October 2020 | A Deeper Look at the Worldview that Forms Our Practice
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In The Life We Are Given, George Leonard and Michael Murphy write, “All those engaged in a serious calling - whether scientist or nurse, artist or contemplative - are strengthened in that calling by a sustainable philosophy that supports their work. Their practice is enhanced if they know why they must learn certain skills, why they must cultivate particular virtues and how the elements of their practice fit together.”
Understanding the underlying foundation of Integral Transformative Practice can be helpful in staying on the path of personal growth, as well as course correcting when necessary. This month’s Practice Resources Newsletter sheds light on the worldview or theory that informs our practice, as described in the white paper written by Michael Murphy, The Emergence of Evolutionary Panentheism. This worldview, that the divine is both immanent and transcendent, sets the stage for awareness of our extraordinary capacities - that we, and all life forms, are evolving towards a greater realization of our divine, inherent nature.
In these challenging times of upheaval, having a worldview that anchors our practice can be vital to our resilience and ongoing transformation. As ITP co-founders George Leonard and Michael Murphy write; “If we are secretly allied with the source of the universe, we must share its all-encompassing power. We are capable of radical transformation, and can realize metanormal capacities, because that is our predisposition.”
Wishing you blessings of good health and peace!
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“Extraordinary attributes, when seen as a whole, point toward a more powerful and luminous human nature, even a new type of physical embodiment in which the flesh will be suffused with new joy, beauty, and power.”
- Michael Murphy and George Leonard
The Life We Are Given
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Michael Murphy and Frank Poletti Discuss Evolutionary Panentheism |
In this inspiring talk with Michael Murphy and Frank Poletti, PhD, we take a journey to the birthplace of Evolutionary Panentheism in 18th century Germany where they examine the cultural, scientific, political and philosophical conditions that led to German Idealism and the Second Axial Age. |
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Evolutionary Panentheism:
A Theory, Philosophy and Experience
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ITP Mastery teacher, Roger Marsh, shares his perspective on evolutionary panentheism, and why it’s important we each find our own truth and experience of this theory. By experientially engaging the theory and philosophy, we can begin to develop our own interpretation, bringing it alive in our own body, mind, heart and soul. |
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This exercise in random walking turns finite space into infinite space. With fellow participants you'll walk at your own pace in no particular direction, turning whichever way you want, allowing the empty spaces to call you. Walking randomly allows you to relax the goal-oriented mind and to open yourself to the present-moment experience of your center. |
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Our aim is to awaken the world to its fullest potential through the discovery and experience of our highest potential and extraordinary capacities of body, mind, heart and soul.
ITP International
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