An Introduction To Integral Spirituality, With Wes Bertrand
We know there are some tough topics here. Today we ask you to listen with an awareness of something that feels unsolved, unhealed, or with access to a painful memory that had great impact.
WAS IS SPIRITUALITY?
Nathaniel Branden - raising the level of your consciousness to reality
practical and grounded (Jeff Brown)
transcending, not bypassing
Inhabiting the wound
So what is the wound?
Panel with Alanis, Peter Levine, Gabor Maté, Richard Schwartz and Dan Siegel.
WHAT IS Trauma?
Alanis - keeps us from living from our essential selves
Richard - impact, not event, vulnerable parts get hurt and locked away
Peter - when we can't return to our previous state, breech in our protective barrier
Gabor - physical manifestations
Dan - sustained attacks on the capacity to integrate
unsolved trauma leads to impaired integration
chaos and rigidity in the body, in relationships
epistemic trust breaks down
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE BODY?"The truth about our childhood is stored up in our body, and although we can repress it, we can never alter it. Our intellect can be deceived, our feelings manipulated, and conceptions confused, and our body tricked with medication. But someday our body will present its bill, for it is as incorruptible as a child, who, still whole in spirit, will accept no compromises or excuses, and it will not stop tormenting us until we stop evading the truth.” ― Alice Miller
Somatic Experiencing: When people are willing to learn from the body, they can use this to prevent further outbreaks
HOW DO YOU HEAL TRAUMA?
Alanis - therapy, movement, empathetic listener, creation,
Richard - honoring protective parts, listening to them, parts frozen in time, dealing withe abuser for the child and taking the child to a comfortable place
Gabor - healing is integration. Healing is wholeness. healing is softening that compassion can bring
Dan - path to healing is integrative
GROUNDED SPIRITUALITY - JEFF BROWN
- primary cause of our anxiety is not our thoughts, not the monkey mind; that's just the symptom
- shifting out of unhappiness is not a cerebral process. It's full body
- spirituality means reality
Music:
"Acka Raga" Shocking Blue
"I'm Not Alone" Widespread Panic
"What's It Like" Sure Sure
Integral theory is largely focused on consciousness studies, psychology, research supported spirituality, and social sciences. Ken Wilber and other integral theorists draw from over 100 separate schools of thought in the fields of consciousness, psychology, meditative traditions, philosophy and sociology.
In this series we'll explain the Integral approach to:
* An Integral Approach to Politics
* Evolution and the 4 Quadrants of reality
* The Stages of Development
* The Lines of Development
* The States of Consciousness (discussed today)
* Types of Personality (discussed today)
Mentioned:
Complete LibertyComplete Liberty Podcast
On Integral Theory:
What is Integral Theory?The Good, the True, and the Beautiful
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...a public high school teacher asks.
I have never posted one of these UN-IVERSITY discussion groups as a podcast, but this one felt a lot like a podcast, and I think it's an important discussion that ties much of our recent content together with some of my own personal explorations of late.
My guest is Adam, a public school teacher who is fully aware of how his work environment hinders the self-awareness and personal growth of the teens trapped inside it.
Today, we start planning an intervention.
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 4, Free Again)
Today: Behaviorism from some surprising new angles.
Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our (allegedly supporter-only) monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about the tactics politicians and propagandists use against you, and how you can re-purpose such tactics for good.
Music:
"Doped Up Dollies On A Way Ticket To Blood" Big D and the Kids Table
"Roamin Around" Supersucker
"Free Will" Rush
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AND...found a fulfilling new career!
Joel Bein is back for a follow-up conversation about his exit from school teaching, and his transition to working with our friends at Crash.co.
Joel last appeared on episode 669, where we introduced his story. Today we'll talk about his journey in more detail. An important feature of our discussion is what Joel refers to as Discontented Optimism - as a teacher, allowing himself to hate school, to NOT tolerate it, AND empowering himself to change the situation.
Towards the end of the show, we'll also talk about a new mini-course Joel put together for Crash: Job Hunting 101
You can see more of Joel's work at JoelBein.com. Please also check out his podcast Exponentially Empowered
And if you want to be a member and build your own Crash profile:
JOIN CRASH.CO HERE.
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(Integral Theory Part 5)
Wes Bertrand is back for our continued exploration of Integral Theory and how to take human consciousness to the next level. We have covered integral theory principles applied to individuals, to organizations, and society and "governance."
