time Stamps – Part 1Introducing business consultant, integral life coach, recovery coach, and co-founder of the Sanctuary of Consciousness, Ron Interpreter of the Navajo tribe (00:59)How Ron came to work in recovery as well as teach wellness, yoga & personal development (02:59)Growing up on the Navajo Nation learning about our spiritual relationship with the universe, how to cultivate meaning & purpose, and using peyote medicine as a sacrament (08:11)On to architecture, consulting, wellness, and life coaching (10:01)Enter Integral Theory, which covered all the fundamental bases of Native traditions and philosophies (11:46)From integral coaching to recovery coaching, discovering John's book Integral Recovery & Ken Wilber's Integral Spirituality (13:38)In the ancestral teachings of the Navajo Way, the peyote way, and the Presbyterian Church, the voice of God is all the same (18:21)How humanity is starting to look to Indigenous people to understand relating to elementals, cultivating community & authenticity, and finding the meaning of life in psychedelic experiences (20:10)John's experience of Native American spirituality, the mystical spirituality of AA, awakening to Integral, and writing Integral Recovery (23:08)Everything in life is really up to you (28:23)Ancestral 4-quadrant teachings: the mystical & spiritual; the human experience; what are the practices; where is community in this? (29:31)Integral medicine—the whole person approach (31:22)Integral's

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David and Dorian sit down and discuss some insights written by Ken Wilbur comparing and contrasting religion and when it translates and when it transforms. Wilbur talks from a Buddhist perspective, while the guys look at the same things in Christianity. The reading came from "From One Taste: Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality by Ken Wilber. Tuesday, February 11 titled A Spirituality That Transforms.

The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link:https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-nascent-form-of-integral-liberal-free.htmlPlease feel to post any comments you have about this episode there.Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass) Thanks for listening. Just to note that all the texts of these podcasts are available on my blog. You'll also find there a brief biography, info about my career as a musician, & some photography. Feel free to drop by & say hello. Email: caute.brown@gmail.com

ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Dr. Victor Acquista Dr. Victor Acquista is an international author and speaker following careers as a primary-care physician and medical executive. He is known for "Writing to Raise Consciousness." He is the creator and narrator/host of a podcast series, Podfobler Productions. Dr. Acquista has a longstanding interest in consciousness studies, is a student of Integral Theory, and strives to do his part to make our planet a wee bit better. He lives with his wife in Florida and is a member of the Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and the Florida Writers Association.  ABOUT THE BOOK - REVELATION (Out Today!) An ancient conspiracy is about to be exposed… Since the dawn of civilization, a clandestine Brotherhood has been secretly organizing a hidden agenda. As the Illuminati orchestrate worldwide catastrophic events to establish a New World Order, only Serena Mendez and an ancient society with ties to Atlantis can save humanity from centuries of manipulation. Serena may have completed her training, but she is a warrior without a weapon. As Serena and her allies work to defeat the Illuminati, she must decipher seven mysterious messages that hold the key to survival in this thrilling race to unlock a secret that will change humankind—forever.  

Our series on Integral Spirituality continues with Cindy Wigglesworth, corporate veteran, consultant, and bestselling author of SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence. She proposes that there are skills to be developed that can make us more like those great exemplars of Spirit, living with wisdom and compassion.    

We hope you enjoy this soundbite from Doug ‘Qapel' Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei on the difference between states and stages - models from Integral Spirituality - and the roles meditation work and ego work play in developing the stages of development that we have access to. Have you checked out our Patreon page yet? By becoming a micropatron you can help us upgrade our equipment, expand our production bandwidth and grow our listening audience. This also gives us a chance to connect with our most enthusiastic listeners with monthly updates and extended cuts of recordings. You can learn more and participate at patreon.com/planetdharma.

