Steve McIntosh helps unpack fallacies within either/or contemporary non-dualism, while we explore a profoundly optimistic and relational evolutionary spirituality based on engaging with evolution as the process of (the ground of) Being becoming 💚 We hope it inspires you!
0:00 Intro/Steve “progressive spirituality” (aka "new age")
04:34 When non-separation teachings separate us
05:21 Evolution as the process of Being, becoming
05:40 Re-constructing a Mysterious REAL World
06:21 How Teachings Mold the Experience
08:39 A cultural development perspective on contemporary nondualism 14:02 Modern progressive fundamentalism
15:49 Strict Non-duality's Fundamentalism
18:44 The unity of opposites / 'Unividuality'
20:16 Either/Or fallacies & Interdependent Polarities
32:43 Flaws of Material & Immaterial Reductionism
35:33 Spiritual purpose in evolution
37:01 Steve on the notion of truth
40:01 Infinite & finite: both/and
48:23 Making the world a better place
53:29 The universe caring for itself as human!
001:01 Mortification of the ego
001:04 Inspiring purpose & engagement with evolutionary spirituality
👉 Steve McIntosh is a leader in the integral philosophy movement and author of three books on spiritual evolution:
* The Presence of the Infinite: The Spiritual Experience of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness
*Evolution's Purpose: An Integral Interpretation of the Scientific Story of Our Origins
*Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution.
Steve McIntosh is also the president of the Institute for Cultural Evolution and author of Developmental Politics, How America Can Grow Into a Better Version of Itself.
Check out his profoundly transformational and gloriously both/and approach to transcending political polarization
For more on his work visit: http://stevemcintosh.com
👉 Read free excerpt from The Presence of the Infinite on constructively critiquing either/or non-dual spirituality https://bit.ly/45EwkyF
Jessica wants to share the voices of those envisioning a transition from either/or self & world-negating 'non-duality' to both/and paradigms that unify us as real individuals celebrating all dimensions of our humanity 💕
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