Opening Sequence: "Let the Healing Begin"
Discussion: We'll move from the political back to the personal and social,reading and expanding on Dustin DiPerna's article Wake Up, Grow Up, Clean Up, Show Up
Music:
"Orinoco Flow" (cover) Vienna Symphony Orchestra
"Somewhere In America" Jay-Z
"Run For the Roses" (cover) The Grass Is Dead
"Don't Stop" Maiya Sykes
Integral theory is largely focused on consciousness studies, psychology, research supported spirituality, and social sciences. Ken Wilber and other integral theorists draw from over 100 separate schools of thought in the fields of consciousness, psychology, meditative traditions, philosophy and sociology.
In this series we'll explain the Integral approach to:
* An Integral Approach to Politics
* Evolution and the 4 Quadrants of reality (discussed today)
* The Stages of Development (discussed today)
* The Lines of Development
* The States of Consciousness (discussed today)
* Types of Personality
Mentioned:
Complete LibertyComplete Liberty Podcast
On Integral Theory:
What is Integral Theory?The Good, the True, and the Beautiful
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(Emotional Manipulators For Hire, Episode 3)
In 1938, a young thespian named Orson Welles exploited a new communications medium to scare the shit out of an entire country. Or...did his enemies simply exploit an old communications medium to make people think he did?
It only gets more complicated from there, folks!
Today: We discuss the 1938 radio adaption of War of the Worlds, and the lessons it offers to both manipulators and marketers.
Friend, copywriter, marketer, and Facebook World Champion Nathan Fraser and I continue our (allegedly supporter-only) monthly conversation about marketing and media manipulation. You'll learn more about the tactics politicians and propagandists use against you, and how you can re-purpose such tactics for good.
Music:
"Callin' Out" Lyrics Born
"Is It True" Tame Impala
More About Nathan Fraser:
The Free Market Squad: The Mastermind GroupNeed Help Growing Your Business? CopyandFunnels.comThe Dark Arts of Marketing Podcast
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Landon Porter has taught me a lot over the last two years.
He was the co-host (along with Nathan Fraser) of the superb Sales Gorilla Podcast. He is also the creator of a currently-launching personal advancement platform and community called Dude, It's A Game.
Sales Gorilla focused on importance of relationship building in "doing sales without being salesy," while Dude, It's A Game aims to help us strengthen the most important relationship of all - the one we have with ourselves.
In this introductory chat Landon shares his story, and we'll discuss the importance of being your weird ass self in both personal and professional pursuits. We'll also talk about how and why Landon was influenced by Ken Wilber and integral theory.
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Wes Bertrand is back for our continued exploration of Integral Theory and how to take human consciousness to the next level. We have moved so far in this series from integral theory principles applied to individuals, to organizations, and now to society and "governance."
Today we continue exploring panarchy and counter-economics; we'll discuss Bryan O'Doherty's article The Peaceful Path to an Integral Society
Music:
"Touch of Grey" (cover) Mike Masse
"Breaking Us In Two" Joe Jackson
"Ghost Town" The Specials
Integral theory is largely focused on consciousness studies, psychology, research supported spirituality, and social sciences. Ken Wilber and other integral theorists draw from over 100 separate schools of thought in the fields of consciousness, psychology, meditative traditions, philosophy and sociology.
In this series we'll explain the Integral approach to:
* An Integral Approach to Politics (discussed today)
* Evolution and the 4 Quadrants of reality
* The Stages of Development (discussed today)
* The Lines of Development
* The States of Consciousness
* Types of Personality
Mentioned:
Complete LibertyComplete Liberty Podcast
On Integral Theory:
What is Integral Theory?The Good, the True, and the Beautiful
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(It's how the hero's journey begins)
Once upon a time, Matt Beaudreau was deep inside the schooling Matrix - first as a teacher and then as an administrator.
Today Matt is an in-demand and provocative education speaker and consultant, and a personal development coach to people all around the world. He is also the founder of the Acton Academy in Placer, CA; Acton is a program of self-directed learning with over 100 locations around the world.
In this show we'll discuss the events that helped him to awaken and start speaking out.
He'll also be returning in the near future to map out a hero's journey for teens.
About Acton Academy Placer
Acton Academy Placer is an Educational Resource Center for students grades K-12 in Northern California. The Center provides a collaborative environment for students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset, engage in daily Socratic discussions, drive their own academic paths, and create opportunities for themselves around their individuals skills and passions.
Links to Matt:MattBeaudreau.comwww.ActonAcademy.orghttps://www.instagram.com/mattbeaudreauhttps://www.twitter.com/mattbeaudreauhttps://www.facebook.com/mattbeaudreauhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-beaudreau-071a5b99/
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Wes Bertrand is back for our continued exploration of Integral Theory and how to take human consciousness to the next level. We have moved so far in this series from integral theory principles applied to individuals, to organizations, and now to society and "governance."
