Spiritual Archives – Integral Life

The Fourth Turning: A Sacred Revolution Begins

John Churchill — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:37:15 +0000

In this visionary keynote, John Churchill explores the collision between exponential technological power and humanity’s lack of spiritual maturity, warning that without sacred initiation, our civilization risks becoming the sorcerer’s apprentice—enchanted by tools we cannot control. But alongside this Fourth Industrial Revolution, he reveals a parallel awakening: a Fourth Turning of consciousness, where psychedelics, contemplative traditions, and the science of the heart converge to birth a planetary culture rooted in coherence, compassion, and soul.

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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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Nocturnal Meditations: How to See in the Dark

Andrew Holecek — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:33:44 +0000

Andrew Holecek presents dark retreat—extended periods in complete sensory deprivation—as a transformative meditation practice that accesses deeper levels of consciousness typically obscured by our light-obsessed, distraction-heavy culture. He argues that conventional "waking" awareness is actually humanity's most contracted state, while nocturnal practices like lucid dreaming and sleep yoga offer profound opportunities for shadow work, creativity, and spiritual development.

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Don’t Just Transcend Your Pain — Include It

Alexander Love — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:08:40 +0000

After the tragic murder of his father at age 20, Alexander Love began a decades-long journey through grief, spiritual practice, and shadow work — seeking not just to rise above his pain, but to finally and fully include it. In this deeply personal conversation, he shares how real healing began not with transcendence, but with embracing the very wounds he had tried to escape.

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Ride the Tiger: The Psychedelic Renaissance Is Here

Carter Phipps — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:43:19 +0000

Carter Phipps explores how psychedelics, postmodern values, and the reawakening of consciousness are reshaping the cultural landscape and laying the groundwork for an integral future. Arguing that we must embrace — and responsibly guide — the weirdness of this transitional moment, he calls for a worldview that integrates science, spirituality, and the deep interior dimensions of human experience.

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Tantra Is Not What You Think (And Way Better Than You Imagined)

Kimberley Lafferty — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:51:36 +0000

Two accomplished tantric practitioners — one from Kashmir Shaivism, the other from Tibetan Vajrayana — share their profound awakening stories and reveal how ancient consciousness technologies can accelerate the challenging transition from teal to turquoise awareness and beyond.

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The Future Human: Why Spiritual Intelligence Matters

Cindy Wigglesworth — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:48:49 +0000

Cindy Wigglesworth presents spiritual intelligence (SQ) as a vital developmental line alongside physical, cognitive, and emotional intelligence, defining it as the ability to act with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner and outer peace. Drawing on research, practical frameworks, and her SQ21 model of 21 skills, she shows how cultivating SQ transforms spirituality from abstract potential into concrete behaviors that foster wise leadership, compassionate presence, and greater collective resilience in the face of global crises.

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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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Beyond Motivation: How to Be a Modern Bodhisattva

Roger Walsh — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:44:04 +0000

Renowned psychiatrist Roger Walsh expands Maslow's hierarchy to reveal five "meta-motives" culminating in a profound paradox: the deepest fulfillment requires transcending all motivation and allowing the universe to act through us. He then proposes "Bodhisattva 2.0"—seven upgrades to ancient spiritual ideals—arguing that our global crises reflect collective psychological immaturity requiring integration of contemplative wisdom with modern life.

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IAM Spotlight: Faith Development Pathway

Brendan Graham Dempsey — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:11:39 +0000

Brendan Dempsey offers a powerful re-engagement with James Fowler’s Faith Development Theory, applying cutting-edge tools from developmental psychology to illuminate how our structures of meaning evolve. This presentation reveals not just how faith matures, but why this maturation is critical for meeting the challenges of a world in search of deeper coherence.

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