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From the Integral Life website:
Often referred to as the “Einstein of consciousness studies”, Ken Wilber is a preeminent scholar of the Integral stage of human development. He is an internationally acknowledged leader, founder of Integral Institute, and co-founder of Integral Life.
Ken Wilber is one of the most important philosophers in the world today… with 25 books translated into some 30 foreign languages. …
Ken is the originator of the world’s first truly comprehensive or integrative philosophy, aptly named “Integral Theory.” As Wilber himself puts it: “I’d like to think of it as one of the first believable world philosophies” — something that is becoming increasingly necessary in order to navigate and thrive in today’s world.
From Corey deVos‘s bio on Integral Life
The man behind the curtain. I also built the curtain.
I am the Editor, Designer, Writer, and Producer of IntegralLife.com, as well as the Managing Editor of KenWilber.com. These are all Very Important Jobs, which is why I capitalized them.
I also built the new IntegralLife.com website, which I think was a pretty cool thing for me to do.
I am a freelance writer, integral consultant, and WordPress designer. Let me know if you’d like to work with me! And let me know if that exclamation point made me sound too eager.
Most importantly, I am a Dad who is madly in love with his family.
In a nutshell, my job is to curate and produce most of what you see, hear, and do on the IntegralLife.com website:
– I produce our ongoing content.
– I find all those just-right images that capture the essence of the practices, perspectives, and presentations we publish.
– I edit our audio interviews from their raw state into what you hear on the site, cutting out all those embarrassing stutters and lip smacks and annoying “ums”.
– I wrap some pretty-but-maybe-sometimes-too-lyrical words around the whole ordeal.
– I deliver the week’s offerings to your inbox, all in hopes that all of this has somehow made your day just a little bit brighter.
– I also built the new IntegralLife.com website, and manage the the site technology behind the scenes.
Now you know who to blame.
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Last 50 posts on own channels (YouTube, Podcast, Medium or Website/Blog):
Integral LIVE
Published on: 8 Jul 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Why the Right Feels So Crazy Right Now (And What’s Really Going On)
Published on: 2 Jul 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
The Hierarchy You Actually Need
Published on: 1 Jul 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
The Paradox of Enlightenment: Why Seeking Prevents Finding
Published on: 27 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Keynes WARNED us in 1947 – The Dollar System Is a Suicide Pact
Published on: 27 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
The End of America? How the Founders’ Genius Is Breaking Down (And What We Can Do About It)
Published on: 23 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Beyond Roe: A New Way to Think About Abortion Rights
Published on: 20 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Andrew Tate Is Winning (Because He Listens to Men’s Pain)
Published on: 19 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Andrew Tate Is Winning (Because He Listens to Men’s Pain)
Published on: 19 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Andrew Tate Is Winning (Because He Listens to Men’s Pain)
Published on: 19 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Ken Wilber’s 4 Quadrants and 8 Zones Explained in Under 3 Minutes
Published on: 18 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Ken Wilber’s 4 Quadrants and 8 Zones Explained in Under 3 Minutes
Published on: 18 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Ken Wilber’s 4 Quadrants and 8 Zones Explained in Under 3 Minutes
Published on: 18 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Ken Wilber’s 4 Quadrants and 8 Zones Explained in Under 3 Minutes
Published on: 18 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Trump’s Trade War EXPOSED: It’s Really A Class War
Published on: 17 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Let’s invent a universe
Published on: 13 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Let’s invent a universe
Published on: 13 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
The best border control? A thriving Mexico
Published on: 12 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
The best border control? A thriving Mexico
Published on: 12 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
You hate Trump. But are you projecting?
Published on: 12 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
You hate Trump. But are you projecting?
Published on: 12 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Integral LIVE
Published on: 11 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
IAM Spotlight: Faith Development Pathway
Published on: 11 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
How We Lost the Art of Connection
Published on: 10 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
How the Metacrisis is Birthing the New Human
Published on: 6 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
How the Metacrisis is Birthing the New Human
Published on: 6 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
How the Metacrisis is Birthing the New Human
Published on: 6 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
How the Metacrisis is Birthing the New Human
Published on: 6 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
How the Metacrisis is Birthing the New Human
Published on: 6 Jun 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Becoming Whole in a Divided World
Published on: 29 May 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Returning to the Roots: Tantra, Mormonism, and the Mystic Heart Behind All Things
Published on: 16 May 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Integral LIVE
Published on: 12 May 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Living the Good Life: Between Two Infinities
Published on: 9 May 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Integral LIVE
Published on: 3 May 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Rewriting the Self: Trauma, Healing, and the Narratives That Shape Us
Published on: 2 May 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
The Cycles of Time: Mapping Evolution at the Edge of History
Published on: 30 Apr 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Why My Spiritual Awakening Wasn’t Enough
Published on: 25 Apr 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Why Philanthropy Is the Most Powerful Lever for Systemic Change
Published on: 22 Apr 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
How Can DEI Survive? (And Should It?)
