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Sat, Jun 4th 2:00 pm

Integral Health and Healing, with Ken Wilber and Roger Walsh (MD, Ph.D.)

Event Details

Date: June 4, 2011
Time: 2pm – 4:30pm
Venue: The Boulder Integral Center, 2805 Broadway Street, Boulder, CO 80304 (Info@boulderintegral.org)

A rare opportunity to see Ken Wilber in person, in Boulder,
Appearing with his dear friend, physician and fellow philosopher, Roger Walsh …

“… is there some way to practice medicine that surrenders not one ounce of the rigorously scientific, empirical, and clinical dimensions that will always be a cornerstone of any modern scientific system of health care … but also makes room, in a coherent fashion, for all of those other dimensions of being-in-the-world, dimensions that, if ignored or repressed, not only subtract from one’s humanity but from being a truly effective physician?” – Ken Wilber
From foreword to Integral Medicine: A Noetic Reader, Editors: Marilyn Schlitz & Tina Hyman (Read more here)

Join us for a Saturday afternoon, June 4, for an exploration of healing and health, featuring author and integral philosopher Ken Wilber, with Australian professor of Psychiatry, Philosophy and Anthropology, Roger Walsh.

In this relaxed three-hour session at our old church in downtown Boulder, you will gain insights into a more comprehensive approach to health and medicine, one that respects — and integrates — all streams of human wisdom and healing.

Whether you are a professional health practitioner in any traditional medical setting, alternative health care provider, therapist, energy worker/healer, are dealing with health problems yourself, or are a citizen interested in staying healthy in ALL of who you are, you will gain gems of knowledge at this gathering.  This event will invite new ways of thinking about one of the most provocative and important issues facing our nation and world.  Health care, medicine and healing are inextricably and  inevitably with us for life!  So let us engage the FULL health of our communities and ourselves with deep care.

Do you have a question for Ken Wilber and Roger Walsh?
Please send your question to Info@boulderintegral.org (“Question for Ken and Roger” on email subject line, please).  Limit 1 question (no longer than 300 words) per registered participant.  We will select some of the most relevant and potent questions which Ken and Roger will answer at the event.  We apologize in advance: not all questions will make it

Ken Wilber has lived with a chronic disease for many years, discovering that it has both limited his life and also liberated him in profound and unexpected ways. Ken is author of the best-selling and beloved book, Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber, a tremendously moving account of the passing, shortly into their marriage, of Ken’s wife, Treya.

Through these trials, Roger Walsh has been Ken’s physician, friend and counsel.  With the wealth of knowledge that Roger has researched and accumulated throughout the years as a medical and spiritual practitioner, he has written the highly recommended books, Essential Spirituality: The 7 Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind and World of Shamanism: New Views of an Ancient Tradition.

It is a privilege to host these two leaders in the exciting and emerging field of integral health and healing.

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Ken Wilber at the Integral Incubator 

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.  www.kenwilber.com

Selected works from Ken Wilber:

(2008) Integral Life Practice (with Adam Leonard, Marco Morelli, Terry Patten)
(2007) Integral Spirituality
(2004) The Simple Feeling of Being
(2000) Integral Psychology
(2000) A Theory of Everything
(1999) One Taste
(1998) The Marriage of Sense and Soul
(1995) Sex, Ecology, Spirituality
(1992) Grace And Grit
(1977) The Atman Project

Roger Walsh and wife, Frances Vaughan 

Roger Walsh graduated with first-class honors from the University of Queensland with degrees in psychology, physiology, neuroscience, and medicine, while he worked as a circus acrobat and held world records in high diving and the trampoline. He went to Stanford University as a Fulbright scholar and passed licensing exams in medicine, psychology, and psychiatry before moving to the University of California at Irvine where he is currently professor of psychiatry, philosophy, and anthropology. His initial research and writings were in the area of neuroscience and received multiple national and international awards.

Initially extremely skeptical of all things religious and spiritual, he found his attitudes challenged and changed after he tried meditation for himself. He began to research meditation and related areas and to write extensively on topics such as spirituality and psychological well-being. His text on meditation received the “Outstanding Academic Book of 1984″ Award, while his book, Paths Beyond Ego was a “Transformational Books” finalist and was listed among Common Boundary’s “One Hundred Most Influential Psycho-spiritual Books of the Century”. All told, his writings and research have received over twenty national and international awards, while his teaching has received one national award and he has been six times voted “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” by students at the University of California.   www.drrogerwalsh.com.

