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Shining the Light on Cultural Blindspots

November 2, 2017 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Featured Posts, Integral

Transformational Communities of Tomorrow

September 12, 2017 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

We’re delighted to announce this unique event, streamed live throughout the Holistic Centers Network, inspired by the 55 year history and esoteric roots of the Findhorn Foundation and the leading edge of consciousness today…

Ken Wilber & Doshin Roshi in dialogue
Friday 6 October 2017
7:00pm – 9:30pm BST
Universal Hall, Findhorn

Join Ken Wilber (via video link) and Doshin Roshi in the Universal Hall at Findhorn as they honour the gifts of the transformational communities of today, recognise some of the challenges they are currently facing and explore what the medicine to heal and evolve could be from an Integral perspective. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community News, Featured Posts, Integral

Team Reflections from a Spiral Perspective

April 4, 2017 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Featured Posts, Integral

Frederic Laloux connecting with Centers Gathering

March 17, 2017 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

Frederic Laloux, the author of Reinventing Organisations, will be joining us via Skype during the Centers Gathering in May. The session called ‘Vision and Values – Integral Leadership’ will be a talk followed by Q&A. To prepare as a circle in advance, I reached out to Gathering Participants for their reflections on this opportunity, curious as to who else is familiar with, interested in or has experience of his work.

On the flight back from the Gathering in Quebec last year I had the insight that our circle reflects many of the more evolved qualities that Laloux describes in his book and I’m intrigued about how we can explore this more within our respective centers. Co-workers within the Findhorn Foundation, Esalen and Le Monastère des Augustines have all been exploring this approach in the last year and I feel it’s relevant to us both as individuals and as organisations – deepening our understanding of how consciousness evolves.
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Filed Under: Featured Posts, Integral

Exploring a Map of Consciousness

February 24, 2017 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

This article continues on from my earlier post Evolving Centers of Consciousness.

Several years ago members of the Findhorn Foundation (FF) became interested in a well-researched model of the growth patterns of human consciousness known as Spiral Dynamics. In the last 12-18 months this has emerged again more strongly in our co-worker body as we move through a lengthy change process within the organisation.

In brief, the pioneering work of Professor Clare Graves from the early 1970’s was developed by his students Don Beck and Christopher Cowen and integrated further by Ken Wilber, showing how psychological models can be used together to provide more accurate focus to human development.

Spiral Dynamics Integral (SDi) offers a neutral exploration and explanation of the states and stages of consciousness. This can be applied to our evolution as individuals in our personal journey of growing up and waking up, and also to our centers as we aim to evolve organisationally in leadership style, inclusivity, dynamism and a more holistic worldview.

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Filed Under: Featured Posts, Integral Tagged With: Boomeritis, Christopher Cowan, Dr Clare Graves, Dr Don Beck, Esalen, Findhorn, Findhorn Foundation, Laloux, Reinventing Organisations, Spiral Dynamics, Wilber

Evolving Centers of Consciousness

February 10, 2017 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

Each January the Findhorn Foundation holds an internal conference for co-workers, the one week where we close to participants in programs. A time to come together, vision into the future, engage in group bonding and a deep exploration of who we are as individuals and as a center dedicated to transforming consciousness in everyday life.

During the conference twelve months ago I was fascinated by one co-worker speaking about Spiral Dynamics, a theory I knew only by name not by experience. I’m not even sure if he described it that way but I was intrigued by the way he spoke about ‘the shadow of green’ and the importance of ‘integrating the previous stages of human development’. I was even more intrigued by the way he was shut down by others in the group when he stood up to speak. I wanted to know more and find out what this was all about. After six years as a full time co-worker dedicated to exploring human potential, I intuitively sensed something of interest… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Integral Tagged With: Boomeritis, Dr Don Beck, Findhorn Foundation, Integral Coaching Canada, Laloux, Reinventing Organisations, Spiral Dynamics

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