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In a High-Speed World, How Can Dharma Help Us Turn the Corner? A Conversation with Hokai Sobol & Terry Patten
Announced on: August 24th, 2009
9/29/09 at 7PM
Entrance $15 (Members $10)
Venue: 2805 Broadway St. Boulder, CO 80304
In an imbalanced, accelerating world-in-crisis we face problems that cannot be solved, as Einstein famously said, “from the same level of consciousness that created them.” Many contemporary practitioners have turned to the Dharma as a source of that higher consciousness. But traditionally, the path was described as the way to awaken from the dream of human life, not to improve it. The traditions saw that as futile. But today, we no longer see life as an endless cycle.
We have an evolutionary view of ourselves and even of our spirituality. And we have seen the folly of “bypassing” our critical life challenges in an attempt to be “spiritual.” How does the wisdom and clarity of ancient Dharma have relevance and meaning in the midst of contemporary evolutionary challenges? How can spiritual insight and illumination empower us to more effectively meet the emerging challenges of our time?
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Hokai Sobol is a longtime Buddhist practitioner, teacher and translator, as well as a penetrating student and critic of leading-edge spirituality. He brings an international perspective to these questions. (He lives in Croatia). He will be in dialogue with Terry Patten, a leading voice in the emerging Integral Spirituality movement, and co-author, with Ken Wilber, of Integral Life Practice: A 21st-Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening.
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August 24th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
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August 30th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
What does the phrase “we know longer see life as an endless cycle” mean? Who is the “we,” what is the “endless cycle” concept in the source traditions, in what way is that concept absent in the modern West, and for what reason is this absence a good thing? Thanks!
September 8th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
What is the location?
September 8th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
here at boulder integral.
2805 broadway, boulder co
September 8th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
2805 Broadway Street, Boulder, CO 80304.
September 17th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
“We no longer see life as an endless cycle” of births and deaths, a mere meaningless wheel of suffering and think that it is simply best to get off the wheel. “We” are not merely modern Westerners, but the Integrally-informed student of spirituality. It is more accurate to see life as a developmental, evolutionary process that is, slowly, often with five steps forward and six steps back, still overall leading somewhere new, even as it cycles, seemingly endlessly, through birth and death and pain and pleasure, etc. It's a good thing to notice evolutionary development, AND it's a good thing to see the endlessness of the wheel of life and death. A view informed by both (accurate) perceptions is better than one that includes only one. And here we were summarizing that view (in the context of a conversation about Dharma) as “evolutionary” because that's the essential element that had previously been excluded. I hope this makes sense to you!
September 18th, 2009 at 5:49 am
“We no longer see life as an endless cycle” of births and deaths, a mere meaningless wheel of suffering and think that it is simply best to get off the wheel. “We” are not merely modern Westerners, but the Integrally-informed student of spirituality. It is more accurate to see life as a developmental, evolutionary process that is, slowly, often with five steps forward and six steps back, still overall leading somewhere new, even as it cycles, seemingly endlessly, through birth and death and pain and pleasure, etc. It's a good thing to notice evolutionary development, AND it's a good thing to see the endlessness of the wheel of life and death. A view informed by both (accurate) perceptions is better than one that includes only one. And here we were summarizing that view (in the context of a conversation about Dharma) as “evolutionary” because that's the essential element that had previously been excluded. I hope this makes sense to you!