Selected works from Roger Walsh (MD, Ph.D.)

(2008) Accept This Gift: Selections from A Course in Miracles (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions) (with Frances Vaughan)
(2007) World of Shamanism: New Views of an Ancient Tradition
(2005) Higher Wisdom (with Charles S. Grob)
(2005) Higher Wisdom: Eminent Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology.)
(2000) Essential Spirituality: The 7 Central Practices to Awaken Heart and Mind
(1995) Gifts from A Course in Miracles (with Frances Vaughan)
(1993) Paths beyond Ego
(1992) A Gift of Peace (with Frances Vaughan)

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Ken Wilber, Roger Walsh and Frances Vaughan 

Whether you are a lawyer or not, laws and those who practice law effect our lives no matter what we do.  This conversation between Mark James Fischler and Christian Grostic explores what is law and what might be Integral law.  The inquiry includes looking at how to create a more comprehensive practice and approach to legal problems.

Mark James Fischler is currently an Assistant Professor of criminal justice at Plymouth State University in NH. He teaches primarily criminal procedure and ethics to undergraduate students. Before teaching, Mark practiced law as a NH Public Defender for three-and-a-half years representing indigent people accused of criminal acts. He also worked as Guardian Ad Litem representing the best interests of children in divorce cases. His principle mentor as an attorney in style and approach is trial attorney Gerry Spence (a teacher of his). After leaving the law Mark went out on a personal journey for a year and a half working in the Buddhist and Toltec traditions and upon return joined the Plymouth State University faculty.

Christian Grostic practices civil and white-collar criminal litigation. He has appeared in federal courts throughout the country in a wide range of complex litigation.  Chris was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Branch, which he joined through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. He represented various agencies in contract disputes, class actions, and bankruptcy proceedings. He also represented the United States in several cases challenging the constitutionality of federal statutes. Before joining the Department of Justice, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Karen Nelson Moore of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Chris graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, was an editor of the Michigan Law Review, and received numerous awards and honors, and summa cum laude from Kalamazoo College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is the author of two law review articles: Evolving Objective Standards: A Developmental Approach to Constitutional Review of Morals Legislation, 105 Mich. L. Rev. 151 (2006); and A Prudential Exercise: Abstention and the Probate Exception to Federal Diversity Jurisdiction, 104 Mich. L. Rev. 131 (2005). Chris is admitted to practice in Michigan and Ohio.

Covering many topics from spiritual teachers to spiritual teachings, Dr. Bert Parlee asks many interesting questions of Dr. Robert Augustus Masters.  We hope you enjoy!  We regret that the sound quality is not great. This is a taping of a conference call (2009).

Dr. Robert Augustus Masters: My passion is to fuel, illuminate, and support the living of a deeper life, a life of love, integrity, and fully alive awakening. Providing environments (both inner and outer) in which deep healing and transformation can take place is my vocation and privilege.

Having just reached my 60th birthday, I notice that I am finding freedom more through intimacy — intimacy not only with my beloved Diane, but also with all that is — than through transcendence. There is a deeply satisfying joy for me in passing on what I have learned, especially through my integral psychotherapy apprenticeship programs and the couples intensives that I do with Diane.

Since 1977 I’ve worked as a psychotherapist (I have a Ph.D. in Psychology), group leader, bodyworker, and teacher of spiritual deepening practices, integrating the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual in my practice. Most weekends these days I’m leading groups or trainings.

Evolving in fitting parallel with this has been my writing, which is as much a passion for me as facilitating deep groupwork. I’ve authored eight books, including Divine Dynamite, Darkness Shining Wild, and, most recently, Transformation Through Intimacy . My essays have appeared in magazines ranging from Magical Blend to the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, as well as in several anthologies. And running rampant through all my writing is my poetry, keeping my prose on its toes.

Dr. Bert Parlee: Offering leadership and other trainings around the world, Dr Parlee is a licensed clinical psychologist with private psychotherapy and executive/personal life coaching practices in Mill Valley, California. From its inception, Bert has been a vital part of Ken Wilber’s Integral Institute in Colorado, where he also works as a large group trainer and facilitator. He has facilitated and co-trained with Don Beck at Spiral Dynamics seminars, and is a founding partner of Integral Development Associates, offering management consultation, leadership training and executive coaching. He also serves as a training facilitator and executive coach with the Stagen Leadership Institute in Dallas.