Published on: 15 Apr 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Terminal Crisis: The Economic World War Has Begun
Published on: 9 Apr 25 in Integral Life – Website
by Robb Smith
Terminal Crisis: The Economic World War Has Begun
Published on: 9 Apr 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Caught in the Algorithmic Undertow
Published on: 4 Apr 25 in Integral Life – Website
by Bruce Alderman
Polarization and the Algorithmic Undertow
Published on: 4 Apr 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
The Shadow of Trump
Published on: 2 Apr 25 in Integral Life – Website
by Kim Barta
The Shadow of Trump
Published on: 2 Apr 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
A Grand Strategy for the Transformation Age
Published on: 27 Mar 25 in Integral Life – Website
by Robb Smith
How Pain Drives Integration
Published on: 27 Mar 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
Integral LIVE
Published on: 26 Mar 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
How to Meet the Moment: The Strategy for a New Civilization
Published on: 25 Mar 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
The Stink of Zen: How to Avoid Spiritual Bypassing
Published on: 20 Mar 25 in Integral Life – YouTube
by Integral Life
The global system isn’t collapsing — it’s transforming. In this urgent episode, Robb Smith reveals why the U.S. is facing a historic terminal crisis, what comes next in the 700-year
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Bruce Alderman and Josh Leonard explore the slow, invisible pull of digital systems — algorithms, platforms, attention economies — that subtly yet profoundly shape our beliefs, behaviors, and social worlds.
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Psychotherapist and developmental theorist Kim Barta joins Keith Martin-Smith for a deep dive into the psychological and developmental dynamics surrounding one of the most polarizing figures of our time: Donald
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In this powerful second installment of Big Picture Mind, Robb Smith presents a sweeping yet grounded vision for the future of the integrative worldview — one that meets the historic
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In this profound dialogue, Kimberley Lafferty and Santiago illuminate the occupational hazards of awakening, exploring the bliss and challenges of ego dissolution and emptiness within daily life. They offer deep
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The modern world is demanding more from men than ever before—strength and sensitivity, resilience and vulnerability, leadership and collaboration—yet many feel lost without clear role models or cultural support. This
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Corey DeVos and Dr. Keith Witt explore the turquoise dialectic—a mode of deep, integrative conversation where perspectives evolve rather than compete—touching on themes of honesty, trust, intergenerational transmission, and the
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Stages of Development: The Evolution of Worldviews and Meaning-Making Summary People don’t just hold different beliefs; they operate from different levels of meaning-making. These stages of development reflect deep structural
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This conversation explores how love evolves alongside human development, revealing how our relationships reflect and shape our consciousness. Through personal stories, integral psychology, and esoteric wisdom, Kimberley Theresa Lafferty, Dr.
