Replay: Spirit + DIBE – Connecting the Spiritual to the Cultural and Political (Feb 8/21)

Thank you all for joining us for our online meeting event with our host, Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins. Please scroll down to watch the video replay.

In this ASI online meeting event we discussed our role as spiritual teachers in the context of a divided world.

  • Learn the current terms and meanings of acronyms like DIBE and BIPOC
  • Understand what it means to acknowledge tribal lands
  • Unpack the ramifications of connecting spiritual values with social values
  • Share best practices for leading meetings of people with disparate views
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Replay: ASI Members & Friends Webinar with Conspirituality Hosts

Video replay available here. This ASI online meeting featured the hosts of the Conspirituality podcast: Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker. Their backgrounds are in journalism, cult research and philosophy. Their work together on Conspirituality is an exploration of where science, psychology, and spirituality overlap. Their research explores and explains why our current era of pandemic fears and political disillusionment makes some spiritual teachers and students susceptible to misinformation and cult-like thinking. It was an informative and exciting discussion, helping us be more aware of the contemporary phenomenon of conspiracies within the spiritual landscape.

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Replay: ASI Members & Friends Meeting (Nov. 9, 2020)

Video replay is available for viewing here. This meeting was an exploration of our personal connections and responses to worldly and/or global issues. With openness and kindness of humility in action, let’s discuss our relationship with the world. Do we engage in social/political issues? Why and why not? Is your personal response a passive or an active one? Do spiritual leaders have a role to play in worldly issues? What models do we have for how that looks?

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REPLAY: ASI Meeting – Code of Ethics Review

Following many hours of work, the ASI Code of Ethics and Good Practice has been considerably revised. We wanted to make the Code more concise and easier to read. This is our first significant revision, which we hope makes it a document that better reflects the culture of our community.

We are ready to offer it to you and our community for feedback and comments. Tell us what we missed or omitted. Tell us what needs expansion so that we can add supporting text where required. The Code will never be etched in stone. It is important to us that it continues to evolve, reflecting the needs and values of our sector.

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SAND’19 Panel and ASI Meeting Videos!

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 …

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