Integral Life Practice Version 1.0 is the guide to the Integral Life Practice (ILP) Starter Kit, written by the Integral Life Practice Team: Marco Morelli, Adam Leonard, Terry Patten, Jeff Salzman, and Ken Wilber (© 2005 Integral Institute). The full ebook is embedded below, and the welcome that opens it follows the embed.
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Welcome to Integral Life Practice
Integral Life Practice is a new approach to well-being, awareness, and transformation. Rather than focus on merely one aspect of the self, ILP brings a whole and balanced approach to realizing the full spectrum of your being.
That’s what we mean by Integral: comprehensive, balanced, inclusive. By Life we mean, well, LIFE—the whole enchilada of love, consciousness, the body, relationships, work, emotions, and the mystery of existence.
Practice means something we do, usually to improve ourselves in some way—to make ourselves happier, stronger, smarter, more capable of loving and helping others. We practice in order to fulfil the potential of who we really are.
Thus, Integral Life Practice is a whole and balanced approach to practicing for life—our individual lives, the lives of others, even the life of the planet.
ILP contains specific practices within a framework that holds them together. The practices and the framework are equally important. The practices ensure that you’re actually doing something, not just thinking about it. The framework makes sense of what you’re doing, giving everything a place.
We’ve designed ILP to be as easy and flexible as possible. We know how busy most people’s lives are, and how important it is to work with your busy schedule. But we’ve also included as much as possible, so you can go as deep as you wish. An ILP can take as little as 5 minutes a day—or it can expand up to many hours. It’s up to you.
Welcome to Integral Life Practice!
What the Starter Kit covers
The kit’s practice matrix is organized around four core modules (Body, Mind, Spirit, and Shadow) plus auxiliary modules such as Ethics, Work, Emotions, and Relationships. Its stated starting point is to pick one practice from each of the four core modules and add auxiliary practices as you wish.
The ebook’s own note says its practices are not specific medical, psychological, or spiritual advice, and suggests consulting a licensed physician, therapist, or other professional before beginning any program of physical, psychological, or spiritual practice.
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