ic reactions can make people calmer and potentially kinder. Most of the promoters of mindfulness are nice, and having personally met many of them, including the leaders of the movement, I have no doubt that their hearts are in the right place. But that isn’t the issue here. The problem is the product they’re selling, and how it’s been packaged. Mindfulness is nothing more than basic concentration training. Although derived from Buddhism, it’s been stripped of the teachings on ethics that accompanied it, as well as the liberating aim of dissolving attachment to a false sense of self while enacting compassion for all other beings.
What remains is a tool of self-discipline, disguised as self-help. Instead of setting practitioners free, it helps them adjust to the very conditions that caused their problems. A truly revolutionary movement would seek to overturn this dysfunctional system, but mindfulness only serves to reinforce its destructive logic. The neoliberal order has imposed itself by stealth in the past few decades, widening inequality in pursuit of corporate wealth. People are expected to adapt to what this model demands of them. Stress has been pathologised and privatised, and the burden of managing it outsourced to individuals. Hence the pedlars of mindfulness step in to save the day. Ronald Purser - The Guardian
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usands of individuals and groups around the world, he is dedicated to creating nothing less than a revolution in consciousness and culture.
For years Andrew and Ken have been engaged in an ongoing dialogue about spirituality in today's world. Known as the "Guru and Pandit" series, this unfolding conversation has often been featured in the pages of EnlightenNext magazine (formerly What is Enlightenment?). In August of 2010 Andrew and Ken held a live event at Boulder Integral, where the two spoke for hours about the history of enlightenment, the relationship between enlightenment and evolution, and the future of spiritual life in this corner of this universe.
Here Andrew and Ken share their overall intentions for the discussion. Ken offers a brief history of enlightenment, then goes on to point out some crucial tweaks to the classical conception of enlightenment that could have only been realized in recent years.
Part 2: Ecstatic Urgency and the Creative Impulse (41:38)
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to 26th October 2009 in Perpignan, France. WorldShift The Alliance was also launched during this event.
During the 5 day Renaissance2 Great Shift Gathering over 70 participants from 20 countries on 4 continents explored the latest developments in Renewable Energy, Resilient Environments, Enlightened Enterprise, Integral Governance, as well as Conscious Evolution, Wise Culture and Human Wellbeing.
The first 3 days of the Designing a Resilient Civilization event, saw the launch of over 40 projects using a combination of openspace, appreciative inquiry, integral life practice and presencing techniques.
The frontiers of Conscious Evolution were explored during the last 2 days with some of the worlds leading experts in fields of conscious evolution, spirituality, global culture and science and technology. We also launched the Alliance WorldShift using cutting edge video conferencing technology to connect with the conference leaders evolutionary on the U.S. west coast.
There were many standing ovations from the attendees and the entire event was filmed by Renaissance2 and Positive TV.
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