Where is Integral at in the world today?
Here are four key points that set the context for this discussion:

• An integral vision is possible, applicable, and valuable.
• All perceptions reflect perspectives, and all perspectives are partial and selective.
• Adult development is possible.
• Spiritual disciplines can catalyze development.

Given the extraordinary threats facing the world, we’d like to explore the question,
“How can integral studies and integral practitioners contribute most effectively to help resolve the great challenges of our time?”

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Come early for nibbles and drinks – stay for collective wisdom.

“Most of us have experienced the power present in a collective field – moments in which we were deeply attuned with another, times in which we worked with a team to accomplish something we hadn’t thought possible, occasions in which a deep well of shared meaning suddenly opened in the center of a circle whose participants had been engaged in intense conflict. Many of us have been deeply nourished by long-term engagement with a circle of friends, a network of colleagues, or a high-functioning company dedicated to more than the bottom line. A growing number have felt the joy and excitement of discovering the latent knowledge and wisdom in a community through a “world café” or related conversation-based process.”

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“In recent months, integrallife.com has featured interviews with a variety of voices discussing the possibility of an ‘integral Christianity.’ Commentators include Fr. Thomas Keating; Cynthia Bourgeault; Richard Rohr and others. Their vision of a ‘Future Christianity’ includes a recovery of its lost contemplative, esoteric or ‘gnostic’ dimension. The most famous component is Thomas Keating’s Centering Prayer.
This Sunday’s Salon will place Centering Prayer back in context with other Western esoteric practices, bringing that tradition to awareness through a handful of meditative and embodied forms. These will include Lectio; Chant; Litany; subtle body work; and a brief excursion up the road to walk the labyrinth at Eden Chapel.”

http://www.meetup.com/kenwilber-287/calendar/11910583/?from=list&offset=0

Here is another link to the PDF
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I thought this might be an interesting backdrop for our discussion this Sunday.

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