Hi eBuddha, and thanks for another good post!

There are two things that Ken Wilber's outline for integral practice, seem to leave out, or at least not emphasize very strongly, and one of these is soul level practices.

For the soul level, I find that any form of prayer practice works for me, in addition to Breema (which seems to be all about the soul level, the more I explore it.) There is also the Christ mediation, where you visualize Christ in your heart, in front and behind, left and right, and above and below your body (about 4-6 feet out).

It seems that in general, Buddhism gives short thrift to the soul level, and emphasize the Ground, while Christianity and Islam, being theistic traditions, seem to emphasize the soul level more. So that is where we are more likely to find these kind of practices. (Apart from Tibetan Buddhism which seems to have it all.)

The other thing often left out from integral practice frameworks is the "other power". It is not really a practice since it is something you just receive, but still part of the overall process of unfolding and developing. Diksha is one example, and I am sure there are many other out there.

Per,

Thanks so much for this - yes, I think Soul work is incredibly important, so I appreciate your suggestions.

This is a great post about the ILP not being complete. I hadn't thought about a "soul" element, and will want to explore that some more. Also sadly missing is "community"....the whole bottom half of th AQAL model...no community practice. At SeattleIntegral's ILP group, we've added Insight Dialogue...a combination of Insight Meditation and Bohmian Dialogue. It's truly deepened our conversations.

Funny enough, in our small ILP support group, we had an introduction to Bohmian dialogue last time. I think it takes awhile for this type of dialogue to sink in. Insight Dialogue - how do you combine this and Bohmian dialogue?