W. Pearson and H. Marlo's The Spiritual Psyche in Psychotherapy: Mysticism, Intersubjectivity, and Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2020) examines the interaction of spiritual and psychoanalytic lineages with psychotherapy in everyday practice. Written by a team of seasoned clinicians and illustrated through clinical vignettes, chapters explore topics pertaining to the mystical dimensions of psychological and spiritual life and how it may be integrated into clinical practice. Topics discussed include dreams, dissociation, creativity, therapeutic relationship, free association, transcendence, poetry, paradox, doubleness, loss, death, grief, mystery, embodiment and soul. The authors, clinicians with decades of experience in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and spiritual practice, draw from their deep engagement with spirituality and psychoanalysis, focusing on a particular theme and its application to clinical work that is supported by the generative conversation among these lineages. At once applied and theoretical, this book weaves insights from the heart of Vajrayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism, Ecumenicism, Integral Spirituality, Judaism, Kabbalah, Non-violence, Sufism and Vedanta. They are in conversation with psychoanalytic perspectives including Jungian, Post-Jungian, Winnicottian, Bionian, Post-Bionian and Relational. A felt sense of the spiritual psyche in clinical practice emerges from this conversation among spiritual and psychoanalytic lineages, beckoning clinicians ever further on the path of spiritually rooted, psychodynamic practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

W. Pearson and H. Marlo's The Spiritual Psyche in Psychotherapy: Mysticism, Intersubjectivity, and Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2020) examines the interaction of spiritual and psychoanalytic lineages with psychotherapy in everyday practice. Written by a team of seasoned clinicians and illustrated through clinical vignettes, chapters explore topics pertaining to the mystical dimensions of psychological and spiritual life and how it may be integrated into clinical practice. Topics discussed include dreams, dissociation, creativity, therapeutic relationship, free association, transcendence, poetry, paradox, doubleness, loss, death, grief, mystery, embodiment and soul. The authors, clinicians with decades of experience in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and spiritual practice, draw from their deep engagement with spirituality and psychoanalysis, focusing on a particular theme and its application to clinical work that is supported by the generative conversation among these lineages. At once applied and theoretical, this book weaves insights from the heart of Vajrayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism, Ecumenicism, Integral Spirituality, Judaism, Kabbalah, Non-violence, Sufism and Vedanta. They are in conversation with psychoanalytic perspectives including Jungian, Post-Jungian, Winnicottian, Bionian, Post-Bionian and Relational. A felt sense of the spiritual psyche in clinical practice emerges from this conversation among spiritual and psychoanalytic lineages, beckoning clinicians ever further on the path of spiritually rooted, psychodynamic practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

W. Pearson and H. Marlo's The Spiritual Psyche in Psychotherapy: Mysticism, Intersubjectivity, and Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2020) examines the interaction of spiritual and psychoanalytic lineages with psychotherapy in everyday practice. Written by a team of seasoned clinicians and illustrated through clinical vignettes, chapters explore topics pertaining to the mystical dimensions of psychological and spiritual life and how it may be integrated into clinical practice. Topics discussed include dreams, dissociation, creativity, therapeutic relationship, free association, transcendence, poetry, paradox, doubleness, loss, death, grief, mystery, embodiment and soul. The authors, clinicians with decades of experience in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and spiritual practice, draw from their deep engagement with spirituality and psychoanalysis, focusing on a particular theme and its application to clinical work that is supported by the generative conversation among these lineages. At once applied and theoretical, this book weaves insights from the heart of Vajrayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism, Ecumenicism, Integral Spirituality, Judaism, Kabbalah, Non-violence, Sufism and Vedanta. They are in conversation with psychoanalytic perspectives including Jungian, Post-Jungian, Winnicottian, Bionian, Post-Bionian and Relational. A felt sense of the spiritual psyche in clinical practice emerges from this conversation among spiritual and psychoanalytic lineages, beckoning clinicians ever further on the path of spiritually rooted, psychodynamic practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/spiritual-practice-and-mindfulness

