The Integral Stage Expanded Universe (ISEU)

(Mostly) Layman? Some Bruce. Don't blame Bruce.

The INTEGRAL STAGE EXPANDED UNIVERSE is an archive of conversations held with people across the developmental, transformational, and regenerative communities. It does not endorse or flinch from anyone willing to speak convivially on these topics. The ethical frame here is to make nuanced, curiosity-driven explorations available and not to provide safe, curated, or validated individuals or ideas. Other guidelines hold sway in other contexts.

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Saturday · 1 hr 26 min
AWAKENED WHOLENESS - "The Collective" w/ Abigail & Geoff
dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh.In the eighth and final episode of the series, Layman, Abigail and Geoff explore the facet they call the collectivehttps://pacificintegral.substack.com/p/the-seven-facets-of-awakened-wholeness-bb0
Saturday · 1 hr 2 min
AUTHOR SERIES - "Psyche & Symbolic Learning" w/ Brendan Dempsey
In this new Integral Stage Authors interview, Layman meets with Brendan Graham Dempsey to talk about his latest book in The Evolution of Meaning series, Psyche and Symbolic Learning."Having established in Volume 1 that meaning is a kind of adaptive knowledge complexifying across emergent information processing regimes (structural, genetic, neuronal, and symbolic), Volume 2 of The Evolution of Meaning zooms in on the last of these levels to examine in detail how the socialized human mind acquires increasingly adaptive knowledge through symbolic learning. Summarizing the findings of 150 years of research from developmental psychologists into how the mind learns via evolutionary dynamics, Dempsey shows not only how our notions of morality, self, value, and God evolve as the psyche complexifies but also how these changes can be precisely measured. Using hierarchical complexity as a universal metric, he argues, we can identify distinct systems of meaning-making and justification that emerge across the developmental spectrum. Charting this empirically grounded map of worldviews will be essential for orienting efforts in future volumes to track the evolution of meaning and the sacred across human cultural history."https://www.amazon.com/Psyche-Symbolic-Learning-Evolution-Meaning/dp/B0FPV8M3Z8/
Saturday · 1 hr 43 min
ROAD TO COSMO-EROTIC HUMANISM - "Radical Kabbalah" pt I (w/ M. Gafni)
This discussion continues the exploration of the intellectual journey to the Cosmo-Erotic Humanism model of the Center for World Spirituality. We take a deep look at the intricacies of the "acosmic humanism" of Mordechai Leiner through the lends of the book Radical Kabbalah.
August 19 · 1 hr 20 min
Spiritual Narcissism w/ Claudia Fabrizy
Claudia Fabrizy meets with Layman to talk about the inner life, spiritual development, narcissism, sovereignty, shadow work, and much more.Claudia Fabrizy's YT Channel / @claudiafabrizy
August 19 · 1 hr 17 min
Soul Expression ! -- An Awakened Wholeness Facet w/ Geoff &Abigail
The Facets of Awakened Wholeness Project https://pacificintegral.substack.com/p/the-seven-facets-of-awakened-wholeness-bb0
August 13 · 1 hr 23 min
EMBODIMENT! (Awakened Wholeness VII) w/ Geoff & Abigail
I don't want my audience to know anything.
