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View Article  Integral Work Idealism - A Quote
This is something that I wish I would have written - but at any rate, it definitely belongs in the must-read category of "Integral Work". 

UPDATE:  In my quick posting, the actual quote did not come through - corrected now!
The quote that sings:

That is why exploring the full-range of implications of what 'Integral Work' might look like is so very important. After all, if we don't work in an 'intergally-informed environment' then we are working in a partial one. Which is an environment that is bound to be debilitating in time. Maybe not today. But somewhere down the road 'partial-work' cripples us.

And perhaps even more importantly don't we all want to be able to 'show up fully' at work and not have to live out the tired scenario where we are only partly there... and partly elsewhere... dissociated in the moment... precisely because the working-situation itself is not totally engaging?

Regarding integral work - has anyone reading this ever read the classic What Color Is Your Parachute?

If so, have you ever done the exercises?  What did you think?


View Article  Spiritual Module Step 1 - How Can I Discover My Spiritual Path? The Belief-O-Matic
As one of the five essential modules for an Integral Practice, the Spiritual module is of course essential.  And given the fact that there exist an umpteen number of religions, where does a person start with deciding what spiritual path fits them? 

One fun way to start this (and probably everyone who reads this site has tried it) is to take the Belief-o-Matic evaluation

It's fun, and it gives you an idea of what your pre-existing sympathies lie, in relation to spiritual beliefs. 

Here's my evaluation.  Interestingly enough, I am 100% Unitarian Universalism, even though I haven't attended a UU church since my mom used to take my brother and me, when I was between 6 and 9 - and I always found it boring!  (I guess you never do outgrow your roots, or maybe it's just me.)

Now, the engine behind this tool is limited - there are many more belief systems that aren't listed - but it is also useful, as the IDEA of a belief system - say, of Tibetan Buddhism, can actually conflict with some of the moral and actual practices of the religion, even though the surface philosophy is similar.  (I'm not a big fan of ritual practices, though I am a big fan of losing oneself in religious music, as an example).

Second on the compatibility chart is Hinduism, which makes sense.

Now - what does this mean?  Well, it should mean that if attend such services as one finds, you will find very little internal conflict with such services and practices.  This is GOOD, in the sense that there will a sense of internal harmony with what is practiced.  This is BAD in the sense that - well, you may not be challenging yourself. 

However, the mind structure is what it is - as such, it is better to go deeper inside yourself with lesser stress, as deep-seated beliefs only tend to change, when subjects to life-altering experiences, or to deep seated psychological structural changes.

So what are you?  If you have the time and energy, try this out.