Summer Discussion Series at Boulder Integral

Beginning Tuesday, 7/13th
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, July through September
7pm – 9pm
Donation Encouraged – $5 per session

If you’ve been wondering about how to put recent world events, such as the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, into a broader and deeper perspective, so have we!

Let’s really get into the difficult discussions! Let’s really dive deep!

Through a summer discussion series beginning Tuesday, July 13th, we’ll attempt to do just that. Join us for an ongoing facilitated conversation on how we can view current world events through the lenses of Integral Theory and Spiral Dynamics. Rather than trying to “fix” the world’s problems or react against them, a broader, integral perspective can help identify their deeper causes and cultures on a systemic level. Potential evolutionary solutions may then emerge from that point of view.

What’s required is a basic knowledge of Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory, and optionally, the cultural mapping system of Spiral Dynamics as presented by Don Beck. These gatherings will not serve as an educational class for these philosophical systems, but rather as a medium for sharing viewpoints and engaging interactively around these themes. Facilitation will be provided to maintain the conversational focus on an integral perspective.

• Beginning July 13th, meetings will continue every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month through September.
• These ongoing discussions will be held on a drop-in basis, with a requested $5 donation per session.
• If you have questions, please contact info@boulderintegral.org

Radical Dialogues on Enlightenment and the Evolution of Consciousness

Join us at Boulder Integral for a Q&A with evolutionary enlightenment pioneer Andrew Cohen and renowned integral philosopher Ken Wilber on evolution of consciousness and culture. For most of you finding yourself on this page, you will be familiar with “The Guru and the Pandit” series on What Is Enlightenment? magazine. If you have not heard of this before, click here to read some archives.

Many of the most significant leaps in human development have been achieved by those rare individuals—creative men and women—who have dared to step beyond the confines of the status quo to create something novel, uplifting, and extraordinary. Less renowned, perhaps, are the evolutionary advances that have been achieved by a creative duo—a pair of individuals working together, comrades and colleagues, who are driven by a shared passion to change the world for the better.

Andrew Cohen, spiritual teacher, and Ken Wilber, spiritual philosopher, are such a team. Mapping the evolving edge of human potential and exploring the states and stages of consciousness, they function like a spiritualized fusion of Watson & Crick and Lewis & Clark, seeking to discern the deepest structures of human nature while continually pressing forward into new and uncharted terrain.
Source: EnlightenNext Magazine

DATE: Sunday, Aug. 29
TIME: 1pm (will end by 3:30 – 4pm)
ENTRANCE:
Boulder Integral Monthly Donating Members: $85
Standard nonmembers: $95

VENUE:
Boulder Integral
2805 Broadway Street
Boulder, CO 80304

For Travel and Hotels, click here.

Cancellation Policy

• If you cancel before July 15, 2010, you will be refunded 85% of what you paid (15% goes towards admin fees and cancellation fees)
• If you cancel between July 16 – Aug 15 , you will be refunded 50% of what you paid.
• If you cancel between Aug 16 – Aug 23, you will be refunded 25% of what you paid.
• Cancellations after Aug 24 and no-shows will not be refunded.

What is dharma combat?

• Dharma Combat (shosan) is an intense exchange between students and masters. Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi is engaging the Boulder community with ANY questions you have, such as:
• What does it mean to live in the world as a spiritual person?
• What does jealousy mean in your relationship?
• Should you be polyamorous? Monogamous? Celibate? Does it matter?
• What place do drugs have in the spiritual process? None? Some?
• Is there a real key to Waking Up? Just what is Awake, exactly? …
• SEX … KIDS … DIVORCE … INFIDELITY … LUST … MONEY …

Monday, June 21

Boulder Integral
2805 North Broadway Street, Boulder, CO 80304

What: Hollow Bones Shaolin Kung Fu (See: www.hollowbonesshaolin.com)

When: Every Tuesday/Thursday nights (if there is a change in the schedule, you will be informed in advance)
STARTING ON: Thursday, June 10th

Time: 5:45-7pm

Where: Boulder Integral (BI)

Who: anyone over the age of 14

Cost: $79 for Boulder Integral members, $89 for non-members per month, to be paid by check at beginning of month. Please write check to Boulder Integral.

