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Adequatio: Adventures in Participatory Epistemology

Posted on Nov 1st, 2009 by buddhacious

This is a presentation my good friend Chris Becker and I lead at our Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness graduate program's retreat to Esalen in Big Sur, California. Thinkers mentioned include Rudolf Steiner, Walter Ong, Hans... More »

"Out of Our Heads" by Alva Noë

Posted on Sep 6th, 2009 by buddhacious

Spiral Dynamics

Posted on Jan 6th, 2009 by buddhacious

First video runs through the different vMemes of Don Beck's model. Second video discusses how individual development is necessarily tied to collective development, and tries to describe how various forms of communication bind the two... More »

Transpersonal Intersubjectivity

Posted on Dec 31st, 2008 by buddhacious

I've just been reading Christopher Bache's book "Dark Night, Early Dawn," and he, not unlike Christian de Quincey in his book "Radical Nature," argues that the interpersonal and collective dimensions of spiritual experience have been... More »

CIIS: Impressions

Posted on Aug 23rd, 2008 by buddhacious

Consciousness. It means "to know with." I am getting an impression, a deep impression, about why other people come to this school; but I know with quite a bit of certainty why I did. Cultural... More »

Symposium review (so far)

Posted on Aug 19th, 2008 by buddhacious

The symposium is almost over now, but it has been fun, and if I don't say so myself, wildly successful. The discussions will continue long after this week has ended, I'm sure. The essays up... More »

What's the point?: Integral Spirituality, Enactivism, and Me

Posted on Aug 1st, 2008 by buddhacious

Symposium will be next week (Aug. 11th) Thinkers involved (so far): http://julianwalkeryoga.gaia.com/ http://brucealderman.gaia.com/ http://crouchingtiger.gaia.com/ http://rousetheoneness.gaia.com/ http://karmabuster.gaia.com/ (so far) preliminary discussion already going on: http://julianwalkeryoga.gaia.com/blog... some ideas to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_v... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisc... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral... "According to... More »

Mechanism and Meaning: Making Room for Consciousness

Posted on Jun 17th, 2008 by buddhacious

The following is an exchange I had on YouTube with  cosmanthony21  about the nature of "awareness."  ----------------------------------------------------- cosmanthony21 's original message:  Ok, lemme give it a shot. This is an interesting topic for discussion, so... More »

Can misrepresentation (or representation) be naturalized?

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by buddhacious

Sri Aurobindo and Integral Consciousness

Posted on May 19th, 2007 by buddhacious