October 2009
Intention: Why Such A Buzzword?
October 28, 2009 by Craig · Leave a Comment
From Dyer to Walsch, to Hicks, to McTaggert, a growing number of popular writers and teachings are focusing on the importance of intention. Here I explore the metaphysics of intention today, its potential as a spiritual practice for individuals across belief systems, and help orient its relationship with responsibility and real-life experience.
As folks attuned to [...]
A Truly Integral Neoperennial Philosophy (Liberation, Part III)
October 28, 2009 by Craig · 5 Comments
Here, I’ll respond first to thoughtful remarks about oversimplification and stereotypes of traditions. Remember, I’ve said that many different versions of the older perspectives have existed. I’ll provide two quick examples. Arguably, Mahayana Buddhism surfaced long ago to partly counter the notion that liberation was only achieved away from this reality. Those of this tradition [...]
Liberation, Part II
October 28, 2009 by Craig · Leave a Comment
Now that modernity is essentially dead and “orthodox” or popular interpretations of Western religion are increasingly recognized as limiting, it’s time to examine goals of liberation across some of the emerging paradigms of the West.
New science is giving way to a variety of assumptions and theories that have emerged from quantum mechanics and physics: inner-subjective [...]
Liberation, Part I
October 16, 2009 by Craig · 2 Comments
The idea of spiritual or human liberation is a good indicator to show how followers of certain perspectives aim to live on this planet. Let us first take a gander through some traditional views. Please note that these are very general interpretations; significant variability exists within such views.
Orthodox Christians have tended to seek liberation—or more [...]
New Needs and Opportunities for Physio-Psycho-Spiritual Integration
October 2, 2009 by Craig · Leave a Comment
While the field of psychology is still relatively young (in the big scheme of things), the species is gaining traction with means of “knowing thyself.” Personality inventories alone, both young (e.g., Jungian, Myers-Briggs, spiral dynamics, the Michael system, etc.) and old (numerology, astrology, the enneagram, the Rays, etc.) offer individuals a body of knowledge that [...]
