Jeff Salzman

Jeff Salzman

Jeff Salzman spent the last few years as co-founder and a lead teacher at Boulder Integral, now The Integral Center. These days he travels, teaches and comments about current events on Integral Life and The Daily Evolver.

Jeff has worked in adult education and transformation for thirty years. He is co-founder of CareerTrack Training, an adult education company he and his partner built into an international organization producing over 3000 seminars annually and employing over 300 people.

For three years Jeff worked side by side with Ken Wilber developing the Integral Institute, an international center for integral theory and application. A long time spiritual practitioner in many traditions, he has a Masters Degree in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism from Naropa University.

Website: http://www.dailyevolver.com

The Morality of Meat

The Morality of Meat

If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat?
Monkey Mind (And Other Kinds of Animal Intelligence)

Monkey Mind (And Other Kinds of Animal Intelligence)

How much consciousness do animals possess?
Do Rivers Have Rights?

Do Rivers Have Rights?

Rivers are people, my friend. And they've lawyered up.
Don and Kim’s Big Red Rumble

Don and Kim’s Big Red Rumble

Tensions are rising as toddlers squabble. What is a more integral view?
American Psycho

American Psycho

What does childhood psychosis have to do with Donald Trump?
What’s Your Story NOW?

What’s Your Story NOW?

Jeff Salzman and David Riordan discuss many of the topics we will be exploring at this year's What NOW conference at the end of the year.
Irritation as a Spiritual Path: The Zen of You and Me

Irritation as a Spiritual Path: The Zen of You and Me

For many progressive spiritual practitioners it no longer feels like enough to merely follow an individual meditation practice, as valuable as that is. We want to apply our enlarged selves, skillfully and in real time, to the circumstances of our complex lives, and particularly to our relationships with others. The spiritual potency of relationship is a subject Diane Musho Hamilton explores in her new book, The Zen of You and Me: A Guide to Getting Along with Just About Anyone.
The Bannon Doctrine: Demolition Ahead

The Bannon Doctrine: Demolition Ahead

Steve Bannon is Donald Trump’s favorite philosopher. Trump sometimes jokes that he doesn’t know “whether Bannon is alt-right or alt-left,” but either way Bannon has given voice to the visceral impulse of populist nationalism that Donald Trump has expressed for decades. So what does Bannon actually believe? Listen to find out!
Trump: The Anti-Green Backlash Begins

Trump: The Anti-Green Backlash Begins

Jeff Salzman interviews Ken Wilber about how the Trump phenomenon arose, and how an integral sensibility can help us respond to the unique challenge of Trump’s political and cultural movement.
Pre-Truth, Post-Truth, and Beyond

Pre-Truth, Post-Truth, and Beyond

Jeff Salzman takes a look at how integralists can understand and relate to the fight over pre-modern, modern and postmodern conceptions of truth, and how a new integration of the three can help us build a more authentically inclusive world.
The Trump Era: Day 1

The Trump Era: Day 1

Jeff, Diane, and Terry try to come to terms with the victory of Donald Trump, like millions of other people around the world.
Is the System Rigged? (Yes, and It’s Coming Along Nicely…)

Is the System Rigged? (Yes, and It’s Coming Along Nicely…)

If there's one thing that people on both ends of the political spectrum can agree on, it's this: the system is rigged. But an integral view asks, "which system?" In this episode Jeff explores what corruption actually looks like, and how it relates to the US presidential election.
Wicked and Wise: Climate Change, Democracy, and Integral Theory

Wicked and Wise: Climate Change, Democracy, and Integral Theory

Alan Watkins, co-author of Wicked and Wise with Ken Wilber, talks to Jeff Salzman about climate change, the problems of globalization and democracy, getting CEO’s to do the right thing, and that pesky Donald Trump.
The Soul of Jazz

The Soul of Jazz

Art is often the leading edge of cultural and conscious evolution, and jazz today continues to lead the way. Listen as Greg Thomas takes us through the history of jazz — from its roots in the magic, mythic and traditional interiors of African Americans at the turn of the last century, through the modern and postmodern strains of the mid and late 20th Century, to the more wild wooly contemporary scene.
How to Create a More Fulfilling Sex Life

How to Create a More Fulfilling Sex Life

In a healthy intimate relationship, the partners don't have to be turned on by each other all the time, says Dr. Keith, "but they do need to be turned on by each other regularly." Every couple has a balance of how much sex is needed to keep things vibrant, and it's the responsibility of each partner to make it happen. For many couples, this is something that must be learned and practiced. Here's how.
Meditation for Militants

Meditation for Militants

Jeff talks about integral activism with Justin Miles, founder of the Miles Center for Integral Living in Baltimore. Justin is a former member of the Black Panther party, Buddhist meditation teacher, and therapist. Jeff also looks at the role of cynicism in our political discourse, and takes a couple questions from listeners.
In The Belly of The Whale: Joseph Campbell and The Hero’s Journey

In The Belly of The Whale: Joseph Campbell and The Hero’s Journey

In this conversation with Dr. Keith Witt and Jeff Salzman we explore the gift of Campbell’s formulation of The Hero’s Journey — Campbell's name for the basic pattern of the great myths, which turns out to be a guide for our own lives.
The Sound of the Singing Waterfall: Celebrating the Mystical Poetry of Ken Wilber

The Sound of the Singing Waterfall: Celebrating the Mystical Poetry of Ken Wilber

Music and poetry come together in an arousing celebration of Ken Wilber's mystical writings, performed by Arni Karlsson, Ed Sarath, and Jeff Salzman. As Jeff says in his introduction, "Let these words wash over you; they are true pointing-out instructions — that is, they point out the True Nature of life and reality, as only Ken can."
Integral Activism: Doing Nothing, Leaving Nothing Left Undone

Integral Activism: Doing Nothing, Leaving Nothing Left Undone

In this special episode of The Daily Evolver, Jeff talks to Cindy Wigglesworth about activism from an Integral perspective, addressing some of the big questions currently resonating throughout the integral community. When is it time to reflect, and when is it time to act?
Remembering Steve Jobs

Remembering Steve Jobs

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