According to Emanuel Swedenborg, “The simpler and purer a thing is, the more complex it is and the more it contains.”  Awakening into “integral” consciousness (Ken Wilber’s term for what some call “enlightenment&rdquo can seem the simplest of experiences, yet within it is nested a complexity that opens the world’s multifaceted splendor. Our awareness is the fruit of millennia of evolutionary growth and change. This evening one of integral theory's pioneers who has worked closely with Ken Wilber will trace the evolution of human consciousness and its future possibilities in an engaging trip through history as illustrated in works of art and in examples of contemporary integral thought. The evening will include time for an open discussion on the nature of consciousness and of integral thought today.

Allan Combs, on the faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), a founding member of Ken Wilber’s Integral Institute, and a leading figure in the integral movement, is the author of several award-winning books, including most recently Consciousness Explained Better: Towards an Integral Understanding of the Multifaceted Nature of Consciousness.

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