Publications
StAGES: Growing up is Waking up—Interpenetrating Quadrants, States and Structures
Introduction Many significant movements have graced humanity through its journey from its beginning to the present. While they are all important, there are several that seem to serve in fundamental ways. The great mystical traditions, such as Christianity, Buddhism,...
The Senses: Demystifying Awakening
Integral Theory Conference July 2013, San Francisco, USA Abstract: Our humble senses, derivatives of space and time, can be seen as the fertilized egg of Awakening. Our earliest insights from the senses arrive as states, and these sensorial roots can grow into the...
The Three Pillars of Awakening
Abstract: Ken Wilber expounds on five major traditions focus on ridding oneself of illusion, which prevents one from awakening. This paper summarizes these five traditions approach to awakening, and then suggests how each one is true but partial, in that they each...
The Evolution Of The Human Soul: Developmental Practices in Spiritual Guidance
May 3, 2010 Revised, March, 2015 Chapter One: Roots and Branches Overview: Spiritual direction as a profession has expanded and grown throughout the centuries and most spiritual lineages have directors, guides and/or soul friends to support the laity (Empereur, p....
Development and Consciousness: Growing Up is Waking Up
Spanda Journal 111, 1/2012 The new parents received their newborn with eyes of wonder — a miracle of their own making. Already they had images of her walking, talking, learning to read, and eventually reaching adulthood. It is a common parental expectation that a...