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miércoles, 9 de enero de 2013

INTEGRAL EUROPE 2nd meeting in BUDAPEST . In English


INTEGRAL EUROPE 2nd meeting.  In June 2012 in the city of Berlin, 21 people that represented 14 countries were gathered, answering the call of Dennis Wittrock to bring together the European countries that were working with Integral Theory.  

 I have just come from Budapest-Hungary, where Bence Ganti (member of the INTEGRAL EUROPE board created in Berlin) invited the four other members of the board  to have a real physical encounter after having been working for six months through Skype every fifteen days.

What it was going to be a board meeting, ended up being the second INTEGRAL EUROPE big encounter, where representatives of each country have had five minutes through Skype to introduce themselves and tell the more than 50 Hungarians (plus the five members of the board -in person at the meeting-) about their integral activities.   KEN WILBER was also present through telephone call and also TERRY PATTEN, creator of Integral Life Practice and very well known among the integral circles as Integral Spirituality teacher, through video call.

Two interesting aspects of this second gathering in Budapest, on top of Ken and Terry's collaboration, were, firstly: that the event was cybernetically held by Integral Village, an integral internet service offered by Ian Mc Donald, member of Integral Europe – England;  and secondly, the presence and recognition as new members of  INTEGRAL EUROPE of two new countries: Bulgaria and Portugal. The first country was represented by my dearest Mihaela and Simeon (with which I have teach in Bulgaria) that came by bus to the venue on a 10 hour ride. They shared about their more than six years of dedication to teaching Integral Theory and the existence  of their Integral Center in Sofia. The second country, Portugal , was represented by Ivo Banaco that due to some technical problems transmitted his presence in the Integral world trough chat writing.

It was a historical encounter, not only for being the second one, for using a modern tool for connecting and for having Ken and Terry join in, but also because Ken announced that seeing the interest and entitlement that INTEGRAL EUROPE has as an emerging organization among europeans, Integral Institute (now run by Ken and Clint Fuhs) has decided to create the first branch of the Institute outside the United States, precisely in Europe and under the leadership of Bence Ganti (one of the members of INTEGRAL EUROPE). This is great news as both organizations will collaborate together in the establishment and development of integral contents and practices. ¡¡¡ Congratulations Bence, and thanks for a wonderful blessed meeting in Budapest ¡¡¡
 
Raquel Torrent

martes, 8 de enero de 2013

EUROPA INTEGRAL (2ndo encuentro) en BUDAPEST - En españoll

EUROPA INTEGRAL o INTEGRAL EUROPE es el nombre que recibe la organización que hemos formado un grupo de 21personas que representando a 14 países nos reunimos en el mes de Junio 2012 en Berlín.  Nuestra intención era generar una unión entre países europeos que estuvieran interesados en la Teoría Integral de Ken Wilber y que estuvieran aplicando el modelo integral a sus propias prácticas integrales, así como a otras disciplinas de su vida colectiva.

De entre esas 21 personas surgieron 5 que eligieron tomar el testigo de trabajar en firme para que ese propósito conjunto se fuera desarrollando hacia una representatividad que diera fuerza y utilidad a la organización, tanto localmente a nivel europeo, como frente a la fortaleza de las propuestas e instituciones integrales americanas, lo que así ha estado ocurriendo desde entonces hasta finales del año 2012, a razón de sendos encuentros quincenales por Skype


Los países representados son:  Alemania (Dennis Wittrock), Hungría (Bence Ganti), Holanda (Miriam Van Groen) Francia (Kevin Solinski) y España (yo misma, Raquel Torrent).

Dos de estos miembros de la Junta Directiva de Europa Integral (Dennis y Bence) estuvieron este mes de Diciembre en Denver asistiendo al encuentro Internacional WhatNext que contó con la participación  de Ken Wilber y muchos otras figuras conocidas del mundo Integral.


Este fin de semana (4, 5 y 6 de Enero 2013) nos hemos reunido en Budapest (Hungría) para asistir a la invitación que Bence Gantí (el representante europeo recién venido de USA)  ha realizado a la citada Junta Directiva de Integral Europe. Aprovechando esta invitación para realizar uno de los encuentros quincenales en persona, hemos generado el segundo encuentro europeo, esta vez con participación a través de Skype y con la presencia telefónica y por video de Ken Wilber y Terry Patten respectivamente.