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The Sacred Mandala of Being: A Spiritual Journey with Kabir Kadre

Kabir Kadre — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:52:11 +0000

What if awakening isn’t the absence of limitation, but the presence of love within it? In this luminous dialogue, Kabir Kadre and Lama Kimberley Lafferty explore the path of embodied realization — where vulnerability becomes a teacher, the body becomes a mandala, and compassion becomes the clearest expression of truth.

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The Four Quadrants: A New Way of Seeing

Corey deVos — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:11:57 +0000

A New Way of Seeing Every day, we’re surrounded by people who seem to be living in different worlds. Some argue from “facts,” others from “feelings.” Some focus on individual choices, others on systemic forces. Some ask, “What’s going on inside you?” while others demand, “What’s happening out there?” They’re all pointing at the same reality — yet talking past ...

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AI Form Test

Corey deVos — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 03:07:37 +0000

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Trauma, Transcendence, and the Beauty that Breaks Us Open

Kimberley Lafferty — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:02:55 +0000

Geoff Fitch, Abigail Lynam, and Kimberley Lafferty explore how deep suffering, spiritual awakening, and developmental transformation often intertwine in the transition into meta-aware consciousness. Through personal stories, group process insights, and reflections on collective shadow work, they illuminate how real relationship and sacred community can hold and catalyze the most disorienting — and most liberating — phases of human evolution.

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Librarian AI

Corey deVos — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 19:30:43 +0000

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Core Concept: Stages of Development

Corey deVos — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:37:32 +0000

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 shifts in how individuals and cultures process reality, ranging from egocentric survival needs to complex, world-centric perspectives and beyond. Each stage builds upon and transcends the previous one, expanding the ...

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Visualizations

Corey deVos — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:59:25 +0000

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Core Concept: Polarities

Corey deVos — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 06:11:06 +0000

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” side. However, some tensions are not problems to fix but polarities to manage. A polarity consists of two interdependent poles, each of which holds essential truths and benefits—but also potential ...

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The Big Picture Mind (Redux)

Robb Smith — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 01:52:31 +0000

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 happening in 2025 available anywhere in the world. Why? Because Big Pictures liberate. By seeing what’s actually happening, you have more freedom, you understand more, and you feel at home ...

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Faces of X: Making Peace with the Culture War

Corey deVos — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:15:31 +0000

Stephanie Lepp talks with Corey deVos about her Faces of X project, which models how we can transcend culture wars by integrating opposing perspectives. The discussion explores how the polarization we see in society mirrors unresolved polarities within ourselves, and emphasizes the need for both personal and social integration. This discussion highlights the limitations of binary thinking and the importance of synthesizing conflicting viewpoints to create more inclusive, nuanced solutions.

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