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The value of learning and learning valued

Sunwalk Ed wrote 3 weeks ago: I came across thi extract from an articles in Newsweek; Late one February night, more than a dozen … more »

Tags: Courage, Education, Educational alternatives, Learning, Spiritual Education, tate modern, Teach, Teacher Education, Teachers

A Good Word is Like a Good Tree by Annemarie Schimmel

views from another world wrote 1 month ago: Here I am reproducing an extract from a speech that is not only utterly beautiful in its eloquence, … more »

Tags: Islam, Literature

Angelus Silesius & Frederick Franck

Sunwalk Ed wrote 1 month ago: I have included Angelus Silesius & Frederick Franck as two of my ‘Major Educators’ b … more »

Tags: Zen, Mystic, Angelus Silesius, Major Educators, Frederick Franck, zen of seeing, World View

Film Response: Sans Soleil (Part 2)

irikus wrote 2 months ago: “When spring came, when every crow announced its arrival by raising his cry half a tone, I too … more »

Tags: Uncategorized

In Defense of the West

Kellen wrote 2 months ago: People who are not fond of the direction our culture has taken are fond of pointing to the way that … more »

Tags: Chemistry, Ideas!, World, Science

East v/s West or East and West

Rainy wrote 3 months ago: Don’t know where to start from…like most other dilemmas in life…an experience spre … more »

Tags: roots

Are we technology over-dependent?

mikerphilly wrote 3 months ago: Mother nature might give us tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis.. but she would never gi … more »

Tags: Journal

The Ineffable in Everyday Teaching- doorways to spiritualization

Sunwalk Ed wrote 3 months ago:     Although it needs revising I share a paper which I think I presented first in Mexico - … more »

Tags: Integral & Holistic Ed, holistic education, Spirit, Contemplation, oneness, Mystical, meditation, Inter-faith, Fundamentalism

Wilber - a key passage to enable us to discuss his work in relation to education?

Sunwalk Ed wrote 3 months ago: For some time I have been looking for a key passage as a way into discussing aspects of Wilber … more »

Tags: Integral & Holistic Ed, holistic education, Contemplation, Mystical, meditation, Inter-faith, God, Religion, Fundamentalism

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Mamallapuram revisited

mikerphilly wrote 4 months ago: In Mamallapuram for 2 days last November, I was fortunate to visit some of the famous ruins and cave … more »

Tags: Uncategorized

'Definition of God' - and it still leaves us with the job of living with each other through the unity of mystery2 comments

Sunwalk Ed wrote 7 months ago: The nearest I have ever come across to a satisfactory definition of God is as follows; God is a cir … more »

Tags: Amazement, Armstrong Karen, Awe, Being human, bliss, Certainty, common cause, Common Ground, Common Sense

Wilberian Studies; integral and holistic studies that draw on inspiration from Ken Wilber

Sunwalk Ed wrote 7 months ago:  I therefore sought to outline a philosophy of universal integralism. Put differently, I sought a w … more »

Tags: Integral & Holistic Ed, holistic education, Mystical, Creativity, Inter-faith, Philosophy, Caring, Truth, Thinking

Flatland, Modernism, pre-modernism and post-modernism - Ken Wilber's view

Sunwalk Ed wrote 7 months ago: If you’ve struggled with what people actually mean by postmodernism and its relationship to mo … more »

Tags: Integral & Holistic Ed, Spirit, Contemplation, language, Creativity, Inter-faith, Method, Philosophy, Truth

“The Self is an ocean without a shore": Bill Viola, a perfect match of spirit and form?

Sunwalk Ed wrote 7 months ago: THE ARGUMENT The past lives only in the present in that our consciousness is marked and shaped by th … more »

Tags: Sun, 'SunWALK model', walk, aesthetic, Amazement, Art, art matters, Awe, Baha'i

Inspiring quotations for PhD thesis1 comment

Sunwalk Ed wrote 7 months ago: Like heroes and heroines certain key sayings inspire us. Here I’m assembling the ones that ha … more »

Tags: Integral & Holistic Ed, Heschel, holistic education, art matters, Spirit, Science, Contemplation, Unity, oneness

What if mothers did rule the world?

Sunwalk Ed wrote 7 months ago: From QuakerDave we have a post we should all be asking - What if mothers did rule the world? Funny. … more »

Tags: Abuse, Alienation, Allegiance, attitudes, Balance, Beliefs, Blogs interesting, Children, Common Ground

De-mystifying the mystical and deciding on your definition of 'mystical'?

Sunwalk Ed wrote 8 months ago: What’s your definition of mystical and mystical experience? The one I came up with is as foll … more »

Tags: 'SunWALK model', Agnosticism, Alienation, Allegiance, Amazement, Attachment, Awe, Balance, Christian

Ancient wisdom: insights from Sufi sacred Islamic poetry

Sunwalk Ed wrote 8 months ago: I came across this wonderful poem in The Sufi Book of Life by Neil Douglas-Klotz (p.56) ‘ … more »

Tags: Amazement, Attachment, Awe, Balance, Beauty, Beliefs, Consciousness, Detachment, Diversity


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