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The Beshara Lecture 2015: 'Is a New Consciousness Emerging? Reflections on the Impact of an Integral Perspective.'

May 9, 2015 15:00
Chisholme House, Roberton, Hawick, Scottish Borders TD9 7PH
Beshara Trust


Speaker: Nikos Yiangou


Every era embodies a perspective or worldview. In a time of profound change, what is the worldview that describes our current era?

At the frontiers of the culture an integral way of thinking has started to form. An integral model looks to incorporate and embrace knowledge into a unified framework, and to cast a new light on the transformational processes that are at work both in human consciousness and in the culture.

Evolutionary principles such as directionality and the ceaseless movement towards increasing complexity and wholeness have influenced not only science, but now also psychology, culture and spirituality. As we look back at the stages of our development in history with an ever-sharper lens and contemplate our present and our future, we ask: is a new consciousness emerging as we transition from a post-modern to an integral worldview?

This talk looks at some of the ideas of recent and contemporary thinkers such as Ken Wilber, Michael Murphy, Sri Aurobindo, and others, and suggests further ways of advancing integral thought by reviewing the work of one of the greatest early integral thinkers, Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi, and his teachings known as the Oneness of Being.


Nikos Yiangou holds a Master’s degree in Transpersonal Psychology and currently works as an IT manager in the software industry in California. He is a director of the United States branch of the Ibn ‘Arabi Society, which promotes the teachings and translations of this great spiritual teacher. He writes and speaks on the topic of human development and transformation, and is particularly interested in the hermeneutics of Ibn ‘Arabi’s teachings for the postmodern era. He is an ongoing student of the Beshara School in Scot­land.


Saturday, 9th May 2015, 3pm

The Beshara School
Chisholme House
Roberton
Nr Hawick
TD9 7PH
Scotland, UK

If you would like to attend, please contact:
The Secretary
Tel: 01450 880 215
secretary@beshara.org

The lecture will be followed by discussion and tea.

The Beshara Lecture will also be held at:
The Friends House, Euston Road, London on 18th April 2015. Full details
The Salisbury Centre, Edinburgh on 10th May 2015. Full details


The Beshara Lecture is an annual event organised by The Beshara Trust, a UK registered educational charity, that aims to explore contemporary issues in any field from a perspective of self knowledge, unity and our shared humanity. The Beshara Trust welcomes proposals for future lectures, please contact: trust@beshara.org


Speaker: Nikos Yiangou


Every era embodies a perspective or worldview. In a time of profound change, what is the worldview that describes our current era?

At the frontiers of the culture an integral way of thinking has started to form. An integral model looks to incorporate and embrace knowledge into a unified framework, and to cast a new light on the transformational processes that are at work both in human consciousness and in the culture.

Evolutionary principles such as directionality and the ceaseless movement towards increasing complexity and wholeness have influenced not only science, but now also psychology, culture and spirituality. As we look back at the stages of our development in history with an ever-sharper lens and contemplate our present and our future, we ask: is a new consciousness emerging as we transition from a post-modern to an integral worldview?

This talk looks at some of the ideas of recent and contemporary thinkers such as Ken Wilber, Michael Murphy, Sri Aurobindo, and others, and suggests further ways of advancing integral thought by reviewing the work of one of the greatest early integral thinkers, Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi, and his teachings known as the Oneness of Being.


Nikos Yiangou holds a Master’s degree in Transpersonal Psychology and currently works as an IT manager in the software industry in California. He is a director of the United States branch of the Ibn ‘Arabi Society, which promotes the teachings and translations of this great spiritual teacher. He writes and speaks on the topic of human development and transformation, and is particularly interested in the hermeneutics of Ibn ‘Arabi’s teachings for the postmodern era. He is an ongoing student of the Beshara School in Scot­land.


Saturday, 9th May 2015, 3pm

The Beshara School
Chisholme House
Roberton
Nr Hawick
TD9 7PH
Scotland, UK

If you would like to attend, please contact:
The Secretary
Tel: 01450 880 215
secretary@beshara.org

The lecture will be followed by discussion and tea.

The Beshara Lecture will also be held at:
The Friends House, Euston Road, London on 18th April 2015. Full details
The Salisbury Centre, Edinburgh on 10th May 2015. Full details


The Beshara Lecture is an annual event organised by The Beshara Trust, a UK registered educational charity, that aims to explore contemporary issues in any field from a perspective of self knowledge, unity and our shared humanity. The Beshara Trust welcomes proposals for future lectures, please contact: trust@beshara.org

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