Berto Jongman: Ken Wilber on Integral Operating System — 5 Elements

What Is an Integral Operating System? AQAL is short for “all quadrants, all levels”—which itself is short for “all quadrants, all levels, all lines, all states, all types,” which are simply 5 of the most basic elements that need to be included in any truly integral or comprehensive approach.  Element #1: States and Stages of Consciousness; …

Michel Bauwens: Integral Research Methodology

* Essay: Integral Review and its Editors. By Sara Ross, Reinhard Fuhr, Michel Bauwens, et al. INTEGRAL REVIEW 1, 2005.  Excerpt: Beyond Perspectives, Reductionisms and Layers. By Michael Bauwens, pp. 14-17. The Integral approach can be seen as a reaction against the limitations and unforeseen effects of the previous methods. Unlike analytical science, it focuses …

George Por: Integral Mindfulness, Wisdom Society, and Collective Sentience

Integral Mindfulness, Wisdom Society, and Collective Sentience: an exploration into the next stage of human consciousness Abstracts of my paper for the Mindfulness & Compassion conference in San Francisco, 3-7 June This contribution to the “Mindfulness & Compassion” conference is focused on where the moral compass of integral mindfulness points. Being integrally mindful is about taking …

Jean Lievens: P2P on Cooperativa Integral Catalana

Enric Duran of the Catalan Integrated Cooperative has taken the time to comment on Michel Bauwens’ recent article on Open Coops, contrasting Bauwens’ proposals with the practical realities already under way in the CIC’s own forward thinking cooperativist environment. Bauwens’ summary of these proposals include four key proposals which Duran addresses below. To give some …

John Maguire: Interview with Dr. Sally Goerner, Integral Science Institute

Interview with Dr. Sally Goerner. Dr. Goerner is the director and co-founder of the Integral Science Institute, a non-profit research and educational centre. With advanced degrees and professional experience in computer science, engineering, nonlinear dynamics and psychology, Dr. Goerner’s speciality is showing how a range of major social, scientific, economic and political crises and alternatives can …