Integral Ageing: A Challenge to Take On
Integral Ageing: A Challenge to Take On What are our concepts and beliefs about old age? How do they influence our reality? How was old age seen and lived in previous societies or in other parts of the world? We are living in a youth oriented culture where getting older is considered inevitable but […]
So how does Orange get to Teal?
So how does Orange get to Teal? Or Orange-Green. Or Green? Take any organisation that isn’t already self-organising and wouldn’t have made it into Frederic’s book (Frederic Laloux: Reinventing oganizations). Let’s suppose that it grasps and aspires to the vision that he presents. What will its journey look like? We don’t have a map […]
Africa’s Ubuntu wisdom: “I am because of you!”
Africa’s Ubuntu wisdom: “I am because of you!” AT EVERY STAGE, ONE DIES TO ONESELF IN ORDER TO BE REBORN INTO THE OTHER – THROUGH BECOMING AND BEING MORE – Alassane Ndaw When faced with complexity through perceived impositions of forced change, our ego can feel threatened and we can move quickly to a […]
Integral Health and Healing: Integral Paradigm for Medicine and Herbalism
Why is a new approach to health and medicine necessary? Lack of a coherent paradigm for Western herbal, conventional and alternative medicine results in reductionism, lost in the sea of specialization, treating only symptoms, neglecting broader aspects of health. Healthcare professionals, scientists and patients are aware of the shortcomings of conventional medicine and frustrated with […]
Circling in Peru: An Experiential Preview of Relational Practice
Circling in Peru: An Experiential Preview of Relational Practice It’s Tuesday night in Cusco, Peru, and I’m sitting in a white plastic chair in the second story of a University administrative building with twenty-two locals, two assistants and two organizers. The fluorescent light glares off the white tile floor, and the sound echoes. We’re […]
The Refugee Issue Seen from Spiral Dynamics Integral
The Refugee Issue Seen from Spiral Dynamics Integral – Article written by Leida Schuringa, Synnervate/Center for Human Emergence NL- “no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark” [1] For more than 20 years I am involved in supporting refugees in The Netherlands to find their place in society. I use […]
Shift from domination to partnership
Shift from domination to partnership Actualizing evolutionary co-leadership in all sectors of European society is a key multiplier for the transformation of our civilization. When individuals, teams, and organizations choose to put their gifts and resources in the service of evolution, they have access to a higher level of energy, creativity, and wisdom. By consciously […]
Your stupid friend is your shadow mirror – learn how!
Imagine you are in a movie theater, totally engaged in the experience. The characters, the action and the plot all have you captivated. Turn on the lights, and it literally disappears. Gone. The same is true for our shadow. Much like a film is projected onto a screen, our shadow is projected onto our experience and we’re walking […]
Conscious Communication Skills in Business
Conscious Communication Skills in Business The greatest challenge for anyone in business today is how to make a personal and professional impact in an increasingly competitive, volatile and unpredictable marketplace. This means that taking an integral approach to communication skills will be fundamental to success. At 4D Human being our team of ‘4D Integral […]
The Way of the Mysterial Woman
The Way of the Mysterial Woman “When you are transformed the world will be transformed, for you are the world and the world is you.” ~ The Gospel of Mary Magdalene In the aftermath of the atrocities in Brussels a friend asked me this morning if I thought I would still go to Hungary for […]
