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David Meggyesy and Ken Wilber

Sports and Spirituality. Part 3. The "Hidden Religion."

In this third and final installation of David and Ken's dialogue, we explore the role of sports as a "hidden religion," an age-old tradition with the extraordinary ability to evoke powerful states of transcendence—spiritual experiences, by any other name. As they discuss, when the rational materialistic worldview began to emerge, one of the first things it did was to debunk the mythic religious worldview that came before, effectively discarding the entire notion of spirituality along with it. When this occurred, spirituality was forced to "go underground," sneaking itself into some fairly surprising corners of human activity—and thus sports have grown to offer some of the most widespread forms of covert spirituality in the modern world, for athletes and fans alike. Listen as David and Ken explore some of the contours of this "hidden religion," and discuss what it takes to be a genuinely Integral athlete, both on and off the field.... (+read more)

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David Deida

In this provocative clip, David Deida explains how the three major schools of Buddhist thought reflect the stages of psycho-sexual maturity, and how these stages play themselves out in our spiritual practices and in our relationships. What does conflict look like from each of these stages? How can we use this understanding to help us respond to the world from our highest possible selves, moment by moment? Click here to find out!

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