Corey deVos, Author at Integral Life

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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Cybernetics and the Intelligence of Love

Corey deVos — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:49:15 +0000

Dr. Keith Witt and Corey deVos explore how cybernetics — the science of self-correcting systems — reveals the hidden logic of love, power, trauma, and societal evolution. Through the lens of integral theory, they trace feedback loops across all dimensions of life, showing how everything from personal healing to political dysfunction is shaped by the quality of communication and coherence in our systems.

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The Dopamine Revolution: From Human Evolution to Modern Crisis

Corey deVos — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:02:29 +0000

Dr. Keith Witt traces how dopamine-driven evolution shaped human consciousness from ancient seafood consumption that triggered civilization's "Big Bang" 80,000 years ago to today's hyper-stimulating culture that exploits the same neurochemical reward systems for profit. While our dopamine-flooded modern world creates unprecedented pathologies like addiction and isolation, it also sets the stage for the next evolutionary leap: conscious integration of our reward systems with relational wisdom and ecological awareness.

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The Magic Mirror: How AI Is Reshaping Your Mind

Corey deVos — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 01:17:37 +0000

Keith and Corey examine AI’s cognitive, relational, cultural, and developmental impacts — highlighting both the dangers of projection, offloading, and disembodiment, and the opportunities to use AI as a practice partner for discernment, shadow integration, and growth. Corey then showcases some of the new AI tools now available to all Core Members of Integral Life.

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AI Form Test

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

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Librarian AI

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

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Everything Is Relationships: The Hidden Force That Shapes Reality

Corey deVos — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 03:25:12 +0000

Human beings are always in relationship — with ourselves, with others, and with the larger cultures we create together. In this episode, Dr. Keith Witt and Corey deVos explore how the quality of these relationships shapes not only our personal growth, but our experience and perception of reality itself.

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True/Partial Integrator

Corey deVos — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 23:38:23 +0000

The True-But-Partial Integrator helps you develop integral thinking by analyzing any statement, belief, or cultural position through multiple sophisticated lenses. Rather than simply agreeing or disagreeing with ideas, integral thinking asks: “What’s true here? What’s missing? How can we integrate the partial truth with what’s been left out?”

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Polarity Machine

Corey deVos — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:39:41 +0000

Polarities are interdependent opposites that need each other to function effectively. Unlike problems that can be solved, polarities must be managed and integrated. Think of breathing: you need both inhaling AND exhaling. You can’t choose one over the other and expect to thrive.

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Integral Glossary

Corey deVos — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:42:43 +0000

Welcome to the most comprehensive AI-powered guide to integral metatheory concepts. Whether you're new to integral thinking or a seasoned practitioner, this intelligent glossary is designed to deepen your understanding and enhance your ability to communicate integral ideas with clarity and precision.

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