Our dear friend, teacher, guide, and radiantly bright light, Terry Patten, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 30, surrounded by his family. As many of you are aware, Terry was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer in April, and he courageously, vulnerably …
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Appreciating Your Care & Help, and a Personal Update
Dear friend, Thank you so much for caring about me and my work! As you may or may not be aware, I have been experiencing a life-altering health challenge. I haven’t emailed broadly or posted about it on Facebook, yet. But now it’s time to get current. So this email is a …
Spiritual Friends Amidst Cultural Madness: The Power of Our Grateful Generosity
I will be offering an important free online on Wednesday, February 3rd. One of our key leverage points in this fragmenting world is our capacity for radical generosity and spiritual friendship. Does love “develop”? Are there higher “stages” to friendship? Might next-stage …
Just Published: Biocircuits: The Natural Tool that Promotes Sleep, Boosts Energy, and Expands Awareness
I’m pleased to announce the release of a 2nd edition of the 1988 book, Biocircuits that I co-authored with Leslie Patten. The new edition includes the double-blind study that Julian Isaacs and I published thirty years ago, and it’s beautifully redesigned and laid out. It’s got a …
Finding Your “Yes”
I'm writing this in the spacious stillness of Thanksgiving weekend. My life has been moving at high speed, but over this holiday break an opening appeared. The phone barely rang, and a sense of deep peace naturally blossomed. My heart has been overflowing with spontaneous …
Integral Heart Newsletter #1: Exploring Big Questions in the Integral World
This, the first in my series of monthly newsletters, is written as an open letter from The Crossings, a retreat center near Austin, where the Integral Leadership in Action (ILiA) conference has just concluded. Tomorrow my wife Deborah and I set out for Perpignan, France, where …