3 Hour Presentation
Thursday, November 6th, 7 – 10pm

• Heard about the Theory of Everything?
• Or evolutionary spirituality?
• Married to a someone who talks about Ken Wilber and the AQAL models?
• Or are you just bored to tears with the same old left vs right, good vs bad, yes vs no arguments we hear all around us?

Then check out Intro to Integral Theory and Practice, the class for people who want a quick, efficient download on the coolest new worldview in town.

Integral describes a philosophical system that seeks to include the gifts of all other worldviews:

• The gifts of science and religion
• The gifts of the East and the West,
• The gifts of the Ancients, the Moderns, the Post-Moderns

The goal — and indeed the result — of this integration, is a view and a way of living that is larger, deeper, more flexible and wise. At Boulder Integral we recognize this as a new stage in the on-going evolution of consciousness and human culture, and seek to explore and enact it in our lives. We are pioneering the development of various kinds of integral practices, designed to help people become more aware, in touch, and capable of skillful action.

This three hour class focuses on the key element of Integral theory: evolution. We will show patterns of history that make sense of our human heritage, and also deeply inform and inspire smarter solutions to today’s global challenges. We will also map the stages of personal evolution that starts with each of us at birth, revealing insights, and indeed energetics, that accelerate our personal evolution in real time. Soon we’re surfing the rising wave of Emergence itself!

Jeff Salzman

Steve McIntosh

Taught by Steve McIntosh, author of Integral Consciousness,  and Jeff Salzman, co-founder of Boulder Integral.

Sunday, December 14th, 9am-Noon
Suggested Donation $10 (Members free)

Harvard Developmental Psychologist Robert Kegan nails the essence of human development with this insight:

“The subject of one level of development becomes the object of the subject of the next level.”

In other words, what we think of as “us”: our thoughts, our sensations, our emotions, our history, our identity, is something that we can witness as well as enact, and as we do we grow.   This is a call to practice.   In meditation, for instance, we see a feeling, say anger, as an it or series of it’s.  Instead of my anger, just … anger, arising in my body/mind as a fabric of thoughts and sensations.   Not me, but mine.

Through transformational practice we enlarge the witness — by witnessing it! — and once again what was subject becomes object(s) to a new bigger Subject, which we can capitalize because it always feels holy.   And that new  bigger subject is You, a larger dimension of yourself, which is essential your self being liberated into more space and flow.   So now You’re more you than ever, except with less grip and friction, enabling an ever-increasing flow of love, creativity and power.

On a good day, at least!

So let’s have a good day on Sunday with some exploration and  practice.   Stuart Davis will be here to shine his light on the topic as well.

Lead Teacher: Jeff Salzman

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Program format:

• 9 – 9:45 am: Group meditation in the Meditation Hall, combines teaching, guided processes and silent space
• 10 – 11:30 am: Homily, group process and discussion led by Jeff Salzman. Stuart Davis will join us to provide music
• 10 – 11:30 am: Child care will be provided starting 10 am
• 11:30 – noon: Social time

Sunday, November 30th, 9am-Noon
Suggested Donation $10
Also on 12/14, 12/25

THIS WEEK’S THEME: Turning: The Assent to a new Direction – with Ross Hostetter

Ascending Angels, Art by Claire J. Candry (2004)

In this Integral Spiritual Sunday, we explore a step in the transformative path, “Turning: The assent to a new direction.” What is it that makes us want to move in a new direction- to explore a new way of being? What triggers our agreement to change, aids us in the process, and keeps us moving? Through some simple practices and dialogues, we explore one aspect of  the mystery of change- the turning and assent to evolution.

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Integral Spiritual Sunday (general event description)

Give us that new time religion! Or at least come and help us figure out what that might be. Starting October 5th we’re going to host Integral Spiritual Sunday, a Sunday morning gathering dedicated to trans-lineage inspiration, interaction and celebration. It’s the closest thing to an integral church. Come help us make it happen!

• 9 – 9:45 am: Group meditation in the Meditation Hall, combines teaching, guided processes and silent space.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Homily, group process and discussion led by Ross Hostetter and Jeff Salzman. Stuart Davis will join us to provide music.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Child care will be provided starting at 10 am.
• 11:30 – noon: Social time.

