By Stephen G. Post PhD, Maria E. Pagano PhD, Matthew T. Lee PhD & Byron R. Johnson PhD (2016). Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) offers a live stage to study how humility is worn by thousands for another day of sobriety and more freedom from the bondage of self. It has been the coauthors’ intent to emphasize the significance of humility as a cardinal virtue across the 12-Step program and as essential to all its key elements. The coauthors have placed this emphasis in the context of a wider theological history of thought as this converged on Bill W. and AA. In addition, the coauthors have offered a constructive developmental interpretation of the 12 Steps that relies on a model of four modulations of humility. Finally, the coauthors have reviewed in brief some approaches to the measurement of humility in this context, and suggest several aims for future research.
By Dani Antman. “Come closer,” he said. I moved in toward him till our knees were touching. He pressed his thumb into my third eye, and my whole body shook rapidly as light spiraled up my spine. Then he chanted the bija mantras in Sanskrit, which are the seed syllables for each chakra. “Lam, Vam, Ram, Ham, Yam, Om…” More intense light spiraled up my spine, exploding in my head. I opened my eyes and stared into his. Then he leaned over and kissed me on my lips. I was shocked. And also flattered. I just sat there, not knowing what to do. Then he told me to leave the room.”
Two videos have been released featuring the Association for Spiritual Integrity at the Science and Nonduality Conference held in San Jose, California in October 2019. SAND Panel on Sex, Money, Power, Trauma & Ethics in Spiritual Communities Meeting of Founders …
Join David Buckland and Craig Holliday from the Association for Spiritual Integrity as they explore spiritual bypassing, the student-teacher relationship, renunciate vs. more inclusive spiritual paths, and how to face ethical challenges along the spiritual path. David and Craig share some of the intimate details of their paths and how they worked with these ethical challenges in their lives.
Thank you to everyone who attended our first webinar event of 2020 with Miranda Macpherson (www.mirandamacpherson.com), ASI Board Member. 🙏 The recording and a downloadable MP3 file are below. Embodying Transparency in the Teacher’s Seat Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2019 …
Join Loch Kelly and Craig Holliday from the Association for Spiritual Integrity as they discuss in great detail the student teacher relationship, ethics and having a mature relationship with the spiritual path. Loch Kelly explains with clarity and wisdom the dangers of projection, transference, counter transference as they relate to the spiritual path. He goes on to explain the various traps and detours on the spiritual path such as hiding out in the “witness protection program, psychological underpass and cognitive overpass.” With humility and great wisdom, Loch offers a clear map on awakening and integration in a loving, healthy, adult, mature way.
We hope you enjoy this next video in the series, “Speaking Openly Peer 2 Peer #4” with Jac O’Keeffe and Lorell Frysh, PhD. The Association for Spiritual Integrity (ASI) is primarily an educational initiative, supporting spiritual teachers’ personal and professional development. …
On July 25, 2019, The ASI Code of Ethics was updated with an additional tenet in Section 1: 1.31 Teachers should be aware that psychedelic (plant or chemically derived) medicine and other consciousness-altering substances are gaining popularity in spiritual communities. Teachers who recommend the …
Here is the third episode in the ASI’s “Speaking Openly Peer 2 Peer” video series, with Jac O’Keeffe and JC Lemay 🙂 Your comments are welcome below! Many more to come ❤
The ASI has launched a new series of videos called “Speaking Openly Peer 2 Peer” where we have open, honest and transparent discussions covering a range of topics within the realm of spiritual integrity. The first two episodes feature Jac …