For our November webinar, I invited Doshin Roshi, Integral Zen Master, poet, friend, teacher and troublemaker, to host the call and share with us deep insight from 50 years of serious meditation practice and profound understanding of Integral theory through the work of Ken Wilber.

I’ve just been in a silent seven day Integral Zen retreat Doshin led at Findhorn and am struck by his deep sense of care and understanding of many of the challenges we struggle with – collaborative decision making, over sensitivity, emphasis on feelings, lack of accountability, rejection of hierarchies, limited financial sustainability. Painful yet fascinating!

“It’s muddy, it’s difficult work and it’s always messy,” Doshin explains. “The ability to evaluate with likes and dislikes, emotions and categories of goods and bads must be transmuted into the wisdom of pure discernment, it’s Rumi’s field beyond all polar opposites.”

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My growing interest in the stages of human consciousness and curiosity about how the center I’m most closely involved in can evolve, inspires me in many ways…

The Guest Department (GD) co-ordinates approx 100 core programs within the Findhorn Foundation (FF) each year, and makes a significant contribution to the educational income. Experience Week is the ideal introduction to the rhythms and principles of the community for first time visitors and can be followed by either Being in Community or a Spiritual Practice week. These are the first steps on the transformational journey that can support each one of us explore our potential, either as a Staff Member within the FF or out in the world, though personal and spiritual growth.

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