Shalom Mountain Develops Wisdom School
Dr. Marc serves as the teacher in Residence. The next session- which will be the eight session of the Wisdom School will be March 8-11th at Shalom Mountain…
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Venwoude Retreat Center is Proud to Announce…
Venwoude Retreat Center is emerging as an important European Center for the development of a World Spirituality based on Integral Principles…
What is Somatics? by Mary Ann Gray Voorhies
Somatics, in the tradition of Thomas Hanna, is a powerful new discipline in the field of health care.
The Democratization of Enlightenment, by Marc Gafni
It used to be that enlightened living was for the elite The few great lovers, saints, and sages throughout history reminded us that something more was possible, that there was a better way to live…
A Leading Integral Blogger Joe Perez wrote an insightful short piece today about the leading edge work of Center for World Spirituality.
As we begin 2012, I am drawn to express how much I resonate with the vision of World Spirituality advanced by Marc Gafni…
Finding God in our Contraction by Dr. Marc Gafni
The way to open your heart through the pain is to find the God that is infinitely pained in your contraction. It is that God that leads from the narrow constriction of your pain…
Teaching Marc Gafni’s “Unique Self” Enlightenment in the Classroom
For the annual conference of the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, November 2011, Amherst College
A World Spirituality Guide to How to Survive being Home for the Holidays, by Sally Kempton
If you think you’re enlightened, go visit your family. Ram Dass, the influential American teacher of spirituality, said that back in the 1970s.
Kenneth’s Mystical Diary, by Kenneth Daviknes Hansen
Kenneth’s mystical diary: This entry was written by my student and friend Kennethdavikneshansen. Kenneth is not a native English writer or speaker but I think his core intent is clear…
Joy is a Unique Obligation, by Dr. Marc Gafni
The word most often associated in Kabbalah with joy is “chiyut,” roughly translated as “life energy,” somewhat like the Chinese notion of chi. To be happy is to be plugged into the chiyut of the Universe. The portal to that energy is the self, the vital Unique Self.
A Unique YES, excerpt from Unique Self, by Dr. Marc Gafni
To be lived as love is to know the Unique Yes through which you participate in the evolution of consciousness. When you awaken and say Yes, Source lives in you, through you, and as you.
Thoughts on The Unique Self, by Thomas G. Goddard, JD, PhD
The array of forces that brings a human being to this point in space at this moment in time — here, now — is infinitely beyond comprehension.
Crisis of Imagination, by, Dr. Marc Gafni
Our inability to enter the Promised Land is a crisis of imagination, Marc Gafni writes in this essay. And, it is our ability to realize ourselves as little children that gives us the freedom to dream and courage to create.
Karma and Psychology: Connecting the Dots, by Mariana Caplan, Ph.D.
As a young woman on the spiritual path, I was always both intrigued and bothered by the concept of karma. It just didn’t seem accurate…
Discerning the Patterns that Connect, Dr. Marc Gafni
Dr. Marc lovingly draws our attention to the shared story of World Spirituality emerging at this moment in intellectual history.
Three Steps to God: Awakening Your Evolutionary Creativity…, Marc Gafni
Notes on an Emergent World Spirituality based on Integral Principles.
Integral Spirituality in Real Life, Ken Wilber
Ken Wilber shares with Beliefnet.com users a forward he wrote to the not-yet-published volume ‘Soulfully Gay.’
Inner Revolution, Sally Kempton
Feel like all hell is breaking loose? You might be experiencing a radical transformation that could change your life for the better.
A Teaching on Love
Life as Practice and the Three Stations of Love The evolution of states and stages of consciousness are explicitly discussed in the great traditions. We are using the terms states and stages in the classic sense that they are defined in integral theory. By states then, we refer to experience of expanded or altered forms [...]
Watch a slide show of our annual World Spirituality retreat at Esalen
We are delighted to report that our annual World Spirituality retreat this year at Esalen Institute was a great success. The event was filled to the brim with people from all of the United States and Europe. The teaching was led by Dr. Marc and Sally Kempton. The evaluations were off the charts. Both Sally [...]
Fierce Grace: The Boons of Kali, by Sally Kempton
In this article, Spiritual Teacher and leading member of the World Spirituality council, Sally Kempton, gives a crucial teaching on one face of the divine feminine.
