Dialogues at the Living Edge

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Welcome to the Metamodern Bodhisattva Roundtable!

Recorded in Boulder, Colorado in May 2026 during the ICON Integral Conference, this roundtable brings together five practitioners to explore what the bodhisattva path looks like through a metamodern and integral lens. Featuring Dr. John Churchill, Layman Pascal, Alexander Love, Catherine Pawasarat, and Keith Martin-Smith. 

The bodhisattva ideal arose within the Mahayana milieu of the East and traveled through India, Tibet, China, Japan, and Korea, adapting to each culture and time it passed through. Now it has arrived on the shores of Turtle Island, adapting once again to a moment defined by metacrisis, multi-generational trauma, developmental psychology, artificial intelligence, and God knows what else.

Five practitioners, each with considerable experience walking (and tripping) along the path, gather to explore this archetype together.

Dr. John Churchill is a co-founder of Planetary Dharma and a dharma teacher. His interest lies in contemplative practice, human development, developmental psychology, and psychological healing, and in the emergence of a more conscious, sacred-secular, humanistic dharma.

Layman Pascal, with the bling, is host of The Integral Stage and creator of the Metamodern Spirituality Labs. His work explores the edges of culture, spirituality, psychology, and philosophy through dialogue, writing, and experimental learning spaces — all in a spirit he likes to call the serious playground.

Alexander Love is a facilitator, developmental coach, and acupuncturist whose work bridges Eastern wisdom, path work, and transformational practice. He is the creator of the Lumina Process and is currently writing Evolutionary Gestures, a book exploring human development through the lenses of wholeness and embodied growth.

Catherine Pawasarat is a teacher and co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center and Planet Dharma, carrying forward the Namgyal Rinpoche tradition of planetary awakening. Based on decades across continents, her work weaves contemplative practice, conscious community, and ecological interconnectedness with a deep smile.

Keith Martin-Smith works with leaders, authors, and organizations to help clarify and communicate what matters most. His work brings together developmental psychology, Zen practice, martial arts, leadership, and human development. He is currently co-authoring a book on the STAGES developmental model.

 Together, they explore wisdom, compassionate practice, and right activity for this particular moment, touching on the vow as a living verb, the role of psychedelics and community, and what it means to serve a planetary system we're not separate from.

For more exploration, check out this free course with Alexander: Awakening the Post-Tragic Dawn

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Hello Friends! In this video I sit down with Jeff Lieberman and share a basic introduction to Terri O'Fallon's model of development. If you are new to stages or want a lively refresher, this is for you!

Jeff helped hold a beautiful space and asked some great questions. If you would like to check out what he is up to, you can find that here

If you would like to learn more about this stages model, I would check out this course first

Then this one

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Welcome to another installment of the Chinese Medicine Integral Collective. In this episode, Scholar-physicans Lorie Eve Dechar, Lonny Jarrett, Randine Lewis, Alexander Love, and Vansanthi Vanniasingham explore "the turning point" the phase when autumn transitions into winter, or the dying process transitions into the next wave of unborn potential. It was a beautiful dialogue. I hope you enjoy!

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Hello, everyone. I just had the great good fortune of getting to have a dialogue with Jeremy Johnson, a treasure of a human being. He is so brilliant. He is so poetic, and so deeply connected to what it means to be in relationship with this world that we are all a part of.  In this dialogue, we explored what means to 'become-with' the world. In this era, feeling like a separate individual, disconnected from the world is common. Here, we explore, what it means to be in a co-blooming relationship with other human beings and non-human existence. Enjoy!

To learn more about Jeremy Johnson, check out his sub-stack HERE.

For more free learning from Alexander Love, you can check out his learning platform or check out the powerful training programs where he is a lead facilitator HERE 

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In this episode I am joined by Newfield Network CEO and Senior Facilitator, Veronica Olalla Love. We take a deep dive into the question: What is coaching and why is it relevant for all of us in this modern world.  Specifically, we explored the importance of working with the body in our transformative dialogues with others. Veronica offers some key insights from her Applied Somatics Certification Program. It was a rich dialogue and I think you will love it!

