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Joe Brewer talks a lot about the global collapse — not the collapse that is going to happen, but the global collapse that we are already in. As Joe says, one of the mistakes we make is that we think of the global collapse as a single catastrophic event when actually it is a long term process. For instance, it took the Roman Empire 300 years to collapse. We are in the midst, and how far we are in, we don’t know.

Joe is a complexity researcher and innovation strategist. He developed communication strategy for the UK World Wildlife Federation and Oxfam, Great Britain, among many other projects. Joe worked for several years at the Center for Complex Systems Research where he studied pattern formation in self-organizing systems

However, when Joe talks about managing the collapse, he means something very different than one would expect. He does not talk about technological answers but about how can we respond with our humanness to what is happening, about how we need to begin with remorse. He points us in a surprising and deep direction. Can we respond as human beings who are facing this collapse in relationship to each other and with nature? Is it possible that our of these crises a new life can be born?

This week on Radio evolve, Thomas Steininger speaks with Joe Brewer about bringing our full humanity to managing the global collapse.

Joe Brewer talks a lot about the global collapse — not the collapse that is going to happen, but the global collapse that we are already in. As Joe says, one of the mistakes we make is that we think of the global collapse as a single catastrophic event when actually it is a long term process. For instance, it took the Roman Empire 300 years to collapse. We are in the midst, and how far we are in, we don’t know.

Joe is a complexity researcher and innovation strategist. He developed communication strategy for the UK World Wildlife Federation and Oxfam, Great Britain, among many other projects. Joe worked for several years at the Center for Complex Systems Research where he studied pattern formation in self-organizing systems

However, when Joe talks about managing the collapse, he means something very different than one would expect. He does not talk about technological answers but about how can we respond with our humanness to what is happening, about how we need to begin with remorse. He points us in a surprising and deep direction. Can we respond as human beings who are facing this collapse in relationship to each other and with nature? Is it possible that our of these crises a new life can be born?

This week on Radio evolve, Thomas Steininger speaks with Joe Brewer about bringing our full humanity to managing the global collapse.

A new wave of mindfulness practice is emerging in different parts of the world. Mindfulness practices are a very new development in our postmodern culture. Only twenty years ago, if mindfulness was known at all, it was known as a meditation practice with Buddhist roots practiced by spiritually oriented people. Now mindfulness has gone mainstream–and, at the same time, mindfulness is taking a new turn. Many groups in Europe and America are experimenting with collective forms of mindfulness–We-Space practices, such as Collective Presencing, Mutual Awakening, Theory U, and more. Geoff Fitch, a founder of Pacific Integral, is one of the pioneers of the new collective mindfulness. He sometimes speaks of it as the Kosmic-We. His work allows him to open this new We Space in groups and organizations.What is the potential for individual and collective transformation that Geoff sees in these new practices?

This week in Radio evolve, Thomas Steininger talks with Geoff Fitch about We-Space as a new frontier of conscious evolution.

A new wave of mindfulness practice is emerging in different parts of the world. Mindfulness practices are a very new development in our postmodern culture. Only twenty years ago, if mindfulness was known at all, it was known as a meditation practice with Buddhist roots practiced by spiritually oriented people. Now mindfulness has gone mainstream–and, at the same time, mindfulness is taking a new turn. Many groups in Europe and America are experimenting with collective forms of mindfulness–We-Space practices, such as Collective Presencing, Mutual Awakening, Theory U, and more. Geoff Fitch, a founder of Pacific Integral, is one of the pioneers of the new collective mindfulness. He sometimes speaks of it as the Kosmic-We. His work allows him to open this new We Space in groups and organizations.What is the potential for individual and collective transformation that Geoff sees in these new practices?

This week in Radio evolve, Thomas Steininger talks with Geoff Fitch about We-Space as a new frontier of conscious evolution.

What is a good life? It is a simple question, but of course it isn’t really. The lives that we live rest on the many answers that we give to this question. Roger Walsh is someone who, in pursuing deep questions about the good life, has lived an outstanding life. Born in Australia, he is professor of Psychiatry, Philosophy, and Anthropology at the University of California. Walsh is widely respected for his views on altered states of consciousness in relation to religious experience. He is was one of the pioneers of transpersonal psychology and integral thinking. In his many books about essential spirituality and the world’s great Wisdom traditions, there is always a thread that shines through. That thread is the question, as he once put it, „What does it mean to live wisely and well, and what does it take?“ The answer to that question has a particular urgency today. We live in a troubled world. There is a new need for spiritual depth, but also a need to understand the psychological, the political and the environmental dimension of our lives in order to live a life for the good.

