Jeff Salzman, Author at Integral Life

Integral Spiritual Explorations: What Is Integral Spirituality?

Jeff Salzman — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:59:51 +0000

What exactly do we mean by spirituality, and what do we mean specifically by “integral spirituality?” In this discussion, Nomali Perera presents a brief but vast array of ways in which we can explore this topic of integral spirituality. Her guests, longtime integral spiritual teachers and practitioners, Lama Pema Dragpa, Jeff Salzman & Rollie Stanich share their own inquiries and ideas of practices as well as answer questions from event attendees. At the end, you’ll also find a great integral anthem, “Universe Communion” by Stuart Davis, which beautifully captures the theme of integral spirituality.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Armed Insanity: Getting Real About Guns and Criminality

Jeff Salzman — Tue, 31 May 2022 16:42:12 +0000

Jeff Salzman shares our collective outrage and heartbreak over the shooting of the Texas schoolchildren and teachers, and offesr some hope that this time it will be different, that this shooting will heighten a social pain-point – unstable young men equipped with weapons of war – sufficiently to transcend political polarities.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Illuminating Our Stage Structures

Jeff Salzman — Wed, 04 May 2022 19:00:23 +0000

Sometimes in our psychological development the way forward requires us to go back, to re-explore earlier stages of life to see what is distorted or left unintegrated. This is the theme of the work of my guest today, developmental psychotherapist Kim Barta, who joins us to discuss his approach to personal growth.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Trauma to Transcendence: Using Life’s Wounds to Grow

Jeff Salzman — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 19:56:26 +0000

Dr. Keith Witt and Jeff discuss a powerful realization emerging at the leading edge of culture regarding the role of trauma in our lives. Dr. Keith is writing a book on the subject and has mined various psychotherapeutic modalities to create an integral approach to using trauma as a portal to health and higher consciousness.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Gender Fluidity: Fruitful and Fanatic

Jeff Salzman — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 19:42:21 +0000

The sexual evolution continues! This week Jeff looks at the controversy raging over the dramatic emergence of transsexual identity and gender fluidity, particularly among young people. He places it in the context of the stage transformations of sex and gender through history, and even gets a little personal.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Bringing Integral Wisdom and Compassion to Ukraine

Jeff Salzman — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:14:54 +0000

In this series of discussions, Daily Evolver host Jeff Salzman talks to Corey deVos and Nomali Perera about some crucial perspectives and practices to help us bring more clarity to our thinking, and more depth to our hearts, as we witness the brutal realities of war in Ukraine.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Polarization, Being Woke, the Universal Agenda, Mindfulness Going Bad, and the Integral Vision

Jeff Salzman — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 20:23:47 +0000

Culture wars, polarization, discernment versus condemnation, how our psychological development determines political attitudes and values, and how Integral perspectives help us understand them all. A candid conversation, ranging from global current events to personal spiritual turning points, with endearing, brilliant, and optimistic Integral pundit Jeff Salzman.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Heartbreak in Boulder: Finding Meaning in the Wake of Tragedy

Jeff Salzman — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:59:16 +0000

On March 22nd, a mass shooting took place at the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado which claimed the lives of 10 people. What follows is a heart-full conversation that invites all of us to bring more awareness to the full spectrum of emotion that is likely moving through all of us right now, a much-needed reminder that the integral heart is big enough for all of this, because it is a heart that is both utterly unbreakable, as well as always-already broken.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

Integral Panel: Post-Election Wrap-Up

Jeff Salzman — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 19:25:18 +0000

Join Corey deVos, Jeff Salzman, Cindy Wigglesworth, Ryan Oelke, and Mark Fischler as we explore some of the deeper implications of the 2020 election results through a more integral lens.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.

A Plague Arrives (And How Integral Practice Helps Us to Meet It)

Jeff Salzman — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 08:23:05 +0000

Jeff takes a look at the Coronavirus pandemic, humanity’s response to it, and how the integral lens helps us see more clearly the myriad forces and opportunities rising out of this crisis — which increases our wisdom, compassion, and resilience while dealing with it.

This post was originally published on Integral Life.