Veronica mentioned the next applied somatic coaching program will begin in November at Newfield. Here is a link to learn more: Applied Somatics Coaching Certification Program

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Welcome to Dialogues at the Living Edge. This is Alexander Love, your host. I had the beautiful opportunity to sit down with Kabir Kadre.  We had a lovely conversation seemed to span the entire kosmos, looking at pain, the crucible, and how to stay in connection when things get really difficult. Personally, I felt deeply moved by this dialogue. I think you're going to love this conversation and I hope you enjoy it.

Kabir is a lifelong practitioner of Pathfinding the Way Less Traveled, Kabir Kadre places in his service to life, his deepest embodied prayer and most sincere efforts towards the fruition of realizing an integral, ethical, and practical expression of impact in the world.

With background in philosophy, spirituality, psychology, evolutionary development, systems thinking, and lived experience of resilience and perseverance with heart, Kabir leverages a renaissance view of life, the universe, and everything towards locally inspired and globally contextualized strategic initiatives in service to the evolution of life and well-being for all.

Fact Correction: Kabir mentioned UN statistic regarding a billion climate refugees within a decade. He requested the following correction be made: "According to multiple sources, it's estimated that there could be 1.2 billion climate refugees by 2050, not a decade."

Kabir also offered this link as a reference.

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The below links relate to what was shared in our dialogue:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00029157.2022.2068302

https://theippinstitute.com

https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/126-daniel-schmachtenberger-7

https://consilienceproject.org/

https://richardflyer.substack.com/p/isnt-it-time-we-build-a-parallel

https://rlw777.medium.com/regenovation-can-regenerative-innovators-build-a-new-symbiotic-model-that-disrupts-our-dying-2a261e774455

https://www.amazon.com/Staying-Trouble-Chthulucene-Experimental-Futures/dp/0822362244


To learn more about Alexander Love, your host, you can find free and paid courses here at eos learning collective. 

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In this video, the Chinese Medicine Integral Collective explores the role of intention in healing. It was a rich and deep conversation. I am with Lorie Eve Dechar, Lonny Jarett, William Morris, Brant Stickely, and Vansanthi Vanniasingham. Enjoy!

To learn more about your host, Alexander Love, you can find free courses here!

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In this episode, I had the privilege of spending some time with Forrest Wilson, where we explored his vision of what is possible for humanity. We took a deep dive into what the well-being economy is and how the soul drives the creation of it. This episode is perfect for anyone who wants a new relationship with money, business, and seeks to explore deeper possibility around what it means to be human in our modern times.  

Forrest Wilson brings together pioneers and planetary leaders, consciousness architects, facilitators, and wellbeing practitioners to become embodied examples of what we know is possible, as individuals and in relationship. He has a blazing passion for human potential, consciousness work, embodiment, and bringing life giving transformational work into everyday life. As a leader of Luminaries, Forrest is launching Luminous Labs, which support pioneers and planetary leaders through the process of activating, instantiating, and stabilizing deeper human potentials. Luminous Labs invites the opportunity for the technologies, infrastructure, institutions, culture, and ways of being and relating to be made manifest as the next iteration of social fabrics and planetary systems in humanity's collective operating system.

To learn more about Forrest: 

www.forrestbwilson.com

www.thewellbeingeconomy.com

www.ouremergingfuture.com

To learn more about your host, Alexander Love, you can find free courses here!

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In this installment of the Chinese medicine Integral Collective, I spend time with Lorie Eve Dechar, Heiner Fruehauf, Lonny Jarrett, Randine Lewis, Alexander Love, William Morris, and Vansanthi Vanniasingham where we explore the Role of Pain and Suffering in Healing.  This is the 5th release in a monthly series of discussions considering the integrality of Chinese medicine and its place in our time. I hope you enjoy it!

To learn more about your host, Alexander Love, you can find free courses here!

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Join us for our next installment of the Chinese Medicine Integral Collective! Lorie Eve Dechar, Heiner Fruehauf, Lonny Jarrett, Randine Lewis, William Morris, Brandt Stickley, and Vansanthi Vanniasingham, and myself discuss the Role of Love in Healing.  This is the 3rd release in a monthly series of discussions considering the integrality of Chinese medicine and its place in our time. Please let us know how it impacted you! Also, if there are topics you are interested in, please post that too.

To learn more about your host, Alexander Love, you can find free courses here!