Integral Consciousness and Sport

Integral Consciousness and Sport

Author: Scott Ford

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Published: 2016-03-11

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1478769262

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Every so often, a rather remarkable disclosure reveals itself that can change our worldview. It can occur through contemplation, reverie, insight, revelation, reading, writing, or for many, actual physical practice. Scott Ford has had such a moment of practice, and his world has never been the same. After reading Scott’s book, perhaps our world will be permanently altered as well. In using his Parallel Mode Process, we are taken into one of the most revered and hallowed places in sports. Ford’s work allows us to abide in the living, breathing essence of the zone, dance in the flow state, and train into it. The book is both a technical as well as intuitive discussion of a new way of contextualizing one’s athletic experience, engaging both left and right brain consciousness, and resulting in nothing less than a satori experience. By engaging in the practice of living in ever-present moment-to-moment awareness, the author creates a non-local consciousness experience that is life-changing. Thus, through Scott’s highly refined work, we enter into the Witness state, a revered state of consciousness that is both unitive and integrated. Sport is the great Western metaphor, a potent medium that teaches us how to realize our sometimes dormant capacities, and at the same time translate the learning into everyday situations. The lessons learned from this book apply directly to all walks of life. Hence, Scott’s discoveries take us into the union of East and West, the spirit and the flesh, through tennis, sport and life. You may never look at a tennis ball in the same way. Barry Robbins, Vice President of ITP International- Senior Teacher and Lineage Holder of ITP (Integral Transformative Practice) Founding Member: Sports, Energy, and Consciousness Group


Integral Psychology

Integral Psychology

Author: Ken Wilber

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2000-05-16

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0834821141

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A leader in transpersonal psychology presents the first truly integrative model of spiritual consciousness and Western developmental psychology The goal of an “integral psychology” is to honor and embrace every legitimate aspect of human consciousness under one roof. Drawing on hundreds of sources—Eastern and Western, ancient and modern—Wilber creates a psychological model that includes waves of development, streams of development, states of consciousness, and the self, and follows the course of each from subconscious to self-conscious to superconscious. Included in the book are charts correlating over a hundred psychological and spiritual schools from around the world, including Kabbalah, Vedanta, Plotinus, Teresa of Ávila, Aurobindo, Theosophy, and modern theorists such as Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, Jane Loevinger, Lawrence Kohlberg, Carol Gilligan, Erich Neumann, and Jean Gebser. Integral Psychology is Wilber's most ambitious psychological system to date and is already being called a landmark study in human development.


Integral Life Practice

Integral Life Practice

Author: Ken Wilber

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2008-09-09

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0834822431

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How to put Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory—which synthesizes the teachings of the world’s great wisdom traditions—into practice in all aspects of everyday life, so you can reach your full human potential “A masterpiece guide of grounded, intelligent, self-transforming wisdom integrating the insights of all the great traditions of truth.” —Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit Over the last thirty-five years, Ken Wilber has developed an Integral “theory of everything” that makes sense of how all the world’s knowledge systems—East and West; ancient, modern, and postmodern—fit together and can elevate our awareness. Drawing on science, psychology, human development, spirituality, religion, and dozens of other fields, Integral Theory is a revolutionary framework for understanding ourselves and the world we live in. Now there is a way to not just think Integrally, but to embody an Integral worldview in your everyday life. Integral Life Practice is not just a new approach to self-development and higher awareness, but a way of making sense of—and making best use of—the existing treasure trove of insights, methods, and practices for cultivating a more enlightened life. It offers a uniquely adaptive approach to awakened living that’s suitable for everyone: people with busy careers and families, college students, retirees, even hardcore athletes and yogis. It’s geared for devout—and irreverent—people of any religion, or no religion! This highly flexible system will help you develop your physical health, spiritual awareness, emotional balance, mental clarity, relational joy, and energy level, within a framework that integrates all aspects of your life. Combining original exercises, vivid examples, cutting-edge theory, and illustrative graphics, Integral Life Practice is the ultimate handbook for realizing freedom and fullness in the 21st century.


The Mind's Eye: The Evolution of the Athlete's Skills and Consciousness

The Mind's Eye: The Evolution of the Athlete's Skills and Consciousness

Author: Jimmy Joy

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 0557183073

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"The Mind's Eye describes a successful method in the implementation of a mental training program for rowers. Under Jimmy Joy's guidance and direction countless rowers at all levels, including the international and university level, trained using an integral approach that develops the athletes skills and his consciousness. This book is Jimmy's description of the specific processes involved in developing you or your athlete's ability to achieve Flow (the sense of effortless in an activity) and experience peak performance."--Amazon.com.


Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution

Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution

Author: Steve McIntosh

Publisher: Paragon House

Published: 2013-09-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781557789051

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The integral worldview represents the next crucial step in the development of our civilization. Through its enlarged understanding of the evolution of consciousness and culture, the emerging perspective known as integral consciousness provides realistic and pragmatic solutions to our growing global problems, both environmental and political. As McIntosh convincingly demonstrates, the integral worldview's transformational potential provides a way to literally become the change we want to see in the world. This is really two books in one: the first half serves as an accessible and highly readable introduction to the power of integral consciousness, with the second half making a variety of original contributions to the integral perspective and breaking new ground in the application of integral philosophy to politics and spirituality. Moreover, McIntosh provides a much-needed contextualization and critique of the integral worldview's leading author, Ken Wilber, which helps make integral philosophy relevant to a larger audience.


Consciousness & Healing

Consciousness & Healing

Author: Marilyn Schlitz

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13:

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Essays from leaders in the emerging field of integral medicine and consciousness research promote a model of healing in which personal relationships, emotions, meaning, and belief systems are viewed as fundamental points of connection between body, mind, spirit, society, and nature.


Integral Spirituality

Integral Spirituality

Author: Ken Wilber

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13:

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Discussing a cutting-edge theory of spirituality for todays global society, this work explores the startling new role for religion in the modern and postmodern world, marrying the truth of modern science and postmodern culture with the wisdom of the great religions.


A Theory of Everything

A Theory of Everything

Author: Ken Wilber

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2001-10-16

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0834823047

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A concise, comprehensive overview of the “M Theory” and its application in today’s world, by a renowned American philosopher Ken Wilber has long been hailed as one of the most important thinkers of our time, but his work has seemed inaccessible to readers who lack a background in consciousness studies or evolutionary theory—until now. In A Theory of Everything, Wilber uses clear, non-technical language to present complex, cutting-edge theories that integrate the realms of body, mind, soul, and spirit. He then demonstrates how these theories and models can be applied to real world problems and incorporated into readers’ everyday lives. Wilber begins his study by presenting models like “spiral dynamics”—a leading model of human evolution—and his groundbreaking “all-level, all-quadrant” model for integrating science and religion, showing how they are being applied to politics, medicine, business, education, and the environment. He also covers broader models, explaining how they can integrate the various worldviews that have been developed around the world throughout the ages. Finally, Wilber proposes that readers take up an "integral transformative practice"—such as meditation—to help them apply and develop this integral vision in their personal, daily lives. A fascinating and easy-to-follow exploration of the “M Theory,” this book is another tour-de-force from one of America’s most inventive minds.


The Evolution of Integral Consciousness

The Evolution of Integral Consciousness

Author: Haridas Chaudhuri

Publisher: Quest Books

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780835604949

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According to Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri, former president of the California Institute of Asian Studies, consciousness is the essential structure of the human psyche. It is the common denominator of all the levels of the human psychic structure. Consciousness is the essential structure of human reality. All that we do outside of ourselves in our human relations, social activities, or building up social, political and international structures, is ultimately determined by the dynamics of the human psyche. Chapters include: The Role of Philosophy; Integral Psychology; and Quantum Theory and Consciousness; and Meditation for Integral Self-Development


Sports, Energy, and Consciousness

Sports, Energy, and Consciousness

Author: Eric D. Leskowitz

Publisher:

Published: 2014-07-29

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781495445309

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Athletes have long known that their pursuit of excellence can lead to the unforgettable altered state of consciousness known as "The Zone". This unification of body, mind and spirit can paradoxically lead to peak performance as well as inner peace. Coaches and sports psychologists now include techniques from esoteric realms of energy medicine and consciousness research in order to awaken these highest human potentials.The contributing authors of this book - an ex-NFL star, a Harvard psychiatrist, the coach of an Olympic champion, an extreme skiing world titleist - will explain how these insights can help you develop your inner and outer skills, whether you're a weekend amateur or an elite athlete. The approaches range from Energy Psychology and Zen to the Parallel Mode Process and mindfulness. Specific applications to baseball, track, sculling, skiing, tennis and more are included, as are invited commentaries from some of the world's leading experts in physical and spiritual transformation."I've been waiting for this book my whole life. Sports, Energy and Consciousness invites us to take a second look at how powerful, impactful and transformational athletic performance can be for ourselves, our lives and our world."---Ricky Williams, Heisman Trophy Winner, NFL All-Pro"With this powerful book, sport becomes epiphany, a mind cracking, soul buffeting, life enlarging realization that brings participants into resonance with the Great Game Itself, the one that the Cosmos is playing."--- Jean Houston Ph.D, futurist, author, A Passion for the Possible"With this book, we now have a complete work on consciousness and sport available for athletes. Hopefully others will see this field as an avenue for great human liberation."---Phil Shinnick PhD, US Olympian, world record holder (long jump)