The Future, AI and Consciousness
Only the future will show how humanity will make the transformation to sustainable global civilizations possible, rooted in a mindset of later stages of consciousness, which is the premise for the great transition. In this presentation, I show why current AIs are operating mostly from ego-centric or ethnocentric levels of consciousness and argue why AI […]
Integral Theory of Justice
I would like to present on an Integral Theory of Justice. How can Integral Theory contribute to a planetary awakening through the area of Justice? Justice as defined by 6th Century Roman Law is “the constant and perpetual will to render to each his due’. How do we in our world today bring each being […]
The Six Dimensions of Purpose & Tier 2 Awakening
As you know, life is not one-dimensional, and neither is your purpose in life. In fact, it shows up in multiple dimensions as an integration of AQAL quadrants, levels, and lines of development. The Six Dimensions of Purpose is a framework for discovering purpose in life. When used with integral theory, it is a powerful […]
Neuroscience Behind the Stages Poster
In the past few decades scientists have discovered a huge number of new facts regarding to the operation of the nervous system. A lot of them fit well into the upper right quadrant of the AQAL system. Some of these are described in the presentation. On the successive Wilberian levels, new structures appear in the […]
The Perfect Storm in Business/Industry 4.0
Why today’s leadership is not enough to solve tomorrow’s problems. Perfect storms are a rare combination of circumstances that combine to drastically aggravate an event. Recent crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine, have resulted in a mixture of political, economic, and societal shifts in every sector globally. Industrial scale changes have […]
Why Relationships Matter for Planetary Awakening
Realize why being in a healthy sustainable Integral Love Relationship not only matters for our own well-being and flourishing, but also for that of our soulmate, humanity, and future generations. Recognize that all functional systems are created by wholes who are parts of larger wholes, like whole humans who are parts of healthy couples, who […]
Why Global Tech Movements Need Integral 2.0 Lenses
The coming decade of technological emergence will carry with it as much ethical impact as it will material offering. No corner of the earth will be able to avoid the coming challenges and questions. Integral theory has been anticipating these realities for more than two decades. Yet little has been done in practical terms to […]
Theory U and Presencing for an Integral World
Otto Scharmer is a Senior Lecturer in the MIT Management Sloan School and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. He chairs the MIT IDEAS program for cross-sector innovation and introduced the concept of “presencing”—learning from the emerging future—in his bestselling books Theory U and Presence (the latter co-authored with P. Senge et al). He is co-author […]
Garden of Souls: The Gateway to the Inner Space
In the town of Salantai (Lithuania), not far from Palanga, there is a farm where hundreds of sculptures created by Vilius Orvydas are located. Being a third-generation stonemason and sculptor of tombstones, Vilius began to create sculptures not only on the themes of Catholic Christianity, but also Buddhism, Hinduism, paganism, shamanism, mystical traditions, astrology. His […]
Embodying the Descending Path in Adult Development
The idea that development is a “transcend and include” process is a partial-truth that results in significant collective shadow in the integral diaspora—specifically it supports an ascending bias and subtle arrogance in narratives about adult development. We will see how human development, i.e. all learning, necessarily involves a transcend and *exclude* process. That is, all […]
