"Practices" have accompanied humans from our first steps up from Eden to now. A practice entails some form of disciplined action, custom, or regular exercise performed with intention. Spurred by the irresistible desire to improve oneself and the world, human beings has never ceased to invent practices for growth. Two special circumstances coexist to allow this historical period to birth a new breed of practice. First, thanks to the globalization of knowledge, a person can access the world’s entire collection of growth techniques—across cultures and through time. The diversity of transformative practices is truly astounding, from the complex to the simple, the mainstream to the obscure, the scientific to the artistic, the traditional to the outrageous. All of these are available to us right now. Second, a comprehensive vision of reality—an Integral vision—is taking form through the efforts of pioneers around the world. Integral mapmakers chart the many dimensions and waves … [Read more...]