W. Pearson and H. Marlo's The Spiritual Psyche in Psychotherapy: Mysticism, Intersubjectivity, and Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2020) examines the interaction of spiritual and psychoanalytic lineages with psychotherapy in everyday practice. Written by a team of seasoned clinicians and illustrated through clinical vignettes, chapters explore topics pertaining to the mystical dimensions of psychological and spiritual life and how it may be integrated into clinical practice. Topics discussed include dreams, dissociation, creativity, therapeutic relationship, free association, transcendence, poetry, paradox, doubleness, loss, death, grief, mystery, embodiment and soul. The authors, clinicians with decades of experience in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and spiritual practice, draw from their deep engagement with spirituality and psychoanalysis, focusing on a particular theme and its application to clinical work that is supported by the generative conversation among these lineages. At once applied and theoretical, this book weaves insights from the heart of Vajrayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism, Ecumenicism, Integral Spirituality, Judaism, Kabbalah, Non-violence, Sufism and Vedanta. They are in conversation with psychoanalytic perspectives including Jungian, Post-Jungian, Winnicottian, Bionian, Post-Bionian and Relational. A felt sense of the spiritual psyche in clinical practice emerges from this conversation among spiritual and psychoanalytic lineages, beckoning clinicians ever further on the path of spiritually rooted, psychodynamic practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychoanalysis

Listen and explore:Nikola's early life in war-torn Yugoslavia"Philosophy saved me"Leaving academiaThe question that led to Nikola's spiritual awakening with his teacher in 2011Returning to Serbia: Nikola's complex relationship with his mother countryCultural appropriation and pathologies of ideologyThree types of wisdomEarly stages on the spiritual journeyCombining the ascetic path and the householder pathNikola's profound experience with a statue of Kuan Yin and visiting a more subtle layer of existenceNikola's upcoming book: a modern approach to spirituality in the global and digital ageMentioned on this episode:Spirit X: Spirituality for the Global and Digital Age - Basics Principles by Nikola Anandamali Ristic FAR OUT #105 ~ Life After a Near Death Experience: Following the Brightest Path with Shawna RisticFAR OUT #106 ~ The Healer's Journey: A Follow Up Conversation with Shawna RisticThe Road to Wigan Pier by George OrwellKen Wilber's Integral TheoryConnect with us:Website: www.thefarout.life Email us at info@thefarout.lifeOn Instagram: @thefaroutcoupleJulie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxaneAlasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.comSupport this podcast:Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcoupleLeave a review on iTunes!Share this episode with a friend! :DCredits:Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonaldOutro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Wake Up, Grow Up, Clean Up, Show Up - With Wes Bertrand [PODCAST #685] - School Sucks Project https://schoolsucksproject.com/wake-up-grow-up-clean-up-show-up-with-wes-bertrand-podcast-685/ Wake Up, Grow Up, Clean Up, Show Up, Excerpt from The Coming Waves, Dustin DiPerna http://www.integralworld.net/diperna06.html China Signs R.C.E.P. Trade Deal. Will Biden Follow? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/15/business/china-trade-rcep.html Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration | Cato Institute https://www.cato.org/multimedia/events/open-borders-science-ethics-immigration Why Charges Against Protesters Are Being Dismissed by the Thousands https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/us/protests-lawsuits-arrests.html Everyone Is Right - Introduction to Integral Spirituality https://soundcloud.com/integrallife/ken-wilber-introduction-to-integral-spirituality Ken Wilber - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1eOUIt4zUE Panel with Alanis Morissette with Peter Levine, Gabor Maté, Richard Schwartz and Dan Siegel https://portal.theembodimentconference.org/sessions/panel-e23g2i https://reason.com/podcast/2020/11/02/what-are-the-best-and-worst-things-about-donald-trump-and-joe-biden/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-hatred-and-othering-of-political-foes-has-spiked-to-extreme-levels/ https://acestoohigh.com/got-your-ace-score/ Joe Rogan Experience #1558 - Tristan Harris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaTKaHKCAFg https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tu5P35SSCM2nlv34dX9U9 cultivating NVC consciousness... http://radicalcompassion.com/matrix & https://streetgiraffes.com/matrix/ https://ifs-institute.com/resources/articles/evolution-internal-family-systems-model-dr-richard-schwartz-ph-d Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time - https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson https://www.amazon.com/Die-Wise-Manifesto-Sanity-Soul/dp/1583949739/ profound interview... Stephen Jenkinson - Die Wise: How to Understand the Meaning of Death - Part 1/2 | London Real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OSGVkpyRfw https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman/videos news items about various potent antivirals to end the pandemic… https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/08/418241/aeronabs-promise-powerful-inhalable-protection-against-covid-19 Llama-inspired “AeroNabs” to strangle COVID-19 with an inhaler https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2020/10/11/llama-inspired-aeronabs-to-strangle-covid-19-with-an-inhaler/ The race to make COVID antibody therapies cheaper and more potent by Heidi Ledford https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02965-3 Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells: Synthetic peptides that mimic human antibodies for COVID-19 could be cheaper and easier to produce https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lab-made-miniproteins-could-block-the-coronavirus-from-infecting-cells/ Nasal Spray May Prevent Coronavirus Infection in People Exposed to COVID-19 https://scitechdaily.com/nasal-spray-may-prevent-coronavirus-infection-in-people-exposed-to-covid-19/ Intranasal fusion inhibitory lipopeptide prevents direct contact SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets | bioRxiv https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.04.361154v1 intro music by Ludovico Einaudi - Einaudi: Ascent (Day 7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ7C-HXcITg

