and I want to mention them because they are community sites, not only individual sites - both on the Drupal software.

First off - there is Integral Reflections - from what I can see, this site has been around awhile (November 2004 counts as awhile) - and I'm not sure whether they will continue to publish, as they have gone pretty much silent since May of 2005 - but like Generation Site, you have multiple bloggers on one site.

Next, is Shift in Action - this site marks what I know to be the first entry by an "integral-type" college, into the blogosphere, as this has been put together by the Institute of Noetic Sciences.  As well, they are using the media friendliness of Drupal to present Live Teleseminars.  In this, they are following in the heels of Integral Naked, but it still is nice to see other organizations move forward with technology to engage in questions at the frontiers of inner and outer knowledge.

Now, here's where I have to admit my laziness - I have a separate box sitting there -with Drupal on it - right now!!

This is as opposed to integral's good techie friend, Michael Dubois, who actually has helped out with Shift In Action, from what I understand.  As well as keeping Integral Visioning and IntegralWiki going!

But, I haven't done anything with it - it sits there, as I go about my regular life.  (I was going to prettify it up, but I never got around to doing any site design, and adding a couple of modules, after I did the install.)

Ah well.  One of these days you'll see a community site, but up by ebuddha - but I wouldn't be holding your breath!

Jean has a nice post today, about feminine and Integralism - and sex!  I appreciate her thoughts on this, and I hadn't actually heard of Marion Woodman before.  I had read a couple of Riane Eisler' books, however.

From what I can tell, the intersection of blogging, computers, and integral, is - what - 90% male?  So it's always great to get a considerate, thoughtful, female voice, as hearing echoes of myself, while entertaining (because I amuse myself, dontcha know!), it is very limiting, and not all that integral.

If you haven't had a chance to view this site, please go take a look.

The Inner-Net.

The Inner-Net is a fascinating site, that is about a former brilliant Sun Microsystems employee (and PhD), who along with his wife, has taken a year out to basically walk across India, visiting every ashram and spiritual place he can find along the way (in the current entry, he has just come out of a ten day retreat).

The ongoing story is fascinating, and inspiring.  As an example, for all of my enthusiasm and "tech" skills (such as they are), this gentleman simply is the best of the best in regards to technical skills.

But he has given it all up (at least for now), simply walking, living on nearly nothing, travelling across India, meditating for various retreats, and documenting his travels, the meditations, and the people they meet. 

It's an inspiring story.  I suggest reading this blog, when you can.

You can find the latest version of the Integral Blog page right here.  This page will also always be in the right column, under "Integral Organizations And Information". 

There are 103 blogs included - this is the case even though:

a.  I have not included links for any blogs that haven't updated since June.
b.  I have deleted almost all blogs that did not directly reference Integral Theory in some manner.  (there are still a few however, such as How To Save The World, that takes a fairly integral view of life, but in a humanistic perspective.)

Still, there are over 100 integral blogs!

I've also cleaned up the look a bit, and the order the blogs are listed in is based on a descending order - last post first. 

A few observations -

1.  I'm not sure I'll be able to do this for a lot longer - the ways the blogging community is growing, it simply will probably take too much time to do this on an ongoing basis. Like I mentioned last week, there is now a blog created every second!

2. I'll experiment, however, with having a few more RSS channels on this blog, that will cull the Integral View automatically, such as a technorati feed, or another, more meaningful view.  (Here's an example of what I mean.)  However, there is still a lot of "junk" in Technorati's search, so we will see what will happen.

3.  The only way I've been able to keep up with even half of these, is that wonderful tool called RSS, and if you don't use an RSS reader yet, well, you should!   I personally use the RSS functionality in Thunderbird, and also use the My Yahoo functionality.

4.  Now, of course it IS annoying that blogs that I DO wish to be notified of when they have posted (such as Victoria and The Human Bean), still don't utilize RSS.  That's too bad.  (Yes, ALL should kowtow to my informational whims.  The sheer arrogance of a lone blogger raises it's head!  ) 

It is funny to get "attached" in a certain sense, to the stories that people tell - but I can't really help it.  Like a snowflake, every voice I read, or hear (and even in some cases see!) on a blog, is an exercise in a beautiful uniqueness.  That's true for pretty much every single personal blog I read, which I guess accounts for my reluctance to give them up...

At any rate - here's a toast to the blogosphere!

In particular the integral blogosphere, and this community of open-hearted intelligent souls, sharing themselves, in faith and wonder, for all the world to see.

UPDATE:  Well, it seems I spoke too soon on The Human Bean!  She DOES have a RSS feed!

Oops!  I was sure the last time I checked she didn't!  Well, at any rate, this is good news!  See, wishes ARE granted, even if they may be due to outdated information!

Saw this post from Kathryn, and it reminded me that I had planned on posting on this previously.

ANY type of volunteering or service is, in a very real way - integral.  However, this particular organization (Hands On Bay Area) serves as a "meta-service" organization providing:

a.  Integration of very diverse needs, from different communities, different populations, and different types of service. (Elderly, children, environmental, etc.)
b. Very flexible programs, to volunteer as makes sense in your life.
c. Thinks "locally", to show that YOUR service makes a difference.
d. Provides a mode for ALL of these differing communities to come together to form a larger whole.

So go take a look, and volunteer!