What is a good life? It is a simple question, but of course it isn’t really. The lives that we live rest on the many answers that we give to this question. Roger Walsh is someone who, in pursuing deep questions about the good life, has lived an outstanding life. Born in Australia, he is professor of Psychiatry, Philosophy, and Anthropology at the University of California. Walsh is widely respected for his views on altered states of consciousness in relation to religious experience. He is was one of the pioneers of transpersonal psychology and integral thinking. In his many books about essential spirituality and the world’s great Wisdom traditions, there is always a thread that shines through. That thread is the question, as he once put it, „What does it mean to live wisely and well, and what does it take?“ The answer to that question has a particular urgency today. We live in a troubled world. There is a new need for spiritual depth, but also a need to understand the psychological, the political and the environmental dimension of our lives in order to live a life for the good.

What is a good life? It is a simple question, but of course it isn’t really. The lives that we live rest on the many answers that we give to this question. Roger Walsh is someone who, in pursuing deep questions about the good life, has lived an outstanding life. Born in Australia, he is professor of Psychiatry, Philosophy, and Anthropology at the University of California. Walsh is widely respected for his views on altered states of consciousness in relation to religious experience. He is was one of the pioneers of transpersonal psychology and integral thinking. In his many books about essential spirituality and the world’s great Wisdom traditions, there is always a thread that shines through. That thread is the question, as he once put it, „What does it mean to live wisely and well, and what does it take?“ The answer to that question has a particular urgency today. We live in a troubled world. There is a new need for spiritual depth, but also a need to understand the psychological, the political and the environmental dimension of our lives in order to live a life for the good.

A dialogue with Joran Slane Oppelt Diese Woche im globalen und englischsprachigen Angebot von Radio evolve:We still live in a secular age. So much so that many people with a deep spiritual longing don’t identify themselves with the traditional religions at all. Instead they see themselves as “spiritual but not religious.” Even people who claim to be atheists, like the well-known book author Sam Harris, are looking for a secular and scientific spirituality that that does not see itself as a form of religion. Joran Slane Oppelt has not created a new religion, but he has founded a new church, the Integral Church, which is also the title of his new book. This week on Radio evolve, Thomas Steininger will talk with Joran about whether we may need more than a purely individualistic and secular spirituality. Religion has always meant community: a collective and shared spiritual path. Joran’s urge to develop an open integral spiritual community was also behind his project of an Integral Church. How can we respond to the need for spiritual community at a time when individuality is so strong? Does an Integral Church help resolve the tension between the individual and collective? How so?

Join us on Thursday, February 7 when Thomas Steininger and Joran Oppelt will talk about spirituality, individuality, community church, and religion in an postmodern integral age.

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A dialogue with Joran Slane Oppelt Diese Woche im globalen und englischsprachigen Angebot von Radio evolve:We still live in a secular age. So much so that many people with a deep spiritual longing don’t identify themselves with the traditional religions at all. Instead they see themselves as “spiritual but not religious.” Even people who claim to be atheists, like the well-known book author Sam Harris, are looking for a secular and scientific spirituality that that does not see itself as a form of religion. Joran Slane Oppelt has not created a new religion, but he has founded a new church, the Integral Church, which is also the title of his new book. This week on Radio evolve, Thomas Steininger will talk with Joran about whether we may need more than a purely individualistic and secular spirituality. Religion has always meant community: a collective and shared spiritual path. Joran’s urge to develop an open integral spiritual community was also behind his project of an Integral Church. How can we respond to the need for spiritual community at a time when individuality is so strong? Does an Integral Church help resolve the tension between the individual and collective? How so?

Join us on Thursday, February 7 when Thomas Steininger and Joran Oppelt will talk about spirituality, individuality, community church, and religion in an postmodern integral age.

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A dialogue with Joran Slane Oppelt Diese Woche im globalen und englischsprachigen Angebot von Radio evolve:We still live in a secular age. So much so that many people with a deep spiritual longing don’t identify themselves with the traditional religions at all. Instead they see themselves as “spiritual but not religious.” Even people who claim to be atheists, like the well-known book author Sam Harris, are looking for a secular and scientific spirituality that that does not see itself as a form of religion. Joran Slane Oppelt has not created a new religion, but he has founded a new church, the Integral Church, which is also the title of his new book. This week on Radio evolve, Thomas Steininger will talk with Joran about whether we may need more than a purely individualistic and secular spirituality. Religion has always meant community: a collective and shared spiritual path. Joran’s urge to develop an open integral spiritual community was also behind his project of an Integral Church. How can we respond to the need for spiritual community at a time when individuality is so strong? Does an Integral Church help resolve the tension between the individual and collective? How so?

Join us on Thursday, February 7 when Thomas Steininger and Joran Oppelt will talk about spirituality, individuality, community church, and religion in an postmodern integral age.

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