Integral Theory unites all human knowledge including spirituality…obviously it’s a big topic so Bishop Tim Mansfield returns for a part 2 to explain what Integral Spirituality means for Gnosticism and how it can help YOU on your spiritual journey. Here’s part 1: https://youtu.be/asdPtNL_xRg [audiosrc=https://ia601404.us.archive.org/1/items/talk-gnosis-integral-2/Talk%20Gnosis%20Integral%202.mp3] Subscribe to the video on YouTube | Subscribe to the podcast via […]

The creator of some of the most transcendent art of our time explores why it is necessary to go beyond the faded postmodern milieu of today’s art world, how psychedelics can play a role in discovering and manifesting one’s deeper realms of being, and how the “two kinds of higher” can impact artists and their work. In the foreword to Alex’s book The Mission of Art, Ken stated: “Alex Grey might be the most significant artist alive.” At first glance, this can appear to be pure hyperbole, expressing the understandable enthusiasm of a long-time friend and colleague. However, with an Integral Approach, Ken explains, “significant” has a specific meaning, and it was this meaning alluded to in the foreword. “Significant” refers to the degree of depth of an occasion (how many levels of complexity does it contain?), and “fundamental” refers to the span or breadth of an occasion (how many of them are there?). Atoms, for example, are extremely fundamental to the universe—and have enormous span (there are zillions of them)—but they are not very significant (containing little complexity). Humans, on the other hand, are not very fundamental to the universe (e.g., there are far fewer of us than there are atoms), but we are uniquely significant (no other thing or organism in the known universe contains more levels of depth and complexity than a human). So, how is Alex Grey possibly the most significant artist alive? Looking at the territory we have covered so far, the answer is actually quite simple and elegant: Alex has explored and to various degrees mastered all five states of consciousness, and has grown to integral and transpersonal levels of development, the current leading edge of consciousness evolution. (In Ken’s book Integral Spirituality, these two axes are likewise called “the two axes of Enlightenment,” and no spiritual realization is complete without both.) Particularly when it comes to the forms of reality disclosed by non-ordinary, meditative, and peak states of consciousness, Alex is unparalleled in his ability to translate what he sees in his “eye of spirit” to a work of art, which then often has the extraordinary ability of evoking similar kinds of states in viewers.

