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Integral Studies Series
Ken Wilber
Loquacious, ever sociable Ken Wilber—from informal salons with integral artists and university students, to Integral Institute seminars with people from all walks of life, Ken has an irrepressible, divine passion—Get Integral out there!
When we taste the infinite Absolute of consciousness, the world is seen just as it is—radiant, perfect, and whole. The relative, however, does not cease to be. Quite the contrary, the pains and pleasures of our relative lives are intensified to an unimaginable degree.
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In this clip, a seminar participant asks Ken if it’s possible to evolve out of needing romantic relationship. Ken explains that even relationships engage gross, subtle and causal bodies, and each body is anatomically correct!
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During the Integral Practice Seminar in 2004, Ken takes a question from one seminar participant about subtle energies. She asks how one can integrate the high subtle energy experiences during a retreat or seminar into the gross, everyday life? Ken addresses this question first by talking about a Taoist practice called the “microcosmic orbit,” which involves breathing energy down the front of the body and breathing it out up the back. Also discussed are the emerging Kata practices being developed by Ken and the Integral Practice Team, which integrate gross, subtle, and causal energies in the human body-mind.
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Democrats are depressed. Much of Europe is up in arms. And the rest of the world is more than a little spooked. November 2, 2004 has come and gone, the ballots are in and the vote (more or less) counted.... Will we ever see Integral Politics in the United States of America? |
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AQAL is simpler than you think. First, it's a map of a territory. Second, this territory, which we also call "reality," is also a territory of human potentials. Therefore, when we understand this territory with an AQAL (all quadrants, all levels, all lines, all states, all types) map, then our available choices multiply, our decisions are more informed, and our highest potentials are that much more inviting....
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As the Integral University tech, academic, and administrative teams work diligently towards the completion of IU 1.0, due to launch in the near future, we thought we'd share with you a clip of Ken discussing some of the differences between an integral education—such as will be available for the first time ever at IU—and the prevailing educational models. Please stay tuned for more on Integral University, coming soon!
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René Descartes' famous phrase, "Cogito, ergo sum"—"I think, therefore I am"—is thought by postmodern theory to be the essence of the modern West's anti-body, anti-earth, phallologocentric imperialistic bent. In this clip, Ken explains how the postmodern critique of Cartesian dualism only gets the story half-right, ignoring the profound contribution of a philosopher who actually linked consciousness and being in a manner as profound as the greatest causal sages, East or West. |
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If a piano falls on your empty head, your next stop is the Bardo. But according to Ken, if a big blue pancake falls on your head, you've merely realized nonduality! In this video clip, Ken explains emptiness and form, consciousness and the world, and your own syrup-splattered Original Face. Yummy!
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Here Ken and a student discuss the importance of men and women practicing together––the real meaning of "Tantra" in this and every moment. |
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In this clip, Ken discusses the nature of women's spiritual practice and suggests some of the important ways that it differs from men's. |
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