A Special Invitation from Ken Wilber...

"Creativity: in some ways it seems so common, yet in other ways it is actually at the foundation of virtually every important activity and practice in human life—from relationships to play, from work to relaxation, from meditation to transformative practice, from parenting to teaching, from emotional expression to cognitive competence, from recreation to career choice. In many ways, creativity has been thought of as a rare, difficult, hard-to-come-by talent or gift, evidenced only by the few geniuses of each era. But according to the Integral view, creativity is actually a component of each and every moment of existence, and it can be learned and exercised with a few simple practices...." [+read more]

Do You Give Yourself Permission?
Devin Wilson

"Do you give yourself permission to create what you want to create? What would happen if you did? Are you holding back your deepest gifts for fear of criticism and rejection? Do you fear the censors and judges of our wider culture? Do you alternate between feeling lost one day and then seething with pent up inner voices the next? Do you shut down the most playful and curious parts of yourself? When you plumb the depths of your interior world, might you even fear your own power?..." [+read more]

Evolutionary Enlightenment
Andrew Cohen & Ken Wilber

In this remarkable 2-hour discussion, Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber offer an in-depth exploration of Andrew's new book Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening. In the book, Andrew lays out a simple but sophisticated way to not only account for the evolution of the world around us, but to align ourselves with the evolutionary force that is flowing through us at each and every moment—gleaming with boundless creativity, ecstatic urgency, and limitless potential. He leads us through the major themes and realizations of classical enlightenment, including full immersion in the timeless unmanifest—but as he points out, what has traditionally been regarded as the end of the path is actually just the beginning, and we are now ready to begin taking the next step. Now the real fun can begin...! [+listen]

Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber will come together for their third live Guru and Pandit event at Boulder Integral on October 9, 2011. Using Cohen's new book as a starting point these two mystical pathfinders will explore why only a profound integration of timeless Being and dynamic Becoming can offer a spiritual realization that makes sense of life in today's rapidly changing world. [+more]

Why Love Is Such a Mess
Warren Farrell

In this extraordinary presentation from last year's Integral Spiritual Experience, Warren Farrell offers a detailed overview of the history of sex and gender, outlining the most significant challenges both genders have faced over the millennia while offering a new vision of wholeness and maturity for us to move toward in our lives and in our relationships. Warren's address is both erudite and emotionally stirring, presenting an impressive body of data and statistics that leads us to a new understanding of men and women, and helping to reframe some of the most significant relationships in our lives. [+watch]

A Nondual View of the Emotional Body
Jun Po Kelly Roshi, Rev. Doshin Hannya, Daju Huihai Suzanne Friedman, and Keith Martin-Smith

Therapy and emotional processing can provide new perspectives on cultural conditioning, and promote a healthier ego. Spiritual practices such as Zazen and Dzogchen gradually awaken us to the illusion of permanent self. This raises an important question: what does our emotional body look like when viewed from shunyata, or Nondual Awareness? Join Jun Po and Doshin Roshi in this lively discussion on the emotional body as seen by the viewless view of Nondual awareness.[+listen]

For an experience of the transmission and transformation of Zen mind, don't miss the upcoming Integral Zen retreat October 15-22 in Loveland, Colorado. Jun Po and Doshin Roshi will delve into an advanced Integral practice experience, including deep insight, philosophical reindoctrination, emotional maturity, and conscious embodiment. As Ken Wilber says, Mondo Zen is integral—and it works! [+more]

1.5 Hour Q&A Call with Ken Wilber and Core Integral Students

Two weeks ago, Core Integral completed their first 6-week online course companion to Course 01: Essential Integral. Over 100 dedicated integral practitioners joined us for this pilot online course, where they deeply explored integral theory, analysis, and written discourse. The course culminated with an exciting Q&A call with Ken Wilber, who, if you haven't heard him work with students, addresses their questions at the level of understanding from which they are asked—making recordings such as this a rare opportunity to hear Ken engage the more advanced and nuanced aspects of his work. [+more]

Powering Economic Opportunity: Create a World that Works

We received some exciting news from Martin Burt, whose Fundación Paraguaya was one of the five winners of the "Powering Economic Opportunity" competition, co-hosted by eBay Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers. Nearly 900 entries from 83 countries were submitted, and Fundación Paraguaya will receive $50,000 from eBay to invest in strengthening and scaling their "Financially Self-Sufficient" School model. Click here for more details. Congratulations to Martin and everyone at Fundación Paraguaya! [+more]