New Here

Just a brief shout out to everyone here.  This looks like a nice pod – but too quiet!  (I know how that goes; one of the pods I started collects about 1 post a month.)

I've been a student of integral theory and spirituality for about twelve years, starting first with my introduction to Wilber's works, then expanding out to learn about some other approaches as well (esp. Aurobindo's).  About a year ago, I graduated with an MA in Integral Psych, but haven't found a really good way to apply it yet.

I'm interested in exploring integral spirituality – not just as Wilber has formulated it, though I think he's made an important contribution and “raised the bar” in a few ways.  For instance, I've long been interested in interreligious dialogue – and an “integral spiritual” model doesn't resolve all of the problems and points of contention that arise interreligiously.  It just provides a framework that members of different traditions can employ in their ongoing effort to learn new ways to communicate and practice integrally in our religiously pluralistic world.  I'm interested in exploring the promise (and the problems) of integral theory in facilitating deeper levels of interreligious dialogue.

But I'm also interested in integral spirituality on the level of personal practice – and have been exploring the interface of Integral postmetaphysics with various traditions, particularly my main practice, TSK.  I'd love to hear how others are applying integral principles in their own spiritual practices and traditions.

Looking forward to talking with all of you,

Balder

Re: New Here

Hello Balder
Just joined
Hi I am Johann
Recently I gotten very interested in things Integral.

I am in SIngapore. Where might you be?
I do hope this pod becomes more inhabited. :)

Green(and hoping to get to teal or sumthin),
Johann

Re: New Here

Hi, Johann,

Nice to see some activity here!  I joined this pod hoping it was still somewhat active, but it hasn't been.  (I know how that goes; I started a few pods myself that hardly get any traffic.)

I have visited Singapore before.  Lived at the house of an artist friend for several weeks.  Currently I am living in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

What sorts of Integral books have you read?  Anything by Wilber, Aurobindo, others?

Best wishes,

B.

Re: New Here

There must be a way for zaadz to inform me when there is a reply to pod posts here :)

Sorry for the late late late response, Bruce. I see that you do alot of work here at zaadz esp on your own blog. Amazing work!

I d love to visit San Franscisco. I read in WIE that there is supposedly a depository of *energy* there. Makes sense. :)

As for Integral texts - mostly came to Integral by way of Ken Wilber. Read most of his earlier books, and had a long lapse before I picked up Integral Spirituality and WIE magazines, reading from the Internet, from greatly informative blogposts like your own…

I was hoping this pod was a discussion for kw's book Integral Spirituality.