Sunday, February 19th at Noon
Mother’s Birthday Observed
Reading and Meditation
Vegetarian Lunch (please bring food or beverage to share)
Program
Tuesday, February 21st
The meditation room will be open from 9 am to 3 pm.
Next Darshan Observance:
Sunday, April 22nd at noon
Please call if you plan to visit.
845-679-8322
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All USA Meeting: June 21st – 24th Amherst, MA
PREVIOUS EVENTS OF INTEREST:
Sunday, Nov 20th 2 pm
Auroville, India and Africa
a talk by Julian Lines
Having just returned from a three week trip to Auroville and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Julian will report on his trip and the appropriate technology presentations which were shared with President Girma Wolde-Giorgas at the Auroville International gathering. Topics will include the riverfront restoration and environmental education in Chennai, the use of probiotics in water purification and control of mosquito born diseases such as malaria and West Nile virus and mudbrick architecture. Attendees will receive a copy of the DVD “Towards a Sustainable Future” about Auroville’s environmental work.
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Theories of Everything
Ken Wilbur in the Light of Sri Aurobindo
Talk by Charles Flores
| Time | Monday, November 21 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm |
| Location | One Spirit Learning Alliance247 West 36th Street, 6th FloorNew York, NY 10018 |
This talk will begin by examining the challenges of grand theory building—“Theories of Everything.” We will critically examine Wilber’s understanding of Sri Aurobindo, and how this compares to Sri Aurobindo’s understanding and view of the world in his own right, which I will briefly summarize. Sri Aurobindo has been assessed through the lens of AQAL, but what would Wilber’s integral theory look like viewed from Sri Aurobindo’s perspective? Sri Aurobindo’s coinage of the term integral was quite different from that of Wilber in many respects. Since Sri Aurobindo never lived to see Wilber’s integral theory, I will extrapolate how Sri Aurobindo would likely view integral theory if he were still alive today. This will hopefully help us gain greater awareness of the inevitable challenges inherent in theory building, in the application of such theories in the world, and in the dangers of misappropriation.
Through a greater understanding of Sri Aurobindo’s vision in relation to Wilber’s integral theory, there may be the promise of greater collaboration among the various contributors to integral theory, thus perhaps providing great opportunities to contribute to its evolution.
Charles I. Flores, PhD is an Adjunct Professor at California State University, East Bay, and has taught for John.F. Kennedy University, the Sri Aurobindo Center for Advanced Research, and other universities. He was also the West Coast Director of Auroville International USA. He is currently a managing editor at the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, which is currently running a series of issues on Spirituality and Environmental and Social Justice. A practicing National Certified Counselor and psychotherapist in mental health and Master Addiction Counselor with at-risk teenagers and adults, he has worked on issues of diversity, social activism, and integral psychology for nearly twenty years.
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You are welcome to join us Saturday mornings at 9 am sharp for a half hour reading and meditation.
