Video Replay Posted: The Spiritual Power of Being an Antiracist with Victoria Santos

Thank you to all who joined us for our online webinar event with host Victoria Santos. The video replay is available now.

Topic: The Spiritual Power of Being an Antiracist
Host: Victoria Santos
Date: Monday, July 26, 2021

Description: Tapping into the spiritual power of being an antiracist means that we draw on our deep inner resources in the work of cultivating a thriving, equitable and compassionate culture that accommodates the richness of our diversity. Racism has permeated our society and manifests itself in structural systems, cultures and individuals. We discussed some of the systemic barriers to social justice and racial equity and how they impact us, internally and externally, individually and collectively. How do our inner lives shape the way we engage with society? And we looked at how we can embrace actions and practices that mobilize our spiritual power in the work of making change. When we do this, we foster individual and collective growth, transform culture, and create lasting, meaningful impact.

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Video Replay “What Can We Do for Our World?” with Special Presenter Duane Elgin (June 14, 2021)

Thank you all for joining us for our online meeting event with our host, Duane Elgin. Click the “Read More” button below to access the video replay.

Nature has always been referred to as a teacher. What is the teaching community’s responsibility for the wellbeing of the ecosystem?

What can we do for the separative world we see?
What can we do for a separative world experiencing existential climate threats?
What is our role in a separative world experiencing existential threats?
How does spiritual leadership/teaching engage with a world experiencing existential threats?
How do we respond, individually and collectively?

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Video Replay: Towards Peer-to-Peer Support (March 22)

Thank you all who joined us for this online meeting event! Please click on the “Read More” button below to watch the video replay.

If you would like to participate in our pilot program or help us shape the initiative, please click Take the Survey on the video replay page.

Spiritual leadership can be a pretty complex and isolating role, and when things are challenging we often have few or no colleagues that we can lean on to share what is really going on for us, and get honest caring feedback. The ASI is looking into ways of supporting small groups of spiritual teachers who want to build peer support circles of collegial friendship working toward deep trust. If you already have experience with such groups, we would love to hear and learn from you. Also, in the same questionnaire /survey you can let us know if you are interested in being part of our peer support pilot program.

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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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