Evolution of Beliefs
Written by Valerii Pekar The evolution of thinking is inseparably linked with the evolution of ideas about spiritual and religious beliefs, practices and organizations. This article is an attempt to briefly consider this subject using the integral model. The beige paradigm is purely materialistic. Here, all energy is spent on survival, so people simply can’t […]
Community Call #2 info and topics to be discussed
Spring is already here! We might feel a growing anticipation of spring and excitement about nature opening up and a warmer weather coming. We also feel the growing excitement about meeting with many of you in just 4 weeks in a fully opened blooming greenery! Join us this Friday for the preparation call hosted by […]
Report on the 1st Online Community Call
We had people calling in from Norway, Finland, Sweden, Hungary, Ukraine, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, France, Canada and the USA from Colorado, California, Hawaii. The Live Broadcast option has been turned on unintentionally so it broadcasted on the personal Facebook wall of Bence. Here is the link for the recording: https://www.facebook.com/benceganti Each participant […]
European Leadership course could be of great value for coaches
You are most probably an ambassador of change in the life of your clients. Feelings of helplessness, not being able to find a way out, or looking for help are the most common reasons why people turn to a coach. A high number of well-established coaching and facilitation techniques exist and you are probably using […]
Towards being fully human – through an integration of African philosophy
Dr. Paddy Pampallis has spent her life committed to finding meaning in the world of human experience. An activist, explorer and seeker at heart, she has spent her working life as an educator, psychologist, coach, supervisor and business woman. Paddy first came across Wilber’s work, in 1992 when completing a 2-year integrative psychotherapy training post […]
Getting to know the founder of mature adult development theory
Dr. Susanne Cook-Greuter is not only an authority on the global scene of research-based adult development but also one of the most trusted elder teachers of the integral community. Her Ego Development Theory is often referenced by Ken Wilber – who has created his own model of the stages of development by integrating the most solid systems […]
Varieties of Subjective Time
Written by Valerii Pekar Both our everyday life and integral thinkers teach us that people with different worldviews hardly understand each other. One of the fundamental reasons for this misunderstanding is rooted in a different way of perceiving and feeling time, which is one of the most basic concepts of human life. After Albert Einstein […]
Are you a Leader? Find out more about ways to develop maturity.
Did you know that the meaning-making capacity of individuals is reflected in their language? Susanne Cook-Greuter’s sentence completion test (which is now called the MAP – Maturity Assessment Profile) is based on this fact. After evaluating thousands of tests, she created a description of 9 levels of increasing embrace, each representing a distinct, qualitatively different, […]
Integral Zen Community Process on IEC Regathering with Doshin N. Roshi
We are glad to announce that Doshin Nelson Roshi from the Mondo Zen (Dialoguing Zen) tradition and founder of Integral Zen accepted our invitation. He is going to lead an experiential Integral Zen Process during the IEC Vienna Regathering for the whole community in the morning Big Circle, April 18-19, 2017. Integral Zen combines the […]
Two Types of Red in Islam? Spiral Dynamics by Elza Maalouf
Dear IEC Friend, Elza is the living embodyment in putting integral into real life practice. A foremost student of Dr. Don Beck (Spiral Dynamics) and Ken Wilber (Integral Theory) she is the voices who helps us understand the Middle-East. ” There is not one but two types of red we face: TypeA: Islamic Extrimist / TypeB: […]