August 6 · 1 hr 26 min
The Cosmic Giggle w/ Eric Davis
Layman Pascal sits down with author and noted esoteric theorist Erik Davis to explore the strange loop that connects humor and spirituality. Erik Davis is an author, scholar, award-winning journalist, podcaster, and professional talker. My wide-ranging work dances around the intersection of alternative religion, media, the popular imagination, and the cultural history of California. TechGnosis website: https://techgnosis.com/
May 22 · 1 hr 21 min
The Liminal Cafe w/ Sher Griffin
The Liminal Café is where the locals of the liminal web gather for coffee and conversation. In this new series, Layman chats with the people and patrons who, for some curious reason, find themselves drawn to this sketchy corner of the internet...For episode 17 of the Liminal Café, Sher Griffin meets with Layman to talk about her 'integral' origin story, and her interests in mental health, spirituality, an approach she calls cognitive ecology, and much more.Sher Griffin's Substackhttps://shergriffin.substack.com/about
May 19 · 1 hr 29 min
Love The System w/ Peter Merry
Layman meets with author, educator, entrepreneur and tech-friendly "energy worker," Peter Merry, to explore the nature and function of subtle energy and a technology he has developed to possibly begin to better measure and interact with it, and to promote greater group cohesion, which he calls the Wyrd Commons.Peter Merry websitehttps://petermerry.org/
May 17 · 1 hr 23 min
AWAKENED WHOLENESS VI: "Embodiment" w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh.
May 17 · 1 hr 39 min
AWAKENED WHOLENESS V: "Awakening" w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh.
May 17 · 1 hr 19 min
AWAKENED WHOLENESS IV: "Intimacy" w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh
May 17 · 1 hr 23 min
AWAKENED WHOLENESS III: "Complexity" w/ Geoff & Abigail
The Seven Facets of Awakened Wholeness series is a special Integral Stage / Pacific Integral co-production, highlighting dimensions of the Awakened Wholeness project which is being stewarded by Abigail Lynam and Geoff Fitch, with special support from Tucker Walsh
February 23 · 1 hr 18 min
AUTHOR SERIES - "A Brief History of God" w/ Nish Dubashia
Layman sits down with Nish Dubashia to talk about his recent Sky Meadow publication, A Brief History of God."A Brief History of God: From Nature Spirits to Cosmic Consciousness is a thought-provoking journey through the evolution of humanity's spiritual understanding. In this compelling exploration, Nish Dubashia traces the arc of religious and spiritual thought, from the earliest tribal beliefs rooted in ancestral spirits, to the modern search for unity and connection in a fragmented world. With clarity and depth, Dubashia reveals how our concepts of God, the self, and spirituality have shifted through the ages, shaped by culture, power, and the quest for meaning."Nish is a published author of two novels (Gifted and Dancing with Angels) and a shorter book (The Unity of Everything) containing his 1991 conversation with physicist David Bohm, and has spoken at international conferences about his “Diamond Model”; a universal pattern he believes might help us gain some understanding of cross-religious commonalities.https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-God-Spirits-Consciousness/dp/B0FH28Q63K/
February 21 · 1 hr 17 min
SALON OF THE BANNED - Metaconservatives, Trolls & Blake Anderson
The audio is a little sketchy. And perhaps not just the audio. I had a nice time talking with Blake who is someone I banned from an online space. His "right-wing trolling" and "problematic behavior" upset a lot of folks. Partly legitimately and partly, perhaps, because developmental, spiritual and integrative spaces may have an allergy to conservatism. Is meta-conservatism even possible? What is a right-wing pluralist or integralist? And more importantly, what does it take to have more complex discussions among people who have different combinations of political values and concerns?