The matrix discussed in the monologue:
Today we discuss Bryan O'Doherty's articles Panarchy: The Political Paradigm of an Integral Society and PANARCHY: The Integral Social Matrix
Integral theory is largely focused on consciousness studies, psychology, research supported spirituality, and social sciences. Ken Wilber and other integral theorists draw from over 100 separate schools of thought in the fields of consciousness, psychology, meditative traditions, philosophy and sociology.
In this series we'll explain the Integral approach to:
* An Integral Approach to Politics (discussed today)
* Evolution and the 4 Quadrants of reality
* The Stages of Development (discussed today)
* The Lines of Development
* The States of Consciousness
* Types of Personality
Mentioned:
Complete LibertyComplete Liberty Podcast
On Integral Theory:
What is Integral Theory?The Good, the True, and the Beautiful
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Know yourself.
Teach yourself.
Improve yourself.
School Sucks is a podcast, call-in show, You Tube channel, & web community promoting real education and rooting out indoctrination.
We discuss home-education, self-education, critical thinking, self knowledge, peaceful parenting, personal growth, nonviolent communication & non-aggression
In my 10+ years of teaching,
"school sucks" is perhaps the most common phrase I've heard students use to describe their feelings about public education. But this seemingly bitter and reductive slogan is actually quite clever. When taken literally, "school sucks" is perhaps the most accurate and astute synopsis of the system I've ever heard. Here's why...
1. The twelve-year process of an American public education has a dramatic effect on the mind of a child. When we first enter school at age six, many of our best personal attributes are already in place. We are curious, innovative, unique, creative and hopeful in ways that we will rarely be able to replicate throughout the rest of our lives. But over time, school sucks those essential attributes out of too many of us...and replaces them with predictability, obedience and apathy.
2. The public school system sucks off the productive capacity of hard-working people. The system is coercively funded through taxation. In other words, whether public education succeeds or fails (spoiler alert: it fails) at providing real education to the public, the cost goes up every year. There are no refunds.
The END of Public Education?
1. END: It's over, irrelevant, useless, needs to be done away with. Does more harm than good.
2. END: (As in means to an end) We'll also explore the true intentions behind the system, which have very little to do with real education. There is substantial evidence that its failure to educate is no accident.
Above all, this is a show about what one might do about these problems...
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Brett has a gift to make the obvious seem obvious."
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Keep doing what you do , I promise you are making a huge difference in peoples lives and doing a very important work."
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I am a young father of four and your insight on the educational system is dead on."
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It feels so good to have someone speak with moral clarity about such an important topic as education of my / our children.
It actually moved me to tears that you adress the immorality of the situation so frankly and so well organized. Very factual and yet very powerful. It feels like your clear words are healing old wounds from the betrayal of my own public education."
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"Episodes 1 and 2 have been great, can't wait to get to all of them. Great job!"
-Andy
"Great jerb so far, Brett. My single complaint is that the episodes just don't come fast enough!"
-Daniel
From PodOmatic Comments:
"This show is brilliant! I loved your Jabba the Hut metaphor for the state. He, Jabba, is just a big fat lazy turd, but stand up to him and he'll have his pig-guards (police) beat you up or throw you to the Sarlacc (Prison)!
Keep it up!"
-Erik
"Great podcast. You are really producing quality work here. Thanks."
-Logic Fan
YouTube Comments:
(Molyneux Interview)
"I just listened to school sucks, and now I fear for my mind. I'm still in there, and I need out. He is also very entertaining. I'm always right there with Mr. Veinotte. I guess thats what makes him a good teacher."
-COMMANDER38
"This is probably my favorite so far. Just hearing you two bounce back and forth the logic and ideas you have in a freestyle manor is really great. I learned a lot and realized my natural curiosity is OK. The strange structure that is college and below really makes me feel bad about my natural curiosity and excitement for new ideas. Thank you for validating me."
-summer
"Stefan, talking to Brett brings so much value for us all... especially for future generations. Amazing discussion! Thank you"
-SopraTutt1
"This is one of the greatest conversations I've ever heard. I have to take a break just to take in what I've listened to in 20 minutes. And I've listened to these types of arguments before, but something else is going on here, and I can't process it in real time."
-ForUsOrAgainstUs
"Wow, Thank you Stef for introducing this young man to us! You were both sharp and very engaging! I have goose-bumps while viewing this exciting coming-together of brave men to do good!"
-Richard
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