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Stages of Meditation from Integral Life
In this interview posted on Integral Life, originally included in The Collected Works of Ken Wilber: Volume IV, Ken offers an in-depth description of each of the major state-stages of meditative practiceranging from psychic absorption, to subtle illumination, to...
Dialogs With My Teacher #18
Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning in August of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ____ July 14, 2010 Student: Each time you point at infinity, you have to,...
Mindfulness: it improves our quality of life
Maybe we just file this under, "Duh." Or maybe not. Regardless, this study points to some interesting stuff. According to the research conducted by Britta Holzel, mindfulness meditation can have benefits for health and performance, including improved immune function,...
Encore Post – Avoidance vs. Stillness
This post was originally offered in June of 2008 as part of the book, Awake in This Life. ___ There is a difference between consciously aligning our lives from stillness and not feeling any need to get out of bed in the morning. A commitment to stillness doesn't mean...
Dialogs With My Teacher #17
Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning in August of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ____ July 10, 2010 (#17) Student: Can you say that where there is no...
The Personality: Before and After Awakening
Commuter Zen #68 (Story of Betinho Massero should have been attributed to Jeff Foster)
Dialogs With My Teacher #16
Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning in August of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ____ July 8, 2010 Student: Free will and fate seem to be opposing, but...
Quote of the Week
Transcendence restores humor. Spirit restores humor. Suddenly, smiling returns. Too many representatives of too many movements - even many very good movements, such as feminism, environmentalism, meditation, spiritual studies - seem to lack humor altogether. In other...
How does your teaching change depending on who’s sitting in front of you?
Commuter Zen #67
Dialogs With My Teacher #15
Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning in August of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ____ July 1, 2010 Student: I'm uncovering a seeming paradox and curious...