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Perspectives on Integral Ecology—4

September 24th, 2009 by Michael E. Zimmerman· 2 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Integral Philosophy, Spirituality

For an introduction to this series of dialogues between EnlightenNext magazine’s Ross Robertson and environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, see this post. For the previous blog in the series, click here.
Ross,
Your marvelous account of how profoundly affected you were by your first visit to Yosemite reminds me of what happened to my wife at the same [...]

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Kosmic Concepts: Interiority

September 21st, 2009 by Tom Huston· No Comments · Consciousness, Cosmology, EnlightenNext magazine, Evolutionaries, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Integral Philosophy, Philosophy

Here is the “Kosmic Concept” I wrote for Issue 44 of EnlightenNext — our definition of a term that every evolutionary should know:
INTERIORITY n.
1. The inner depth dimension of the manifest evolving Kosmos.
2. Subjective consciousness as distinguished from objective matter.
From the third-century Greek sage Plotinus to the twentieth-century English mathematician and philosopher [...]

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One Process (Quote of the Week)

September 21st, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 3 Comments · Consciousness, Cosmology, Cultural Evolution, Culture, Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Integral Philosophy, Philosophy, Quote of the Week

In Evolutionary Enlightenment, the perennial revelation that there is only One is interpreted as the recognition that we are all part of One Process—a singular cosmic unfolding that began fourteen billion years ago and is still evolving, in this very moment, as you and as me. Every aspect of your experience in every moment, from [...]

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology—3

September 10th, 2009 by Ross Robertson· 4 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Integral Philosophy

For an introduction to this series of dialogues between EnlightenNext magazine’s Ross Robertson and environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, see this post. For the previous blog in the series, click here.
Michael,
I like the way you tied together the two core issues I brought up—anthropocentrism and interiority—so simply and directly in your last letter. I think my [...]

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology—2

June 17th, 2009 by Michael E. Zimmerman· 2 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Integral Philosophy

For an introduction to this series of dialogues between EnlightenNext magazine’s Ross Robertson and environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, see this post. For the previous blog in the series, click here.

Dear Ross,
Thank you very much for your interest in the book that Sean Esbjorn-Hargens and I have written about integral ecology. I welcome the opportunity to [...]

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Evolutionary Enlightenment 101: Part I

June 16th, 2009 by Andrew Cohen· 4 Comments · Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Evolutionary Spirituality, Integral Philosophy, Spirituality

Part I — 51%: The Magic Number
Do you know what the magic number is in spiritual physics?
I’m talking about that all-important equation that makes it possible for us to understand how radical spiritual transformation actually happens. Radical spiritual transformation, in the way that I teach, means significant and demonstrable evolution beyond ego.
Once you see the [...]

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology—1

June 12th, 2009 by Ross Robertson· 2 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Spirituality, Integral Philosophy

For an introduction to this series of dialogues between EnlightenNext magazine’s Ross Robertson and environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, see this post.
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Dear Michael,
Thanks again for agreeing to discuss this always subtle and fascinating subject—integral ecology—with me here on our blog. I am so impressed with the book [...]

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