Integral Profiles: Bill Harris. Part 1: TM, Big Mind, and the Heart of Suffering
with Bill Harris and Jeff Salzman
In this video, Bill offers us an intimate glimpse into his personal spiritual path. He traces the arc of his own awakening from his early roots in the Presbyterian church to an early encounter with TM (Transcendental Meditation) when he was 19, all the way to his current work with Genpo Roshi’s Big Mind process. We are sure that you will find Bill’s description of the various pains and pleasures of his own practice to be deeply edifying as you travel your own road to the Infinite….
Homosexuality and Gay Rights. Part 2: Same-Sex Marriage, Sacha Baron Cohen, and the Future of Love
October 28, 2009
Homosexuality and Gay Rights. Part 2: Same-Sex Marriage, Sacha Baron Cohen, and the Future of Love
with Jeff Salzman and David Riordan
Jeff’s perspective on homosexuality and gay rights continues as he turns his attention to the hot topic of same-sex marriage and what gay people really want. Also included in this exceptional piece is Jeff’s review of Sacha Baron Cohen’s gay lifestyle film Bruno, his thoughts on how members of straight society relate to gay men and women differently, and finally his feelings about the lasting impact of the AIDS crisis and why gay people may be pioneering the “future of love”.
Homosexuality and Gay Rights. Part 1: Growing Up Gay
October 21, 2009
Homosexuality and Gay Rights. Part 1: Growing Up Gay
with Jeff Salzman and David Riordan
The current cultural dust-up around same-sex marriage has certainly made gay rights a hot topic, but what Jeff shares about his own journey as a gay man—and the immense personal value he found in taking an Integral perspective on an issue as complex as this one—is extremely powerful. We think you will find that Jeff’s candor, humor, and depth of inquiry into the topic of homosexuality and gay rights to be an extremely moving and provocative assessment of the “future of love.”
Spiral Dynamics and the Palestine-Israel Conflict
July 8, 2009
Spiral Dynamics and the Palestine-Israel Conflict
with Don Beck and Jeff Salzman
Eleanor Roosevelt once said that “poor minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, and great minds discuss ideas.” Integral minds, we might add, discuss all three. In the Integral Profiles series, host Jeff Salzman sits down with some of today’s most notable thinkers, teachers, and leaders, discussing the many ways they are catalyzing the Integral vision in their lives, in their hearts, and in their work. These men and women are collectively defining the leading edge of evolution in today’s world, their thoughts and actions actively influencing the shape and scope of tomorrow’s possibilities.
Here Don offers an intimate glimpse into his own life and career. He discusses the current phase of his work: traveling the world and applying Spiral Dynamics to various geo-political “hotspots” all over the planet. He offers his own ideas about healthy models of society, the crucial distinction between stages of consciousness and the contents of those stages, and the importance of preserving many of the early stages of development that are so often seen as primitive and obsolete. He then goes into considerable depth around the specifics of the Palestine-Israel conflict, describing the needs and problems on both sides of the divide, his hands-on involvement with both nations, and the remarkable receptivity with which his work has been met. At a time when tensions in the Middle East can seem so hopelessly combustible, it is encouraging to see Integral seeds being planted in such surprisingly fertile soil, offering us all a much-needed exhale as we wait to see how evolution will continue playing itself out in this difficult region of the world.
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