Five key reasons to attend:
1. To bring forth your emergent capacities
One of the markers of integral consciousness is the ability to see – and feel – evolution. We begin to experience ourselves as evolving beings in an evolving world. We see that our growth trajectory is predictable and well-mapped. This single insight changes everything.
First of all it, enables us to relax a bit, because we can see that in addition to living our lives, we are being lived by a larger Life. We feel ourselves riding streams of history that appear to be going somewhere ever-more awake and powerful. Second, as we realize ourselves to be evolving beings, we can begin to ask very interesting questions such as: what’s next in my own personal evolution? In my work and career? In my relationships? In the evolution of the world at large, and my role in its evolution?
Evolution denotes transformational growth. In other words, we see that there are not just new things to know, but new ways of knowing. That there are not just new things to do, but new ways of doing. And that these new ways of thinking and acting multiply our effectiveness. This is our starting point at the Integral Incubator, and each part of the 5-day process is designed to help participants realize and stabilize their next stage of development, especially as it relates to their work.
2. To get real traction on the work of your life
We grow not just in consciousness, but in power. At the Incubator you will get in touch with your power. You’ll work hard, under the direction of a dedicated team of professional-development experts. You’ll be encouraged and inspired by other participants, who are also growing in real time. And you’ll challenge yourself to do what it takes to walk out on Friday having achieved concrete results.
3. To transmute your personal obstacles into insight
As we realize our ability to co-create withthe power of emergence itself, we naturally turn our attention to achieving our unique destiny. That may sound a little grandiose, but it is quite literally true, and as evolutionaries we feel it deeply. That’s why so many integralists seem like they’re on a mission from God. Because they see – and feel – that they quite literally are.
But there is another side to it, as well. At integral consciousness we also see that although we are human beings gifted with great vision and calling, we are also works in progress, and that, paradoxically, a lot of the road forward involves realizing how, to use a beautiful religious term, broken we are. Not in the sense that something is wrong with us, but that there are indeed parts of ourselves that are appalling: our selfishness, our grudges, our suffering, the seven deadly sins and more. But now we begin to see that this is the way it should be, and that part of our job as evolutionaries is to bring our dark aspects into the light. We see that by being friendly with them we have a chance at metabolizing them into health and creativity, kind of like a fusion reactor, which lights us up and powers us to do what we are undeniably here to do.
4. To be with your integral peeps and peers
It has always been true, as humanity has evolved, that people at the edge of development seek out other pioneers. One of the great benefits of the Integral Incubator is that we get to hang out with other people who get us, who vibrate to the same chords, who see the new territories we see, and who want to explore them with us.
This has very practical and positive consequences. When we are seen and known more deeply by other people, we are able to better see and know ourselves. We have easier access to new dimensions of our own creativity and passion, we find strength we didn’t know we had, and we able to act in the world with greater skill and confidence.
A big part of the Integral Incubator is creating we-spaces among the participants and relationships that support each person’s growth. We will do this both in free-form café settings, but also in large- and small-group processes, as well as group meditation and movement practices. People who have attended events with other Integralists often note a higher level of group functioning that is unparalleled outside integral circles. As one member of Boulder Integral recently wrote about a salon we held recently, “I experience magic when conversing with people about integral ideas.” So, yes, one of the greatest payoffs of attending the Incubator is that we get to be with our tribe, and that is a terrific end in itself.
5. To get an in-person blast from integral genius, Ken Wilber
Ken’s public appearances are few and far between, which makes it all the more precious have our group be able to spend an afternoon with him. Ken is not just a historically significant philosopher, he is a great “manifestor,” having founding several of the most enduring organizations of the integral age, including Integral Institute, Integral Naked and Integral Life. He will answer your questions and give insight into the issues you are facing in your career challenges.