Space is limited to 15 students. Please RSVP to info@boulderintegral.org to reserve your space.

Becoming more focused in our life allows us to better reach our dreams and to manifest our passions.  An integrated martial arts practice can help you bring greater focus and discipline to all areas of your life, while learning to create and sustain healthy boundaries in your relationships.

These classes will include an integrated curriculum of Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Chi Gong, Self Defense, and Psychological Strength:

CLASS STRUCTURE:

Kung Fu

This will include traditional Northern Shaolin Kung Fu:

• Empty Hands Training – stances, strikes, kicks, blocks, and over 12 long forms between the Beginner and the Advanced Level.
• Weapons Training – traditional weapons: broad sword, straight sword, and staff.
• Fight Sets – fight other students in choreographed movements that teach how Kung Fu is adapted to the street.

Proper breathing techniques, control, ‘spot’ hitting, and the development of the right mindset are all integrated into your training, along with the four major fields of study below.

Chi Gong
You will learn to recognize, cultivate, and employ Yin and Yang energies in your body and through your Kung Fu forms.

Self Defense
Adapting your Kung Fu techniques to the real world is an important part of training.  You will be trained to fight against other students, against street fighters, and against senior students.  You will learn to control your opponent in any situation by learning to control yourself.

Psychological Strength
Beating someone in combat is seldom about the physical skill level of the fighters.  Your mental mindset is by far the most powerful tool you can develop and cultivate to create boundaries that other people will not dream of crossing — in the ring, in the office, on the streets, with your family and loved ones.

Rinzai Zen Meditation
Meditation was always an integral part of Shaolin training, and in China the temples focused on Chan Buddhism, which later became better known in Japan as Zen.  Chan Buddhism has all but died out in China, but the Japanese have kept the warrior tradition within mediation alive. Taking your seat fearlessly, in utter stillness, and with an open heart will be part of your training.

Testing and Levels
There are 10 levels in this training, and each level requires that a student be tested on the material they have learned to move onto the next level.

TEACHING METHOD

Boulder, CO has many strengths, but a sharp and clear lineage of spiritual and physical discipline, taught in an uncompromising way, is not one of them.  While emotional processing, the honoring of all perspectives, and go-at-your-own pace models all serve our emerging, post-conventional selves, they can be toxic to the transformational path.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTION

Keith Martin-Smith is the only lineage holder of Grandmaster Jong Hoon Jeon.  He has been studying Shaolin and Northern style Kung Fu since 1994.  Before training under Master Jeon, Mr. Martin-Smith studied under the Venerable Shi Yan Ming, 34th Generation Shaolin monk, in New York City, and under the Iron Palm Master Brian Grey before that.

Keith became a formal disciple of Master Jeon in 2001, meaning he agreed to be trained in the very demanding and very traditional manner reserved for the most serious of students.  In 2002 he was awarded the title of Kyu Bum Nim (senior instructor) and permitted to teach on his own.  Keith ran Master Jeon’s Philadelphia school from 2002-2005, leading 9 classes a week. In 2008 he was elevated to a formal lineage holder and to a co-master.  In addition to Shaolin Kung Fu, Keith has also trained in Jin Woo (Jing Wu), Hung Gar, Wing Chun, and Jingui Qi Gong.

In 1996, he began studying the Dharma (Buddhist teachings) and took Empowerment and Bodhisattva Vows with Lama Tsering Everest in 2001.  In 2007 he met Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi and became a formal student of his, and was given the Dharma name “Kogen” (“Tiger Eye”).  Keith/Kogen has been authorized by Jun Po Roshi to teach Rinzai Zen meditation and has been awarded the title of sensei.  He uses his Japanese dharma name, Kogen, when teaching as well as the Japanese word for teacher, sensei (the Chinese word is sifu, a combination of “teacher” and “father”).

