http://wakingdownintegral.com Waking Down in Mutuality Through an Integral Lens Sun, 02 May 2010 15:15:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “… we are offered a way out of many of our human and global problems by reestablishing a balance between “Ascending” and “Descending” spirituality. Ascending spirituality is defined as movement from the Many to the One, otherworldly, transcendental—the Path of Wisdom. “Wisdom sees that behind all the multifarious forms and phenomena ... http://wakingdownintegral.com/2010/05/balance-between-ascending-and-descending-spirituality/ I think that the Waking Down container holds the aspirant and "greenlights" all of the person, including broken parts, and this catalyzes a shift from self-distrusting outer-directed focus to contact with one's own "Divine humanity." Then there's much deeper consequent self-trust and self-allowing, and a relaxation of many seeking motivations. But ... http://wakingdownintegral.com/2010/04/integral-critique-of-waking-down-in-mutuality/ When we start to meditate or to work with any kind of spiritual discipline, we often think that somehow we’re going to improve, which is a subtle aggression against who we really are. It’s a bit like saying, “If I jog, I’ll be a much better person.” “If ... http://wakingdownintegral.com/2010/04/loving-kindness-and-meditation/ http://wakingdownintegral.com/2009/11/an-integral-model/ http://wakingdownintegral.com/2009/10/video-introduction-to-spiral-dynamics/ "Across the vast spectrum of spiritual traditions, different methods and tools are offered as a means to reach inner awakening. But in all mature schools of enlightenment, the essence of an adept's effort remains the practice of meditation. Meditation, in the broadest sense of the term, denotes the effort of ... http://wakingdownintegral.com/2009/06/meditation-alone-is-not-enough/ "Although grace does play a vital role in our evolutionary progress, this fact does not diminish the necessity of the inner work. Practice manifests out of a deep command within the soul to use all means available to accelerate her spiritual enlightenment - an expression of our innermost collaboration with ... http://wakingdownintegral.com/2009/06/the-necessity-of-the-inner-work/ "Not all teachings point to the highest truth, just as not all seekers seek the highest knowledge and realization. Traditions of enlightenment reveal varying levels of understanding, as they reflect the particular intelligence and capacity of their founders..." "We may wonder why teachings of non-duality founded by seers of the highest ... http://wakingdownintegral.com/2009/06/spiritual-traditions-of-the-past/ "One of the most serious pitfalls on the path is an imbalance between one's inner and outer evolution. Some misguided seekers suppress their psychological issues, fears and natural desires in the name of the quest for enlightenment. They see their outer reality as the 'enemy' of inner peace and stillness, ... http://wakingdownintegral.com/2009/06/evolutionary-imbalance/ "It must be noted that one's level of evolution cannot simply be seen as a linear progression through various states of inner expansion. The inner state is merely the internal space requisite for the awakening of the soul. It is the consciousness that embodies the inner reality that is the ... http://wakingdownintegral.com/2009/06/the-measure-of-evolution/