Cynthia Bourgeault | December 22, 2021
Hold fast the hope, friends. Despite everything being broadcast to us announcing a season of grim and impending planetary lockdown, I simply cannot bring myself...
CONTINUECynthia Bourgeault | September 4, 2021
From everything I’ve said so far about flow systems and keeping the infrastructure rolling, you may get the idea that any form of constraint is...
CONTINUECynthia Bourgeault | September 1, 2021
For prior blogs in this series exploring the common good and the potential of an emerging Integral structure of consciousness, please refer to the links...
CONTINUECynthia Bourgeault | August 30, 2021
The third aspect to note about the common good as it manifests in the Integral structure of consciousness is that it is, well, good. It...
CONTINUECynthia Bourgeault | August 17, 2021
The second major shift as we approach the question of the common good through the Integral structure of consciousness is, I believe, that we will...
CONTINUECynthia Bourgeault | August 16, 2021
The following provides further reflections on the “Civics for Wisdom Students” theme, as introduced in the prior post EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND THE COMMON GOOD: The...
CONTINUECynthia Bourgeault | July 20, 2021
There are rich currents flowing through the Wisdom stream, so it’s hard to offer a “one size fits all” reading list. Some people will be...
CONTINUECynthia Bourgeault | June 27, 2021
One of the more surprising revelations to grow out of our winter’s pilot “Civics for Wisdom Students” project has been the growing realization that while...
CONTINUECynthia Bourgeault | May 23, 2021
The term “ecstasy” comes from the Greek ec-stasis, “standing outside of oneself.” Its opposite is “ENSTASY,” a term I first encountered in Valentin Tomberg’s profound discussion of the subject in Meditations on the Tarot (pp. 309-311). It means centering in oneself: becoming fiercely, alertly coiled within one’s own “I Am” presence, such that one becomes a center of gravitation in one’s own right.
CONTINUECynthia Bourgeault | May 18, 2021
When I say that the ability to access and sustain the Integral structure of consciousness is developmental, I mean just that: it is fundamentally a question of physiology, rather than of moral virtue or mystical yearning. We cannot think, pray, meditate, or conceptualize our way to it. It is fundamentally a matter of preparing the entire body to receive it. To e
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