“What is better, satisfying 1,000 desires or conquering one?”

INTEGRAL FRAME

An absolutistic (Amber) frame for teaching has been used for millennia in spiritual and physical disciplines, but has been increasingly abandoned as we moved into modernity (Orange) and postmodernity (Green).  But we are seeing in places like Boulder, CO, some of the problems when one throws out the Amber, hierarchical frame for teaching: namely, it simple is the most effective way to create change.  This is because Amber is wonderful at helping to break the body and the mind into a difficult discipline.  Orange interpretations of these disciplines can focus too much on the status and ranking of the student, while Green interpretations are, among other problems, reluctant to force one kind of training and philosophy onto students.  The result of the loss of Amber teaching methods applied to marital arts and spiritual practice has been a reduction in the quality of students and of their overall competency.

We can add Orange and Green emergent truths and understandings into pre-and-post practice structures, to honor the insights of those worldviews.  But putting those structures into the Amber frame destroys the pressure that Amber has been so carefully formatted to create, and lengthens the entire process when it doesn’t destroy it utterly.

Testimonial

For the past 4 weeks I’ve been introduced to Hollow Bones Shaolin Kung Fu by Kogan / Keith.

My 9 years of previous martial arts practice led me to ask Keith some penetrating questions about his teaching methods, which he answered comfortably. Being in 8 classes so far, and seeing 2 other students with 2 years previous exposure to Keith, has only reinforced my expectations.

Keith has high integrity, is focused on tradition, and moves the class along with an interesting variety of strength and flexibility development, form, fighting moves, breathing techniques and meditation.  At the same time he is closely aware of each student’s abilities and limitations.

I’m looking forward to mental, spiritual and physical growth as classes continue, and can assure potential students of tough workouts and good fun.

Student, Cliff Shaffran

Date: June 28
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Venue: Boulder Integral Center, 2805 Broadway Street, Boulder, CO 80304
Info@boulderintegral.org
$10 *BI Members
$15  *Regular entrance

Our evolutionary emergency calls each of us, personally, to something truly new. Old ways of thinking, including old forms of philosophy, spirituality, activism, and entrepreneurialism are insufficient. A new Integral Evolutionary orientation is called for, one that integrates the best of leading edge philosophical insight, spiritual depth, social activism, and entrepreneurial innovation. But it’s just beginning to emerge — how do we open up to, connect with, and co-create this new emergent conscious leadership?

If you’re hungry for a deeper Integral conversation — this evening’s for you. It will be a passionate and original exploration, right “on the edge” of what is currently emerging in the Integral and Evolutionary communities.

Terry will express his connection with this electrifying emergent consciousness, clarity, power, and passion that is now finding new Integral and Evolutionary forms. We’ll make direct energetic contact with the impulse of evolution itself, the rational and trans-rational spiritual initiation of our time. And we’ll experience how this can inspire and empower us to live life on a higher octave.

We can align ourselves to something greater than ourselves that can help us meet life authentically and effectively, free and happy, optimistic and grounded, committed and realistic, even as we confront what sometimes seem like the most sobering circumstances.

Terry Patten is a vital, leading voice in the fields of integral evolutionary practice, leadership and spirituality. He speaks and consults internationally, inspiring, challenging, and connecting Integral evolutionary leaders and institutions worldwide. A gifted communicator, community-builder, successful entrepreneur, and author of four books, Terry has worked for over three decades as a philosopher, activist, coach, consultant, and teacher, helping leaders embody higher consciousness in practical actions that transform complex systems. He is the author, with Ken Wilber, of Integral Life Practice. His personal web site is www.integralheart.com.