Sunday, November 16th, 9am-Noon
Suggested Donation $10
Also on 11/30, 12/7, 12/14

Give us that new time religion! Or at least come and help us figure out what that might be. Starting October 5th we’re going to host Integral Spiritual Sunday, a Sunday morning gathering dedicated to trans-lineage inspiration, interaction and celebration. It’s the closest thing to an integral church. Come help us make it happen!

• 9 – 9:45 am: Group meditation in the Meditation Hall, combines teaching, guided processes and silent space.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Homily, group process and discussion led by Ross Hostetter and Jeff Salzman. Stuart Davis will join us to provide music.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Child care will be provided starting at 10 am.
• 11:30 – noon: Social time.

Sunday, November 2nd, 9am-Noon
Suggested Donation $10
Also on 11/16, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14

Give us that new time religion! Or at least come and help us figure out what that might be. Starting October 5th we’re going to host Integral Spiritual Sunday, a Sunday morning gathering dedicated to trans-lineage inspiration, interaction and celebration. It’s the closest thing to an integral church. Come help us make it happen!

• 9 – 9:45 am: Group meditation in the Meditation Hall, combines teaching, guided processes and silent space.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Homily, group process and discussion led by Ross Hostetter and Jeff Salzman. Stuart Davis will join us to provide music.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Child care will be provided starting at 10 am.
• 11:30 – noon: Social time.

Sunday, October 19th, 9am-Noon
Suggested Donation $10
Also on 11/2, 11/16, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14

Give us that new time religion! Or at least come and help us figure out what that might be. Starting October 5th we’re going to host Integral Spiritual Sunday, a Sunday morning gathering dedicated to trans-lineage inspiration, interaction and celebration. It’s the closest thing to an integral church. Come help us make it happen!

• 9 – 9:45 am: Group meditation in the Meditation Hall, combines teaching, guided processes and silent space.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Homily, group process and discussion led by Ross Hostetter and Jeff Salzman. Stuart Davis will join us to provide music.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Child care will be provided starting at 10 am.
• 11:30 – noon: Social time.

Sunday, October 5th, 9am-Noon
Suggested Donation $10
Also on 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14

Give us that new time religion! Or at least come and help us figure out what that might be. Starting October 5th we’re going to host Integral Spiritual Sunday, a Sunday morning gathering dedicated to trans-lineage inspiration, interaction and celebration. It’s the closest thing to an integral church. Come help us make it happen!

• 9 – 9:45 am: Group meditation in the Meditation Hall, combines teaching, guided processes and silent space.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Homily, group process and discussion led by Ross Hostetter and Jeff Salzman. Stuart Davis will join us to provide music.
• 10 – 11:30 am: Child care will be provided starting at 10 am.
• 11:30 – noon: Social time.

Saturday, 9/13, 2008
7 PM – 9 PM
Suggested Donation: Buy the book!

Meet the Authors!
Integral Life Practice: A 21st-Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening

Come and meet the co-authors of one of the most important new integral books of the year, Integral Life Practice. Co-authors Terry Patten, Adam Leonard and Marco Morelli will be here to share their insights into ILP, a powerful new approach to human transformational practice. (Ken Wilber will try his best to be here as well!)

Visit www.integral-life-practice.com to read the first two chapters!

“Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory has created a road map. Now Terry Patten, Adam Leonard, and Marco Morelli have added a GPS (Global Practicing System) with Integral Life Practice. Travelers on the spiritual path will find this book indispensable.“—Brother David Steindl-Rast, Benedictine monk, author of Listening Heart

“What if we could draw from the best of the world’s ancient contemplative traditions as well as contemporary psychological and somatic therapies, and weld them into a powerful program for transforming our lives? Now we can, and Integral Life Practice is a happy result of this possibility.“—Roger Walsh MD, PhD, University of California, author of Essential Spirituality: The Seven Central Practices

Monday & Friday Mornings
Starting August 18th – 8am-9:30am
Suggested Donation: $1 – $5

We will open the meditation hall and the movement area every Monday & Friday mornings from 8am – 9:30am starting Monday, August 18th.  These sessions of sitting, walking and/or movement meditation will be either on your own or guided.  You are free to choose whether you want to sit, walk or dance/move.  Depending on the needs of the practitioner, the last 30 minutes of the session will be for discussion and instructions.  Email nomali@b-cil.org, if you are interested in leading a session.