February 17 · 1 hr 37 min
AUTHOR SERIES - "Integral Tibetan Buddhism" w/ Pema Dragpa
Pema Dragpa's new book, An Integral View of Tibetan Buddhism, is the inspiration for and ostensible focus of this conversation between Dragpa and Layman, but it is also just an excuse for them to get together to chat about their favorite dharma, meditation, and "transformative practice in a time between worlds" topics.Lama Pema Dragpa is a resident Dharma teacher at Padma Samye Ling (PSL), the main monastery and retreat center of the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center (padmasambhava.org). This institute was founded and directed by the Nyingma Dzogchen masters Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, who both trained and mastered the ancient traditions of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Lama Dragpa lives and teaches at Padma Samye Ling, and was ordained as a lama by the Ven. Khenpo Rinpoches. He is a senior editor of over 20 books on philosophy, meditation, and Buddhist tenets. Lama Dragpa graduated with honors in philosophy and religious studies from NYU in 2002, and is a certified Hospice volunteer. He has taught at Colgate University, Scranton University, and Binghamton Community College, and regularly travels to lead PBC events on traditional and contemporary Buddhist philosophy and meditationhttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=an+integral+view+of+tibetan+buddhism+pema+dragpa
February 15 · 1 hr 16 min
SEEK FIRST THE FREQUENCY OF THE GODDESS w/ Cris Beasley
Cris Beasley joins Layman in an exploration of alternative sensemaking to talk about the generative principles and practices that help her creatively navigate the challenges of life in this time between worlds.Cris founded a sustainable AI company nine years ago – well before it was the latest thing on the block. It was featured in a cover story of The Atlantic. She stopped Sequoia Capital from trying to build an AI that was obviously never going to work. It was obvious if you bothered to do the back-of-the-envelope math, which Amazon did not do. They attempted the same thing, failed, and wasted a few million bucks. They should've had someone like Cris on their team. Before that, she led the redesign of Firefox support, which resulted in an extra 7MM users per year finding the answer to their questions immediately. Cris was selected to be in the first cohort of ambassadors to the Interledger Foundation. Their $15k grant supported her project about Jungian emotional polarities, Becoming Dragon, which was covered in Forbes. She advises Earthcodes.org on strategy for their regenerative data cycles project, AI for Gaia, in partnership with the Biomimicry Institute. In her copious spare time, she convinces two mischievous black cats to come when they're called, paints with watercolors, makes AI-generated short films, and plays electronic music that takes you into meditative theta brainwave states.Cris Beasley portfoliohttps://www.crisbeasley.com/portfolio
February 14 · 1 hr 25 min
AUTHORS - "The Space Between Us" w/ Peter Mitchell & Anne Sweet
In this Integral Stage Authors Series video, Layman gets together with Peter Mitchell and Anne Sweet to talk about the new book, The Space Between Us, and to explore the "field dynamics" of dialogue and intersubjective contemplative practice.The Space Between Us: Awakening Together in a Fractured World invites you into a radical shift in how we meet ourselves, each other, and the moment. Drawing on decades of spiritual practice and, more recently, a deep shared inquiry, Peter Mitchell explores the possibility that the most profound transformations happen not in isolation, but in relationship—within the subtle field that awakens when we meet in presence. Told through the first-hand experiences of a group discovering how coming together with vulnerability and radical honesty allows something larger to emerge, the book reveals how dialogue, shared presence, and authenticity can open the door to the Real. It shows that when we rest deeply in who we already are, the walls of identity begin to fall away. In that freedom, genuine meeting becomes possible—beyond the masks, roles, and labels we usually hide behind—offering a glimpse of the mystery that holds us all."Book https://www.amazon.com/Space-Between-Us-Awakening-Fractured/dp/1954642725/ Group https://www.between-us-groups.com/join-us
February 13 · 1 hr 50 min
PRINCIPLES OF POST-POSTMODERN SPIRITUALITY w/ Steve McIntosh
In this special episode, Layman meets with Steve McIntosh to talk about the overlaps between their respective approaches to post-postmodern spirituality, and in particular about the 6 Agreements that Steve proposes are necessary to move towards a genuinely pluralist, post-postmodern spiritual understanding and practice.
February 12 · 1 hr 40 min
Pre-Tragic, Tragic & Post-Tragic Pt 2 w/ Gafni
This is the second part of a deep dive into the nuances of the pre-tragic, tragic & post-tragic framing. It begins in speculative theory space and moves into a consideration of power, post-tragic sexual narratives, the integrity of developmental communities, self-harm, and the collective future of inquiry into the concept of the Post-Tragic. Oblique references are made to the film Fight Club, the comedian Richard Lewis, cult classic "The Room," and Spiral Dynamics. Plus, in an act of supreme magnanimity, Layman retracts his curse and saves Marc from a fiery death...

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