Saturday, June 5
7pm – 9pm
Boulder Integral Members and students with ID $15
Non Members $20

Sexuality in all its forms is so important to life and relationships that it often becomes a central focus of psychotherapy—thus transforming the work into “sex therapy.” Integrally Informed sex therapy—orienting from quadrants, lines, levels, states, and types—involves therapists attuning to clients’ sexuality from multiple perspectives to resolve problems, enhance intimacy, and increase erotic fulfillment.

In America, sex therapy hit the mainstream when William Masters and Virginia Johnson scientifically researched and openly discussed sexual anatomy, physiology, problems, and solutions in the 1960’s. Masters’ and Johnson’s language of dysfunction and function led to 70’s and 80’s models emphasizing education, conflict resolution, and differentiation. All these approaches have been increasingly informed and aided by tantric practices which have migrated from Eastern wisdom traditions to become progressively more mainstream in the West. An Integrally informed model adds to this rich mix a balanced consideration of universal drives, themes, and relationships, existing on genetic, physiological, social, interpersonal, yogic, and spiritual levels.

We each express masculine and feminine aspects and essence—embodied in different combinations—at work, within relationships, and erotically. Lovers generate intersubjective fields which morph and change depending on levels of conditioning, states of consciousness, relationship, and culture. In therapy, common problems like diminished arousal, infidelity, and sexual shame, are often gateways to the deeper waters of personal and relational development.

Our nature is to love, and yearn for love. We suffer when not true to our authentic nature. We have all ached for erotic fulfillment—yearned to embody erotic transformational bliss. These dimensions include and transcend traditional sex therapy goals such as keeping an erection ten minutes longer or having an extra orgasm. An Integrally informed approach embraces myriad conditions and alternatives, collectively reaching for intimacy and unity through the pleasures and demands of sexuality.

Join Dr. Witt in exploring sexual nature, expression, fulfillment, distress, and healing.

Dr. Keith Witt (www.kwwitt.com): Author of, The Gift of Shame, The Attuned Family, Waking Up, and Sessions, offers 37 years experience as a therapist, lecturer, and teacher. He has conducted over fifty thousand therapy sessions in Santa Barbara with individuals, couples, and families from all walks of life including the film and music industries, corporate management, information technologies, engineering, academia, the law, and a full spectrum of other cultures.

April 4th from 6:30 – 9:00pm:

$10 (Boulder Integral members)
$15 (Non members)
Please pay at the door. Checks and cash only please. Checks to be written to “Boulder Integral”

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Evolutionary Spirituality is about right relationship with reality.  When we are not aligned with reality, we suffer, and so do those around us.  To “Evolutionize Your Life” means to follow where your joy and the world’s needs intersect — pursuing your evolutionary calling — while growing in deep integrity.

During this dynamic multimedia program, Michael will discuss proven deep integrity practices that work for people of all religious and philosophical perspectives.

In this evening program we will learn how to grow in “deep integrity” by appreciating our inherited instincts for how they served our human and prehuman ancestors, while channeling our most compelling bodily and emotional urges in ways that are life-giving for today and tomorrow.  As we grow in trust, authenticity, responsibility, and service — the very purpose of the spiritual path — we gain the promises of religion in this life.  The freedom we thereby discover clears us to devote our energies toward evolutionary ends.

Learn about our teachers

Rev. Michael Dowd is one of the most inspiring speakers in America today. He is the author of Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World, which has been endorsed by five Nobel laureates and other leading scientists, including noted skeptics, and by religious leaders across the spectrum. He and his wife, Connie Barlow, a noted science writer, have spoken to 1,000+ groups since launching their itinerant ministry in 2002. At home in both liberal and conservative settings, and uniquely gifted at building bridges between religious and non-religious people, Michael shares the 14-billion-year Epic of Evolution in ways that uplift and expand heart, mind, and soul. His passion is showing how an evolutionary understanding of human nature can inspire and empower each of us to live with greater integrity, joy, and zest for life. Find out more about Michael at www.thankgodforevolution.com

