Discovering wholeness in addiction care
As a nurse working with people with addictions, I have struggled to find my place in a system focused on crisis and symptom management affecting the individual, friends, family and community. I will share how I discovered wholeness in my work, how this changed my work, relationship with others, and my sense and experience of […]
Integral Politics: how can we make it happen?
(Abstract to be edited in two weeks) Following Elke Fein, Karen O’Brien and Integral Politics Switzerland presentations, how can we make it happen both in our personal context and in Europe?
Wholeness through Philosophy and Quantum Mechanics
Attaining structures of consciousness that can “see” wholeness is essential to becoming Whole rather than a composite of parts. Also, since Structures are mainly a function of the mind, and philosophy can be considered a discipline that studies how our minds deal with 6 essential areas of life (What is Reality? What is Knowledge? What […]
The Practice of Intersubjective Nonduality
Intersubjective nonduality is the living recognition that enlightenment is not only an individual realization but a shared, co-emergent field of awakened consciousness. It arises when two or more individuals step beyond the illusion of separateness, not by losing themselves, but by becoming fully, radically present. In this space, all participants feel simultaneously sovereign—authentic, free, and […]
From Primal to the Divine – Performance Art
Multidisciplinary site specific performance installation. illustrates the importance of transcending our belief systems and revealing what is left beyond the body and beyond our thoughts. Creating a fantastic world for ‘the performer’ to live in and embody the 4 quadrant and Orders of Consciousness based on the work of Robert Kegan and Ken Wilber. Incorporating […]
Is Human Civilization at Risk?
What will it take to preserve what remains of life on Earth? Is humanity itself at risk? These are the overarching questions the author addresses in this pioneering new book Second Sapiens: The Rise of the Planetary Mind and the Future of Humanity. In it Dawlabani asserts that the current leading intelligence that rules over […]
Book Launch – The Cosmic Lens
Book Launch – The Cosmic Lens: A New Perspective for Thriving in a Disrupted World (Michiel Doorn, Dr. Birgit Viertlböck) Many people feel anxious about today’s barrage of alarming events (COVID, economy, inflation, supply chain risk, cultural, political, climate disruption, resource scarcities, war, etc.). Older people are wondering what world they are leaving behind for […]
The forgotten mystery of Waking-up
Daniela explores a thought-provoking question central to the Integral community: What is the relationship between the popular, Teal stage idea of creating a “religion that is not a religion” and the simplicity and depth of classical spiritual traditions? She emphasises the foundational importance of Awakening for Integral Theory to come alive and be relevant for […]
Shock & Awe: Implications of UAP/NHI Disclosure
For over 80 years, the conversation around Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and Non-Human Intelligence (NHI) has been dismissed, ridiculed, and confined to the fringes of society. However, the ongoing global disclosure process accelerating since 2017 is shifting this paradigm, raising profound questions about human evolution, consciousness, and a planetary civilization. How do we integrate these […]
Causal models of Growing Up: Insights & Practices
Adult development (“growing up”) has neglected modern statistics and AI. These methods, together with the largest dataset (>80K hand-scored responses), yield unique insights into vertical growth. This talk will share practically applicable insights from this research after a primer on Ego Development Theory (EDT), pioneered by Dr. Cook-Greuter (our advisor). Just as bodies grow in […]