A buffoon explains Integral Theory!   In this episode Andrew gives an introduction to Ken Wilber's Integral Theory (as explained from an amature's understanding). Andrew shares his story on how he found Integral Theory and his initial impression of Wilber. We then delve deep into the waves of development, lines of development, the four quadrants, types of people, spheres of existence and the principals of evolution. You'd better buckle up - it's going to be a brain frying episode!   Listen to Ken Wilber give an introduction talk to Integral Spirituality here:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4jcxxJ_0ok   Listen to an example of Jeff Salzman talking about Integral Theory here:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpy4S16FAZg&t=42s     Other episodes of the Andrew Lake Podcast:    Podbean: https://andrewlakepodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/andrew-lake-podcast/id1439388762?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36T6M5UiOt9E35U6faNQUi Twitter: https://twitter.com/LakePodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JonoLakeside

One of the other great gifts of running the Centre for Integral Health is that I get to hear a lot of great stories about how people came to offer the therapies they practice.Amanda Vernalls who offers Yoga 1-2-1's, Medtation training, Reiki and massage is just one of those. Having depression and anxiety herself and using a combination of Yoga and Meditation to help heal her mind and beleifs about her self and is now teaching these skills to other to help them with their own journey. Listen on to find out what it did for her.You can contact Amanda via her page on the Centre for Integral Health Website https://integralhealthshrewsbury.com/about-us/our-practitioners/amanda-vernalls-1/ or via her own website https://www.ommandalaspirit.com/ 

We've been lucky enough at Centre for Integral Health in the last 2 years to have Hilary Stock of Aspen Councelling offering a psychosynthesis approach to councelling and how this differs from the more conventional forms of councelling such of CBT and how this can contribute a valuable alternative route that can look more deeply at not just causative factors but also a vision of the possible future.You can learn more about Hilary's approach to counselling from her link on the centre site  https://integralhealthshrewsbury.com/about-us/our-practitioners/hilary-stock/ or from her own website https://www.aspencounselling.co.uk/

Elaine Godley of Elastic FM's Perfect Health show invited me on this month for an interview about all things holistic, what the integral vision is and how it can be used in health assessment and maintainance. We also talked about LifeForce Qigong and how it developed through my brother Simon Calder and lastly dipped into the world of the shadow self and  why that work is so important and how it helped me overcome some of the most difficult phases in my life and career.You can check out Elaine's channel at https://elasticfm.co.uk/show/perfect-health-with-elaine-godley-and-guests/

Ken Wilber offers an introduction to a spirituality that honors the truths of modernity and postmodernity — including the revolutions in science and culture — while incorporating the essential insights of the great religions.

Aired Thursday, 18 January 2018, 7:00 PM ET The Religion of Tomorrow with Ken Wilber In his latest book, The Religion of Tomorrow, author, leader, scholar and founder of the Integral Institute, Ken Wilber, notes 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. On the other, religion has been the single greatest source of redemption, salvation, and liberation for humanity. How can we possibly make sense of this double-edged dagger? Part of the problem, Wilber explains, is that the path of “waking up” (spiritual awakening) need to be complemented by the path of “growing up” (psychological maturity) in order to renew and replenish our understanding of enlightenment in the 21st Century. Says Wilber, “a single purpose lies at the heart of all the great religious traditions: awakening to the astonishing reality of the true nature of ourselves and the universe. In this week’s program, Ken Wilber joins Sandie to discuss how we can re-envision a religion of the future that acknowledges the evolution of humanity in every realm while remaining faithful to that original vision.: ~ The single purpose that lies at the heart of all the great religious traditions ~ How can religion and spirituality be a source of liberation as well as the largest cause of suffering in the world? ~ How can the Dalai Lama and an al-Qa’ida terrorist both claim to be religious? ~ How can we reconcile the very best qualities of religion with the very worst. ~ How his comprehensive Integral Approach – which is already being applied to several world religions by some of their adherents – can avert a “cultural disaster of unparalleled proportions. ~ and more… About the Guest: Ken Wilber KEN WILBER is the founder of Integral Institute and the cofounder of Integral Life. He is an internationally acknowledged leader and the preeminent scholar of the Integral stage of human development. He is the author of more than twenty books, including A Brief History of Everything, A Theory of Everything, Integral Spirituality, No Boundary, Grace and Grit, Sex, Ecology, Spirituality, The Religion of Tomorrow, and Trump and a Post-Truth World. Website: https://integrallife.com

