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Don Beck
An Introduction to Spiral Dynamics
Issue 22 / Fall–Winter 2002
Are You Ready to Change Now?
Exploring the Dynamics of Human Transformation
Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change! Join What is Enlightenment? as we explore our evolutionary potential through new models of individual and collective transformation.
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Letters From our readers |
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Editorial In the Beginning A word from the editors |
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Enlightenment for the 21st Century Are You Ready to Change Now? by Andrew Cohen |
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A Philosopher of Change An Interview with Yasuhiko Kimura One of the new breed of evolutionary philosophers, Twilight Club Director Yasuhiko Kimura rails against the conspiracy of mediocrity plaguing the postmodern world, and shares his vision of the future human: homo universalis and beyond. Carter Phipps |
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The Guru and the Pandit
Breaking the Rules
Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber in Dialogue
Breaking the Rules
Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber in Dialogue
The West's foremost cartographer of consciousness joins the founder of WIE to discuss the anatomy of modern spiritual transformation. Together, they confront the prevailing cultural disposition that must be challenged if humans are to take the next evolutionary step.
Not Just A Book Review
Boomeritis and Me
Boomeritis and Me
One of our editors peers deep into Narcissus' mirror to reflect upon the spiritual implications of a pervasive cultural virus called boomeritis—the subject and title of Ken Wilber's recent novel.
Elizabeth Debold
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"I am not the body; I am the soul" Breaking Limits with Sri Chinmoy and Ashrita Furman Find out how multi-Guinness-world-record-holder Ashrita Furman, a mild-mannered limitation-buster, is capable of accomplishing feats most of us couldn't—or wouldn't—even imagine. Elizabeth Debold |
Where Two or Three Are Gathered in My Name
An excerpt from Father Arseny
An excerpt from Father Arseny
Witness a modern miracle as Father Arseny, a Russian Orthodox priest imprisoned for over twenty years in Stalin's death camps, demonstrates the remarkable power of prayer.
The Fantastic Buddhaverse of Robert Thurman
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's . . . Buddha! Join Buddhist scholar and professor Robert Thurman as he spins amazing tales of the otherworldly capacities of cosmic Buddhahood. illustrated by Nadir Balan
The Never-Ending Upward Quest
The Practical and Spiritual Wisdom of Spiral Dynamics
An Interview with Dr. Don Beck
The Practical and Spiritual Wisdom of Spiral Dynamics
An Interview with Dr. Don Beck
Change-wizard Don Beck guides us on a monumental and mind-bending journey through spiraling stages and "colors" of consciousness. Editor Jessica Roemischer explains why, when it comes to spiritual transformation, it ain't easy being "green."
Jessica Roemischer
Transformation by Design
An Interview with Dee Hock
An Interview with Dee Hock
Founder of Visa International and self-made philosopher Dee Hock invokes the new science of complexity theory to show how human organizations can become powerful agents for evolutionary transformation.
Melissa Hoffman
Epistemology, Fourth Order Consciousness, and the Subject-Object Relationship
or . . . How the Self Evolves with Robert Kegan
or . . . How the Self Evolves with Robert Kegan
Psychologist and professor Robert Kegan illuminates the intricate processes of human transformation, and describes how consciousness needs to evolve to master the demands of a rapidly changing world.
Elizabeth Debold
Who's Transforming Anyway?
Stacey Heartspring Encounters the Postmodern Craze of Neo-Advaita
Join Stacey, WIE's newest correspondent (and loosest cannon), to find out just what makes the neo-advaita world tick!
Stacey Heartspring Encounters the Postmodern Craze of Neo-Advaita
Join Stacey, WIE's newest correspondent (and loosest cannon), to find out just what makes the neo-advaita world tick!