May Seattle Integral/Ken Wilber Meetup

I am going to throw this up because I have to get in bed before midnight. Not because I will turn into a pumpkin but because I have been wanting to take better care of myself. It has been quite a while since I have posted, but this feels like a good time to check in. The Ken Wilber meetups have been well over 20 people for the last few months. They have grown in the short time I have been coming...actually a year and a half, which is maybe not that short. It is pretty thrilling sitting in the room full of people. We are gathering together, for our various reasons, under the guise of discussing integral theory. Reuniting with ourselves really. Or pretending to. Sometimes it feels beautiful and sometimes a little frustrating, but I always keep coming back. I feel very fortunate to be able to take time out with friends and strangers once a month to discuss many things, this month ranging from relationships, anger, we-space, shadow work, changing the world, and more. Personally, I enjoy the quality of being with the people more than the content of the discussion for the most part.  
Gary is raising some questions that I am very interested in as well. "Can we keep our hearts open while we talk about structure" he asks. Read more here. I have to think that they really aren't separate. It is our mind and something gone awry that makes us think things are separate...or that they are things for that matter. But I digress...This subtle or not so subtle separation is bringing to mind another common "thing" that tends to get separated out from the rest of life: Spiritual Practice. Recently I read CoolMel's blog where Steve Pavlina talks about how he views spiritual practice which I really resonated with. Says Steve:
"These questions contain a hidden assumption - that our spiritual lives are somehow separate and distinct from our physical lives. " Someone, Susan, I think, said Integral is being fully engaged. I like that definition. Fully: internally externally, individually, collectively, gross, subtle, causal, non dual.  The more fully engaged we are, the more of the separations fall away.
There is a lot of momentum and energy around these meetings and the people of Seattle Integral. Don't take my word for it; read Joe Perez's blog. I am very energized after this meeting. Now I will go switch gears into rest.