Today Jeff welcomes his friend Diane Musho Hamilton to discuss the latest turnings in the #MeToo movement and the cultural education we're all receiving regarding sex and power. Diane and Jeff look at the upside of the movement, as well as its inevitable overreach. They look at how it heals historic patterns of abuse, and what it is blind and hostile too. And they look to integral consciousness, the ability to hold multiple perspectives, as a way forward. Diane Musho Hamilton is a teacher of Integral Spirituality and Zen, as well as a mediator, facilitator and author. Her latest book is The Zen of You and Me. See her new blog post: #MeToo: On Perspectives, Listening, and Risk Taking.

Marc Shaw and Clint Sabom welcome listeners to the Contemplative Light Podcast, a discussion of Christian Mysticism, Mindfulness, World Religions, Integral Spirituality, and anything that seems to help with the process of internal transformation. Contemplative Light provides education and resources in a global effort towards inner transformation through meditation and contemplative prayer.Download our guided Centering Prayer session here: https://contemplativelight.org/guided-centering-prayer-download/We offer a free mini course from Contemplative Light Walking With The Christian Mystics available here: https://contemplativelight.org/walking-with-the-christian-mystics/There is also a full course on the Christian Mystics from Contemplative Light available here: https://contemplativelight.teachable.com/p/living-sacramentsSupport the show (https://contemplativelight.org/)

Lindsay talks about her favorite daily practice and the "most beautiful part of [her] life" - God Time. Robbie drops some spiritual knowledge and asks questions which Lindsay sort of answers. A short and sweet episode. A great place to start with Ken Wilber (the philosopher who talks about 1st, 2nd and 3rd person Spirit): One Taste: Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality. You can order the book here: http://amzn.to/2qQdNxI Since recording, Lindsay has realized she has more to say on the "how to" part of God Time. So, if you listen and you're like "I want more!" email Lindsay and she will invite you to a free special class for subscribers/listeners. You can contact her here: https://www.howtobeanokperson.com/contact/

