An Experiential Talk and Practice

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

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

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

PLEASE NOTE: THE MONDAY NIGHT MEDITATION CLASSES ARE CURRENTLY ON A BREAK. CHECK BACK SOON AND WE WILL ALSO ANNOUNCE VIA NEWSLETTER WHEN WE START CLASSES AGAIN.

What: Senshi Meditation & Mindfulness Practice
When: 7-8pm Monday nights. starting Nov. 9th (please be in the meditation hall a few minutes before 7pm)*
Cost: Free
Where: Meditation Room at Boulder Integral (2805 Broadway Street, Boulder)
Facilitator: Keith Martin-Smith

“Senshi” means “warrior” in Japanese, and this is warrior training for your body, your mind, and your spirit. Becoming an accomplished athlete, artist, businessperson, or author requires discipline of practice. Our spiritual practice is no different.

Senshi Meditation takes seriously the idea that there is nothing more important in your life right now then waking up. Every minute spent asleep is another minute spent in bondage, in contraction, in ignorance, in servitude to old stories, patterns, and obsessions. This is a life and death practice, and we will take our seats as warriors dedicated to our path.

OVERVIEW

• This meditation class will begin informally at 6:45pm, where any questions can be answered, we can talk, warm up, and drop in.
• Meditation will go from precisely 7pm until 8pm.
• We will sometimes engage in one or all of the following as part of our practice: mindful physical embodiment, energy work, and/or discussion of the Dharma.
• The sit ends at 8pm, but there will be another optional 15 minutes of post-sit discussion for anyone interested in staying and discussing anything that might have come up.

DETAIL

• Meditation practice will follow the Rinai Zen tradition, which is derived directly from the Japanese Samurai. Rinzai, more than any other meditative discipline, embodies the energy of spiritual practice as warrior practice. When you take your seat in a Rinzai Zen sit, you take your seat as a warrior, and you resolve to face whatever arises during the sit — emotional, physical, or spiritual — without movement of any kind. No scratching, no shifting in your seat, no adjusting your posture, no eye wandering. The body remains utterly, completely still, as a service to yourself and to those around you. We will use concentration meditation as a way to Clear Deep Heart/Mind and Samadhi (unreasonable joy).
• Physical Embodiment Practice will follow the stretching, breathing, and strength-building used in Northern Shaolin Kung Fu. The focus will be on mindful execution and mindfulness practice, no matter what discomfort the body is experiencing.
• Energy Work will include qi gong movements and sitting qi gong practice.
• Discussion of spiritual classics and other suggested books will fine tune our philosophical understanding of our practice.
• Mondo Zen Protocols (deconstruction and reconstruction of the ego) will occur by appointment only, outside of class time.

PROTOCOL

Will be explained before we seal the container of our group. Instruction will be provided for other activities at the appropriate time. No unnecessary speaking or eye contact during the hour of formal practice — this is a sacred space dedicated to our Awakening!

METHOD

Boulder, CO has many strengths, but a sharp and clear lineage of spiritual 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 spiritual path. “There is a way between voice and presence where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens. With wondering talk it closes.” —Rumi

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

Keith Martin-Smith began studying the Dharma in 1996, and took Red Tara Empowerment and Bodhisattva Vows with Lama Tsering Everest in 2001. In 2007 he met Jun Po Roshi and became a formal student of his, and was given the Dharma name “Ko Gen” (“Tiger Eye”). Keith/Kogen has been authorized by Jun Po Roshi to teach the Mondo Zen deconstruction/reconstruction protocol and meditation.

Kogen is also the most senior disciple and only lineage holder of Grandmaster Jeon Hoon Jeon, 3rd Generation White Tiger Master, and has been given the title of “Co-Master” in the instruction of Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and Qi Gong. He has been training since 1994 and teaching since 2003. His training in Kung Fu and Qi Gong is ongoing on the way to becoming a Master. He has also studied Jin Woo, Hung Gar, Wing Chun, and Jinqui Qi Gong.

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

INTEGRAL FRAME FOR THOSE INTERESTED

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 is the most effective way to create change. 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.

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.

Hi Everybody!

Please scroll down for details of the Main Event at Westin Hotel, Westminster, Colorado, and optional Pre-Events at Boulder Integral Center, Boulder, Colorado. ↓

Optional Friday Pre-Events at Boulder Integral Center, Boulder, Colorado

Friday, August 28, 2009, 2 pm – 5 pm
UNLOCKING YOUR INTEGRAL PERSPECTIVE
3-hour seminar with Jeff Salzman
$55
CLICK *HERE* TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT

Friday, August 28, 2009, 7 pm – 9 pm
SEX, GOD, ROCK n’ ROLL
Live show and party, with Stuart Davis
$10 (pay at the door)

Saturday-Sunday Main Event at the Hotel Westin, Westminster, Colorado

Saturday, August 29 – Sunday, August 30, 2009
(Check-in from 8am – 8:45am) Event begins at 9:00am

ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE WESTERN MIND: AN EXPLORATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE TERRITORY AND PRACTICES OF AWAKENING

Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi, Ken Wilber (representing Integral Life), Bernie Glassman Roshi, Bill Harris and Dr. Kamie Buddemeier

Early Bird Registration $997. After July 31, $1249 (See below for registration and other details)
CLICK *HERE* TO REGISTER FOR THIS MAIN EVENT

Please note: Hotel Westin and Boulder Integral Center are only about 15-20 minutes drive to and from one another.

