insights

Part of the rich experiences of 2007 was the opportunity to be a member of the inaugural cohort of 24 students from eight countries who participated in the foundation year of the Master of Arts in Integral Theory degree at John F. Kennedy University.

The Certificate program comprising the first 12 months was a 48 week course in four semesters covering 10 units to provide a sound grounding in Integral Theory. The course was conducted on-line 24/7 with two residential intensives held in Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, California and faciltiated by a remarkable faculty of practitioners.

The courses in the foundation Certificate program covered:

Integral Theory and AQAL
Integral Methodological Pluralism
Integral Applications
Integral Spirituality
Integral Life Practice

Applied Phenomenology
Developmental Psychology
Psychological Assessment
Multiple Intelligences
States of Consciousness

What was unique for me, apart from the opportunity to work with some of the best minds and facilitators in this emerging field, was the chance to research some papers on topics that I would not otherwise have had the chance to look into and integrate into my practice. These were:

1. An AQAL reconstruction of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions of countries
2. Reconstruction of Integral perspectives on radical feminism (Radial Feminism)
3. IMP analysis of Indigenous Australian cosmology and the spiritual dreamtime
4. AQAL Integral Ecology analysis of an eco-conservation and restoration project
5. Spiritual Kosmic Address analysis of Jelalludin Rumi and the emergence of 13th century Sufism
6. The harmonisation of trichotomies in ILP using Developmental Action Inquiry
7. A meta-perspective on Integral thought and practice using A.H. Almaas’ Nine Holy Ideas
8. Generation of the self-other line from birth to enlightenment with reference to Buddhist Lojong practice
9. Holarchy of subtle state consciousness progressions in navigation of the self-sense through archetypes
10. Integral applications and the shadow-psyche in principles-based sustainability management
11. Meta-reflections on the major modes of applied phenomenological inquiry (Husserl to Mahamudra)
12. The nine base energy-aikido forms in the 180 combinations of subtle-body-mind psyche-interactions.

That sure was a big (but delicious) meal to swallow in one gulp …