Help crowd-sponsor Future Fossils Podcast on Patreon and score subscriber-only perks and exclusive extra content!This week we chat with science journalist Jessa Gamble, author of The Siesta and The Midnight Sun: How Our Bodies Experience Time, about time in the body, circadian rhythms, lunar cycles, and the science of sleep.– Topics We Discuss:• Cultural dimensions of human communities at different latitudes;• Organic human rhythms versus high-frequency trading algorithm digital rhythms;• The evolutionary history of circadian rhythms and sleep;• What are we going to do when we settle on other planets with days of different lengths? (Like Mars, with a 24 hour and 25 minute day…)• NASA scientists trying (and failing) to live on Earth on Martian time;• The natural history of biphasic human sleep and the (VERY RECENT) cultural construction of the “8 hour night”;• How the lengths of our circadian cycles actually differ from person to person;• The ethical complexities and possible social consequences of research into human enhancement;• How Douglas Rushkoff learned to hack his monthly schedule to align with lunar cycles and increase his productivity by 40% by doing LESS work;• The differences between how humans and dolphins sleep;• How and WHY we might want to defeat sleep once and for all…• …and WHAT ABOUT DREAMING?? – Media We Reference: (Links are for my Amazon affiliate account - buy ANYTHING on Amazon through these links and a % of the sale supports this podcast, at no cost to you.)• The Siesta and The Midnight Sun: How Our Bodies Experience Time by Jessa Gamble• Northern Exposure (episode with Joel Fleischmann going manic due to 24 hour sunlight)• 30 Days of Night by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith• Insomnia (Stellan Skarsgård & Robin Williams)• Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now by Douglas Rushkoff• An American Tail• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Harari• Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Harari• One Taste: Daily Reflections on Integral Spirituality by Ken Wilber – Links:The Last Word on Nothing: http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/about-us/jessa-gamble/ Here’s her TED talk:https://www.ted.com/talks/jessa_gamble_how_to_sleep And here’s her archive of articles at The Atlantic:https://www.theatlantic.com/author/jessa-gamble/ On salt intake in Russian Cosmonauts and how we might be wrong about salt: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/salt-health-effects.html Giulio Tunoni at the University of Wisconsin and their Sleep Center’s work to minimize the amount of necessary sleep: http://centerforsleepandconsciousness.med.wisc.edu/ On the correlation between lunar cycle phase and neurotransmitters: http://justadandak.com/present-shock-matching-the-rhythms-of-the-moon/ Vlad Vyazovskiy’s Oxford Sleep Lab: http://vvlab.org/index.php/80-research/24-vladvyazovskiylaboratory – Jessa Quotes:“The almost-definition of being sleepy is, you cannot really learn anymore.”“Sometimes, the awful consequences that are supposed to be punishment for acting like a god don’t actually happen.”“What we’ve decided to do [with sleep research] is look at the fact that we’re all sleep deprived, that it’s making us unhealthy, that it’s making us accident-prone, that it’s making us stupider – because sleep is the most effective cognitive enhancer that we know about. The fact that we’re sleep deprived is then met with a whole slew of people who say, ‘Well, so we need to sleep more. This is the solution.’ But there are other things that we could be doing, like seeing if we can cut down on our actual NEED for sleep, so we can do more of the things we’d like to do more of.”“What I would encourage people to do, if they’re zooming out on the problem or question of sleep, is to think about quality of life, what makes life great, and maybe take a page from the actuarial tables – which adjust for things like disability, years spent with crippling diseases and so on. And surely being unconscious has to be the most debilitating of all states. And if we’re spending a third of our lives in this state, could this be different? And should we put some effort into looking into this?”– Michael Quote:“Multicellularity was a technological singularity. Photosynthesis and Glycolysis was a technological singularity. Written language, and before that even, spoken language, was a technological singularity. So it’s good to keep that in perspective.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Islamic culture in the Middle East is entrenched in a dialectical antithesis with modernity. Building on the work of moderate Muslim intellectuals, McIntosh argues that the Islamic cultural reform needed to overcome radical Islamism depends on the underlying reform of the religion of Islam itself.

In this video Swami Bodhichitananda talks about what it is like to be a traveling Swami, and about some of the courses and seminars he teaches at the Yoga Vidya centers in Germany. Some of the topics are Kriya Yoga, Integral Spirituality, and Yoga Mythology and Symbolism, and they are in english with german translation. For more information on these and other seminars led by Swami Bodhichitananda, and courses led by other english speakers, please see here http://www.yoga-vidya.org/english/seminar.html#c51042 .

We wanted to ask Rev. Kelly Isola how the three faces of God show up at different levels of consciousness, given her comprehensive study of Ken Wilber's Integral Spirituality as well as Spiral Dynamics. She says all three faces are at each stage of consciousness, expressing in different and fascinating ways.

Bruce Sanguin serves Canadian Memorial United Church of Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he leads his congregation in a progressive form of Christianity in their mission of "exploring the Christian tradition through an evolutionary model." Rev. Sanguin meshes his evolutionary perspective with Integral Spirituality (following Ken Wilber) and with Spiral Dynamics (following Don Beck). His three books are: Summoning the Whirlwind: Unconventional Sermons for a Relevant Christian Faith (2006);  Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos: An Ecological Christianity (2007) and; The Emerging Church: A Model for Change and a Map for Renewal (2008). He is the coauthor of a curriculum, "Experiencing Ecological Christianity" (2008).    Theme song "Holy Now" courtesy of Peter Mayer.