Connie Barlow is an acclaimed author of popular science books and articles, and developer of The Great Story website. Connie’s most recent book, The Ghosts of Evolution (Basic Books), was Amazon.com’s top-recommended science book for several months in 2001. Her previous books, Green Space, Green Time: The Way of Science (Copernicus Books), Evolution Extended: Biological Debates on the Meaning of Life (MIT Press), and From Gaia to Selfish Genes: Selected Writings in the Life Sciences, all explore the nexus of science, spirit, and meaning (check out all of Connie’s books here). She is founding member and webmaster of Torreya Guardians, an internet community of botanists, naturalists, and others dedicated to ensuring the continuing persistence in the wild of America’s most endangered conifer tree: Torreya taxifolia. The June 2008 issue of Orion Magazine included an in-depth article on “assisted migration” for this highly endangered tree, featuring Connie’s leadership in this effort.

Connie is a Unitarian Universalist, and a well-known developer of curricula for children’s religious education programs. Since 2002, she and her husband (Rev. Michael Dowd) have lived entirely on the road, as “America’s evolutionary evangelists”. Find out more about Connie Barlow here.

Michael Dowd’s book Thank God for Evolution

Thank God for Evolution presents in a lively and accessible manner the reasons why it is now possible to view evolution as a call to deep integrity; how a dozen scientific disciplines reveal evolution to be measurably creative, rather than meaningless blind chance; practical methods for using evolutionary insights to achieve greater joy and personal fulfillment; and how aligning with evolutionary trends can guide activists and others hoping to make our world a better place. As a Christian minister, Dowd especially addresses the concerns that Christians have about evolution, but this book contains insights that will appeal to all people of faith and of no faith. Fun and uplifting, Thank God for Evolution goes beyond the current debate to offer up a whole new way of thinking about science and religion.

Endorsements for Thank God for Evolution, by Michael Dowd

“The science vs. religion debate is over. Michael Dowd masterfully unites rationality and spirituality in a world view that celebrates the mysteries of existence and inspires each human being to achieve a higher purpose in life. A must read for all, including scientists.” – Craig Mello (2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)

“Dowd shows that there are many ways to be a spiritual person and that all of them are enriched by an understanding of modern science, especially evolution. This is a creative, provocative book that sheds light on just about any spiritual path one might be on. Many will find their faith revolutionized.” —Eugenie C. Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education

“In Thank God for Evolution Michael Dowd has produced a thoughtful, timely, challenging-and readable-synthesis of science and spirituality. This compelling book is the product of candid reflection on the religious and ethical significance of evolution and contemporary cosmology in the spirit of Thomas Berry and Teilhard de Chardin. The author’s generosity of soul and depth of ecological concern have allowed him to create a challenging spiritual vision out of an exceptionally wide variety of sources.” – John F. Haught, Professor of Theology, Georgetown University; Author of Deeper Than Darwin; Christianity and Science; And is Nature Enough?

“Michael Dowd has written a book that is at once fun to read and a significant contribution to those who think about God without the blindfolds of past centuries. Dowd affirms science, and shows how a spiritually alive consciousness must embrace evolution and understand it in the wider context of a world filled with the presence of God. It will be faith renewing to many Christians and has much from which people of all faiths can learn.” —RABBI MICHAEL LERNER, EDITOR OF TIKKUN, NATIONAL CHAIR OF THE NETWORK OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESSIVES, AUTHOR OF THE LEFT HAND OF GOD

“Michael Dowd is one of my heroes… I’m pleased to see more and more people address the patterns of human emergence. Michael has made a significant contribution to understanding this critical aspect of human nature.” —DON BECK, CO-FOUNDER OF THE NATIONAL VALUES CENTER, CEO OF SPIRAL DYNAMICS GROUP

March 4th – 6:30pm
Venue: The Boulder Integral Center, 2805 Broadway Street, Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 541 1540

$10 (Boulder Integral Members)
$15 (Non members)

A popular view of human mentality outlines a continuum running from unconscious through subsconscious to waking consciousness.  In contrast, many metaphysical belief systems often acknowledge this a valuable place to start but find this model to be limited and shortsighted.  Instead, they propose further layers of consciousness that transcend the simplistic reductionist model.  The term “meta-consciousness” captures this further layer of consciousness.   Most metaphysical systems offer only immediate, subjective experience as evidence for meta-consciousness.  To verify the existence of meta-consciousness, the experiencer must undertake some kind of “path” or “journey” to enlightenment.