Bert teaches at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, and for the Organizational Psychology Coaching program at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasanton, California and the Organizational Psychology MBA program at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Bert honored in Political Science from the University of New Brunswick in 1977, and has a MA in contemplative psychology from Naropa University, 1984. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, 1993.

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Fr. David McCallum, S.J. is a Jesuit priest who, in the tradition of Teilhard de Chardin, is passionate about the evolution of the human race in relationship with the Cosmos, and is deeply committed to be and act in the service of that evolution. In particular, through his research, studies and work, David explores the connections between adult learning, development, and both leadership and spirituality (he just completed a doctorate at Columbia University in Adult Learning and Leadership, and have worked closely with Bill Torbert and Susanne Cook-Greuter). David works in NYC, offering spiritual and leadership retreats and workshops, and consulting in the areas of leadership for change and organizational development. For David, Integral Leadership is one way of envisioning and enacting this form of service by helping map the terrain of our experience, and offering insight into paths of action and contemplation.

Rollie Stanich grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was awarded the University of Calgary’s highest scholarship for four consecutive years, and graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Management in 1990. He taught at the University’s Faculty of Continuing Education for several years, then worked for ten years in software development in Montreal. Rollie assisted with the early development of the Integral Naked website and joined Integral Institute as the site’s Managing Editor in 2004. A year later, he was appointed to his present position as Chief Facilitator of Integral Spiritual Center. He co-organized numerous ISC seminars on Integral Buddhism and Integral Christianity and the ISC Teachers’ Gatherings of 2005, 2006, and 2007. Rollie presented on the work of James Fowler and Ken Wilber at the third ISC Teachers’ Gathering, and is a frequent teacher at Boulder Integral, Denver’s Buddhist/Christian Interfaith Group, and at Integral Salons and seminars across the U.S. and Canada.

Rollie’s spiritual path is that of contemplative Christianity. He is a practitioner of Centering Prayer and a longtime student of Fr. Thomas Keating. He co-wrote and co-produced the 2008 Integral Life DVD The Future of Christianity, and is currently writing a book about Integral Christianity entitled ‘Who do You Say that I Am?’.

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Please note:

* We regret that you will not see the flip chart drawings that Ross used during his presentation.
* Those who asked questions were not using a microphone, therefore their volume is not great.
* There was also a Day 2 to this event. The recording from Day 2 will be posted soon. Stay tuned!

As we enter the second decade of the new millennium, it’s difficult to find a committed seeker has not been effected in some way by a community scandal involving the sexual conduct of a spiritual leader. Indeed, sexual controversy is so common in post-modern spirituality that “It just seems to go with the territory.”

In this recording, Ross Hostetter, a co-founder of Boulder Integral, explored the territory of spiritual leadership and offered a perspective different from the standard psychological insights involving shadow, treatment, boundaries, power dynamics and drama triangles. He presented a case that our most cherished and unexamined spiritual ‘truths’– our ideas about God and love– are in fact the root cause of our current problems. Ross has been through the collapse of a spiritual community and the loss of his priest, best friend, and spiritual teacher over pedophilia involving his own son. From a distance of more than a decade past this event, Ross sought to present a call for something radically new: a second-order change that enrolls every person in a spiritual community as part of the solution.

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Tuesday November 2rd at 6:30pm- 8:30pm
Suggested donation $15
Venue: Boulder Integral, 2805 Broadway Street, Boulder, CO 80304

What is the Relationship between Mantra and Koan on the Spiritual Path?

Kōans reflect an Enlightened State designed to shock the mind into sudden Awareness.  ["What is Buddha?" a monk asked. "Three pounds of flax!", Master Dongshan replied.]
Mantras are sounds or groups of words that can create transformation.

How can contemplating koans or reciting mantras relate to realizing your true nature?  How do they differ?  What does it feel like to gain insight from one versus the other?

Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi, 83rd Patriarch of the Rinzai Zen school, will explore this in a lively, hands-on, and deeply experiential talk, meditation, and Q&A at Boulder Integral.  Climb inside two of Buddhism’s most powerful vehicles for transformation! Find out more about Jun Po Roshi here.

JUNPO NOVEMBER 2010

Boulder Integral Member $10.00 Non Member $15.00 Student (ID required)/Senior $10.00