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Polarities: Navigating Life’s Inevitable Tensions Summary In life, leadership, and social discourse, we often assume that tensions between competing values, perspectives, or approaches must be solved by choosing the “right”
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The Big Picture Mind: What Every Elite is Missing I recently did a live event to provide what I hope will be one of the Biggest Picture views of what’s
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Why do so many high achievers feel like they’re never enough, no matter how much they accomplish? In this episode, Dr. Keith Witt and Corey deVos explore the hidden meta-motivation
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Brendan Graham Dempsey introduces the Cultural Complexity Index (CCI), a groundbreaking initiative that empirically measures cognitive complexity in historical texts, revealing patterns in human meaning-making across time. By analyzing symbolic
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In this first episode of The Big Picture Mind, Robb Smith explores the rapid, self-reinforcing change that is driving a global metacrisis across governance, technology, culture, and meaning. To navigate
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Bruce Alderman explores how our rapid transition into a globally networked information environment has created unprecedented challenges for human cognition, social cohesion, and collective meaning-making and sensemaking. This post was
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This discussion unpacks the essence of integral psychotherapy, exploring how Teal and Turquoise approaches integrate all psychologies into a dynamic framework that optimizes healing and growth. With practical insights into
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In the debut episode of Evolving Spirit, Kimberley Theresa Lafferty invites us into a raw and heartfelt exploration of extraordinary experiences—those profound moments that challenge our understanding of reality and
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Bruce Alderman and Mark Edwards explore how integrative metatheory can illuminate and address the interconnected crises of our time. Through themes such as navigating hyperobjects, the role of storytelling in
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The Institute of Applied Metatheory (IAM) is revolutionizing how we tackle global challenges by applying integrative metatheories—holistic frameworks that unify knowledge across disciplines. In this episode, Robb Smith and Josh
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David and Keith explore how individuals intersect between different vertical developmental stages (Amber, Orange, Green) and cultural value stacks (traditional, modern, and progressive) in order to make meaning and navigate
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Corey deVos and Dr. Keith Witt explore one of the most common yet misunderstood aspects of human interaction: the tension between drama and problem-solving. They dive deeply into the “Drama
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Recorded on Election Night 2024, this Q&A session with Robb Smith offers an in-depth exploration of the profound challenges facing America in the wake of the election results. As the
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Mark Fischler and Corey deVos bring some integral perspective to the Israel-Palestine conflict, navigating the multiple nested contexts that make this issue one of the most enduring and complex in modern history. The conversation explores the critical tensions between different historical legacies, cultural identities, and political intricacies, all contributing to a seemingly intractable conflict that defies simplistic narratives. With deep
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https://integrallife.com/event/colorado-integral-in-person-gathering-in-boulder-3/Integral-Metamodern In-Person Meetup, Boulder, Colorado (free) – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comIt is time to have more in-person time together as an Integral community! Nomali Perera will organize and facilitate in general, while each of you attending will be encouraged to facilitate future sessions if/when you can. These sessions will be opportunities for us to get to know each other through…
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Starting soon – Free and open to all – Torah of AwakeningIyun Ayin – “Immersion Is Spaciousness”: Integral Jewish Meditation (FREE) – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comSpiritual awakening is the realization that you are far more than your thoughts and feelings. Beneath your personality, there’s a radiant field of awareness, free from negativity and connected to the aliveness of the present moment. These
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Today on Integral Life One Life, Two Journeys: Childhood Trauma & Transcendent Spirituality (session 3) – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comOne Life: Two Journeys will be a six-session course focused on issues of childhood trauma and its relationship to transcendent spirituality, and will include silent meditation, journaling, peer-to-peer support, and ample time for questions and answers addressing these two areas of life. The
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Join Jeff Salzman today for a Fireside Chat on Politics and Culture at 1pm PT. https://integrallife.com/event/fireside-chat-on-politics-and-culture-with-jeff-salzman-4/2023-11-15/
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Tomorrow (Saturday) join the Spanish Integral session. Construir Puentes Integrales Y Futuros Compartidos: El Potencial Del Diálogo Intercultural (Spanish session) – Integral Lifeintegrallife.com¿De qué se trata todo esto? La gran mayoria de nosotros hemos sido formateados y formados prácticamente desde nuestro nacimiento para competir, exigir, luchar y tener la razón. Y así participamos en la vida, desde la limitada mirada
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Tomorrow, Sunday Nov 19th at 3pm in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado Integral: In-Person Gathering in Boulder – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comIt is time to have more in-person time together as an Integral community! Nomali Perera will organize and facilitate in general, while each of you attending will be encouraged to facilitate future sessions if/when you can. These sessions will be opportunities for us
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Join the last Integral Saging session for this year! https://integrallife.com/event/integral-saging-opening-session-2/2023-12-27/