Only after much progress — or often not until final completion of the journey — can an initiate verify for him or herself that such a level of meta-consciousness actually exists.  Many systems claim to produce enlightenment, but not all of these claims turn out to be legitimate.  Unsurprisingly, honest seekers often find themselves reluctant merely on the testimony of others to engage in a process that might in the end yield nothing but ashes.  Many doubt such a transcendent realm of meta-consciousness even exists.   But good objective evidence exists for meta-consciousness.  One can find this evidence in the recent, well-conducted scientific research into extra-sensory perception, or ESP.  How ESP evidences meta-consciousness, and what we can learn because of it, is the subject of this presentation.  You will even have the opportunity to try it yourselves in a simple experiment.

BIO
Paul H. Smith, Ph.D. became a psychic spy in 1983, when he was recruited for the Army’ s remote viewing psychic espionage program.  During seven years in the military program he studied under the legendary Hal Puthoff and Ingo Swann, served as a first-line operational remote viewer, wrote the official manual on controlled remote viewing  (‘CRV’ — a more disciplined form of remote viewing), and taught CRV to new military remote viewers.  His students include now-famous remote viewers such as Lyn Buchanan, Mel Riley, and David Morehouse.  Paul has briefed and demonstrated remote viewing to senators and senior military and government officials.  A veteran of Desert Storm with the storied 101st Airborne Division, he retired from the US Army in 1996 at the rank of major from his final duty position, chief of intelligence and security for the Military District of Washington.

Paul has a thirty-year history in helping people develop consciousness-based skills, and is dedicated to changing society’ s attitudes towards applied consciousness using the powerful levers of teaching, speaking, and writing about — and organizing around — remote viewing.   President and chief instructor of since 1997 if his own commercial full-service remote viewing training company, Remote Viewing Instructional Services, Inc., he is also a founding director of the non-profit International Remote Viewing Association, of which he presently serves as president.  He has chaired and organized seven of IRVA s annual remote viewing conferences since the organization ‘s founding in 1999.

Paul’s book, “Reading the Enemy s Mind: Inside Star Gate ­ America s Psychic Espionage Program ” (Tor/Forge 2005) was the Book Bonus Feature and Editor s Choice Selection for the March 2006 issue of Reader s Digest.  He co-produced the acclaimed DVD-based  “LearnDowsing” training program.   Paul’s education includes a BA from Brigham Young University and an MS from the National Defense Intelligence College (both in Middle Eastern studies), and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin, writing on consciousness, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science.  He has spoken on the subject of remote viewing and parapsychology at various national and international conferences, and had numerous radio and television appearances, including A&E, The History Channel, CBS Sunday Morning, and Coast to Coast AM, among many others.

For more information,  see Paul’s website at http://www.rviewer.com or call (toll free) (866) 229-7847.

• We’ll have plenty of food and drinks, but in the spirit of community, it would be great to bring something along to share.
• You may bring along a sleeping bag if you don’t want to drive after the party. We have plenty space to crash for an after-party zzzz-zonk!
• Tickets are selling fast! Purchase your tickets soon (link below). We’ll be selling tickets also at the entrance on the night of the party (if there are any remaining). Please bring printed confirmation as your ticket.
• Parking is an issue anywhere in Boulder. We have our own limited parking to the south and west of the center. Please car pool with a designated driver.  Street parking is available. Please be respectful of the neighborhood.  We are located at the north/west corner of Broadway and Balsam.

