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The most influential modern pioneers in Integral Transformative Practice, together for the first time, in a wide-ranging, vibrant, history-making conversation covering all aspects of ITP.
The discussion begins with background information and the historical roots of Integral Transformative Practice. The essential idea of ITP is that the more human capacities one exercises simultaneously, the more rapid is human transformation. Think of it as spiritual cross-training: the exercise of body, mind, soul, and spirit in self, culture, and nature.
Mike points out that every age has had its integral pioneers. George points out that every age has also had its anti-integral impulses—whether it was the monotheistic religions’ repression of the body by the mind, or today’s sensory glorification where the mind is repressed by an overemphasis on the body (“Lose your mind and come to your senses”). Opposed to both forms of repression is the integral approach, which honors equally both the body and the mind in an integral embrace.
Because new truths constantly emerge, the integral endeavor has to be re-invented afresh with each new era. In today’s world, the integral embrace must include the very idea of evolution and development itself. It appears that in the modern era, evolution became conscious of itself, and thus a new form of enlightenment—evolutionary enlightenment—also became available.
Integral Transformative Practice appears to be the most effective and most powerful method of human growth, development, and conscious evolution yet devised, as empirical evidence is starting to convincingly demonstrate.
This conversation between Mike, George, and Ken is the first in an ongoing series with these three pioneers, a series that will be presented in its entirety here on Integral Naked. Please stay tuned for more of these compelling trialogues as they unfold…. |
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transmission time: 30 minutes |
The Life We Are Given, The Future of the Body, Patanjali, Yoga Sutras, Golf in the Kingdom, pranayama (breath control), asanas (yogic postures), siddhis (paranormal powers), samadhis (meditative states), Herbert Bensen, Jacob Atabet, Rumi, Kabir, God and the Evolving Universe (with James Redfield and Sylvia Timbers), Lower-Left quadrant (cultural relativity), Lower-right quadrant (systems theory, ecosystems), Upper-right quadrant (individual organism and behavior), A Theory of Everything, differentiation versus dissociation, caloric restriction.
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most memorable moment: "I will follow the evidence wherever it takes me…." |
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