PRE & MAIN EVENT DETAILS
Friday Optional Pre-Events at Boulder Integral Center
Boulder, Colorado

Friday, August 28, 2009, 2 pm – 5 pm
UNLOCKING YOUR INTEGRAL PERSPECTIVE: A 3-hour seminar with Jeff Salzman (followed by Stuart Davis: Sex, God, Rock ‘n’ Roll Concert. Attend either or both. Have dinner and a walk during the break before the concert in our beautiful Boulder neighborhood)

Do you feel called to live a higher, juicier life? Integral is not just a level of consciousness, it is a new worldspace of insight, connection and effectiveness. Come to Boulder Integral and find out how you can bring the power of integral functioning into your life.

One of the gifts of integral functioning is that we are able to forge a radical new connection to our own destiny. As we see more deeply into the patterns of the kosmos we see more deeply into ourselves. We see our gifts more clearly and become more keenly aware of what quickens our heart. This in turn releases a yearning — indeed an imperative — to enact our unique contribution into the world.

We hope you can join this event, led by Boulder Integral co-founder, Jeff Salzman. Stay for the Stuart Davis show and party afterwards!  This will be a great opportunity for you to meet with others who are also in town for the weekend workshop at Hotel Westin.

TOPICS

• Perspective-taking: the new path of liberation
• Intersubjective enlightenment: practices for developing relationships that call forth the best of everyone
• Partnering with Emergence: how to get real traction on the projects of your life

Friday, August 28, 2009 – 7 pm – 9 pm
SEX, GOD, ROCK n’ ROLL: Live show and party, with Stuart Davis
$10 (pay at the door)

Boulder’s very own integral rockstar Stuart Davis has made a genre-busting career of delving into difficult subjects as a Writer-Director-Actor-Comedian-Songwriter-Zen Practitioner and Integral Spiritualist. With his trademark synergy of sacred and profane punchlines, Stu will take you through a circus of sexuality, spirituality, and showbiz. In Stu’s Universe horny is holy, funny is profound, and Love has no opposite. Davis twists mind, body, & spirit into a hot menage ‘e trois. It’s no wonder he’s long been known as the Twisted Mystic.

“Razor sharp improv. Lurking amid the minutiae of his observations on life and the Universe are some startling insights. Davis pulls off the most elusive of party tricks… Even the gods were grinning.”
-Irish Times, Dublin Ireland

For questions about the Pre-Events at Boulder Integral, please email Nomali@BoulderIntegral.org or call 303 541 1540

Saturday-Sunday Main Event at the Westin Hotel
Westminster, Colorado

Saturday, August 29 – Sunday, August 30, 2009
(Check-in from 8am – 8:45am) Event begins at 9:00am
ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE WESTERN MIND: AN EXPLORATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE TERRITORY AND PRACTICES OF AWAKENING
Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi, Ken Wilber (representing Integral Life), Bernie Glassman Roshi, Dr. Kamie Buddemeier and Bill Harris

Five of the most innovative and leading edge experts in the field of human consciousness come together for one blockbuster weekend! This will be a highly interactive session, with a full day of Big Mind process with Genpo Roshi and extensive talks and Q & A sessions with Bernie Glassman, Roshi, Ken Wilber and Bill Harris.

You simply have to be there! And let your friends know about this event! Seats limited to 220, Call 801.328.8414 now to reserve your place today!

The Westin Hotel has kindly offered a basic room rate of $139 per night for Vast Sky/Boulder Integral registrants. Space is limited so book today. Make your reservation *here*

The Westin Hotel, 10600 Westminster Boulevard, Westminster, CO 80020, (866) 716-8137
Click here to contact the hotel.

Please call us if you have any questions.

• For questions regarding the Saturday-Sunday event at Hotel Westin, please call Vast Sky at 801.328.8414
• For questions regrading the Friday Pre-Events at Boulder Integral Center, please email Nomali@boulderintegral.org or call 303.541.1540

DIRECTIONS and MAPS

• Denver International Airport Maps – http://www.flydenver.com/maps/index.asp
• From Denver International Airport to Hotel Westin, Westminster, CO – Click *here*
• From Denver International Airport to Boulder Integral Center, 2805 (0r 2819) Broadway Street, Boulder, CO, 80304 – Click *here*
• From Hotel Westin to Boulder Integral Center, Click *here*
• Getting to Westminster and Boulder by SkyRide Bus from Denver International Airport – Very cheap! Click *here*
• Boulder Super Shuttle (also very reasonable) Click *here*