Ken Wilber in Person!
at Boulder Integral

• Saturday, Aug 1
• 2pm – 4 pm

Standard $75
Boulder Integral Members $65
At Boulder Integral, we make every effort possible to offer scholarships to those in need.  Please send an email to Nomali (nomali@boulderintegral.org) with “Scholarship request: Ken Wilber Event” on subject line.  Nomali will contact you as soon as possible.  Please support our efforts – Become a monthly donating member or make a one time donation. Thank you!

Here’s your chance to get up close and personal with the leading integral philosopher of our time, Ken Wilber (representing Integral Life).  We are deeply honored and excited about Ken selecting Boulder Integral to make his first public appearance for a Q & A in Boulder in over four years!  We hope very much that you, your friends and family will join us at this great event.

We’re especially honored to welcome our dear fried Ken to Boulder Integral; many of us here have worked closely with him, and know the warm heart beneath his amazing mind.   Ken is a sparkling communicator, and a beautiful vehicle for his breakthrough worldview.   Most famous of his work, the AQAL Maps, provides a comprehensive view of the nature of reality by integrating all of human wisdom — eastern and western, ancient and contemporary, scientific and spiritual — into simple, powerful maps.  Ken will share some of his latest thinking on spirituality,  psychology, and current events, as well as  answer questions about his work and life.  Don’t miss this very rare chance to see Ken in person.

Do you have a question for Ken Wilber?  Send your question to nomali@boulderintegral.org.  We will pass this on to Ken and try and accommodate as many questions as possible.  We ask for your forgiveness in advance if your question does not get picked among the many that we are receiving.

At this event, we will explore:

• Integral Consciousness: the beauty, goodness and truth of emerging realities
• Integral Spirituality and Integral Life Practice
• Science and Religion: Is there a marriage?
• Application of Integral Theory to leadership, education, psychotherapy, politics, spirituality and more…
• What is “AQAL?”

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“Ken Wilber is one of the most important pioneers in the field of consciousness in this century.  I regard him as my mentor.  He is a source of inspiration and insight to all of us.  Read everything he writes—it will change your life.”-Deepak Chopra

“Wilber’s ‘integral vision’ offers readers the opportunity to make valuable connections among disparate disciplines and-just maybe-to prepare themselves for a brave new world.”-Publishers Weekly

“A soaring tour de force and daring exposition by one of America’s most inventive thinkers. Don’t quit the search for an integral culture until you have given it a whirl-and take this book with you as a sturdy guide.”-Professor Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School

“Ken Wilber is one of the most creative spiritual thinkers alive today.  Like a masterful conductor, he brings everyone in, finds room for science and spirit, and creates music for the soul.”-Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of The Politics of Meaning

“Nobody is integrating the sciences and spiritual knowledge with Wilber’s scope and integrative power.”   -Michael Murphy, cofounder Esalen, author The Future of the Body and Golf in the Kingdom

About Ken
Ken Wilber is the most widely translated academic writer in America, with 25 books translated into some 30 foreign languages, and is the first philosopher-psychologist to have his Collected Works published while still alive. Wilber is an internationally acknowledged leader and the preeminent scholar of the Integral stage of human development, which continues to gather momentum around the world. His many books, all of which are still in print, can be found at Amazon.com. Some of his more popular books include Integral Spirituality; No Boundary; Grace and Grit; Sex, Ecology, Spirituality; and the “everything” books: A Brief History of Everything (one of his largest selling books) and A Theory of Everything (probably the shortest introduction to his work).  Ken Wilber is the founder of Integral Institute, Inc., the co-founder of Integral Life, Inc., and the Senior Fellow of Integral Life Spiritual Center.

Questions about this event? Please email Nomali@boulderintegral.org

If you are visiting from out of town, please click here to learn about getting to the center and nearby hotels.

Cancellation Policy

This event is on Aug. 1st, 2009.
Cancellations before July 15th will be refunded full paid amount minus $20 admin fee.
Cancellations by July 23rd will be refunded 50% of amount paid.
Cancellations after July 23rd and no-shows will not be refunded.