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This Friday, we gather to offer prayers for Rev. Paul Smith and all who need our presence. Free and open to all. Integral Christianity in Collective Mystical Practice (FREE) – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comJoin Paul Smith and other community members for a beautiful gathering in exploring the meditative and contemplative prayer practice of Whole-Body Mystical Awakening and its basis in the Three
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Integral Theory and its practitioners have often faced criticism for seemingly “explaining away” the complexities of a tumultuous world merely through their use of maps and models. By doing that, some contend that there’s a tendency for Integral Theory to offer an overly optimistic perspective, perpetually framing every situation in a positive light. While our minds may intellectually align with
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Tuesday this week – Exploring Literature Through An Integral Lens – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comJoin this session to explore how Integral and integrative perspectives shows up in literature throughout history. We will explore the mapping of Integral Theory onto the art form of the written (and spoken) word–something that Ken Wilber proposed long ago. This group meets every third Tuesday of ev…
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Upcoming week’s events (including an in-person event). Learn more here https://integrallife.com/calendar/
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Anyone in the Boulder/Denver area? Integral-Metamodern In-Person Meetup, Boulder, Colorado (free) – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comIt is time to have more in-person time together as an Integral community! Nomali Perera will organize and facilitate in general, while each of you attending will be encouraged to facilitate future sessions if/when you can. These sessions will be opportunities for us to get to know
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Monthly every 1st Monday – free and open to all. It is a deeply contemplative practice space that is open to non-Jewish practitioners as well.Integral Jewish Meditation (FREE): Iyun Ayin, “Immersion Is Spaciousness” – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comSpiritual awakening is the realization that you are far more than your thoughts and feelings. Beneath your personality, there’s a radiant field of awareness, free
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https://integrallife.com/event/seasonal-and-special-events/Closing Out The Year With Enneagram Reflections – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comJoin this community gathering to gently conclude the year by exploring the unique ways each Enneagram Type encounters hardships, anger and disappointment. Let’s set simple-yet-meaningful intentions for a New Year of greater goodness, truth and beauty by embracing aspects of our personality type that…
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In this enlightening episode of The Ken Show, hosts Ken Wilber and Corey deVos embark on a profound journey through the multifaceted realms of systems theory, communication, and social evolution. They dissect the nuanced perspectives of “inside” and “outside” views in systems, delve into the transformative power of communication paradigms throughout history, and critically examine the influence of social media
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Integral Saging starts soon. https://integrallife.com/event/integral-saging-opening-session-2/2023-11-22/
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Among other topics, we’ll explore the experiences of Integral Community members who organized local, in-person gatherings in the UK, the Netherlands, the US and elsewhere. We’ll also discuss the possibility of future gatherings and explore ways to organize the further development of the Integral Community (both in Europe, the US and other areas). So join the conversation and explore possible
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Join Lisa Norton today. Uncertainment Lounge – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comUncertainment Lounge is not a relativistic refuge from truth-seeking or certainty, nor a panacea, or a therapy, but rather a practice space for embodied participatory knowing. Practicing together in/as the polarity of knowing and not-knowing builds capacity to turn toward the unknowable, the uncontr…
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Dr. Keith and Corey explore the parallels and differences between the Cambrian explosion and the rapid evolution of human consciousness, discussing the profound impacts of technological and cultural advancements on our collective development.From the Cambrian Explosion to the Human Explosion – Integral Lifeintegrallife.com
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Today’s session on postmodernism will be at 12pm ETSpiral Dynamics, Stage-By-Stage: An Ethical & Responsible Exploration (GREEN) – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comIn this series of sessions, our main focus will be to explore human values development, using Spiral Dynamics—a stage theory that is both admired and often misunderstood and criticized. We will ethically and responsibly examine each stage, considering its dignities and
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Starting soon! Integral Saging – Opening Session – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comWhat is the inner process that moves with us from birth until its culmination with our final breath, and perhaps beyond? Let’s embark on a path of meaning, purpose, vitality, and connection as we boldly go from aging to Saging with the wisdom and compassion of Integral Multiperspectivalism.
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Today at 11am Eastern Time! Every fourth Friday of each month, Paul Smith leads a beautiful contemplative Integral Christian meditation (free and open to all). See you soon. Share with friends.Integral Christianity in Collective Mystical Practice (FREE) – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comJoin Paul Smith and other community members for a beautiful gathering in exploring the meditative and contemplative prayer practice of Whole-Body
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Tomorrow (Thursday) join Nomali and the group to explore the many aspects of Orange Spiral Dynamics, Stage-By-Stage: An Ethical & Responsible Exploration (ORANGE) – Integral Lifeintegrallife.comIn this series of sessions, our main focus will be to explore human values development, using Spiral Dynamics—a stage theory that is both admired and often misunderstood and criticized. We will ethically and responsibly examine
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This is the primary organization relating to Integral Theory / Philosophy, and the main platform for Ken Wilber.