467. Steve McIntosh

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2018

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Summary

Steve McIntosh is a leader in the integral philosophy movement and author of three books on spiritual evolution: The Presence of the Infinite: The Spiritual Experience of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness, Evolution's Purpose: An Integral Interpretation of the Scientific Story of Our Origins and Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution. In addition to his work in spiritual philosophy, he also serves as president of The Institute for Cultural Evolution, an integral political think tank focusing on the development of values. Before becoming a writer and activist, Steve had a variety of other successful careers, including founding the consumer products company Now & Zen, and practicing law with one of America’s largest firms. Steve is an honors graduate of the University of Virginia Law School and the University of Southern California Business School. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two sons. For more on his work visit: stevemcintosh.com. Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded August 18, 2018. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:04:43 - The Evolution of Consciousness and Culture 00:09:26 - Evolution of Worldviews and Progressive Spirituality 00:14:05 - The Derision of the New Age Movement 00:18:47 - Understanding Individuality and Scientism 00:23:22 - The Denial of Free Will 00:27:52 - The Virtuous Circle of Spiritual Experience 00:32:40 - The Structure of the Universe: Infinite Being and Finite Becoming 00:37:28 - The Value-Creating Capacity of Polarities 00:41:57 - Perfection and Imperfection in the Universe 00:46:26 - Gradual Perfection of the Universe 00:50:45 - Ramana Maharshi's Impact on the World 00:55:28 - The Complementary Relationship of Nonduality and Theism 00:59:46 - Complementary Forms of Spirituality 01:04:17 - Rescuing Postmodernism 01:09:06 - The Hand of God and the Gentle Pull of Evolution 01:13:42 - The Necessity of a Spiritually Real Evolving Soul 01:17:38 - Harmony of Buddhist and Christian teachings 01:21:50 - The Philosophy of Goodness, Truth, and Beauty 01:26:30 - The Intersection of Science and Spirituality 01:31:00 - The Paths of Beauty, Truth, and Goodness 01:35:00 - The Role of Religion and Atheism 01:39:18 - Appreciating the Good and Bad of Modernism and Religion 01:43:35 - Spiritual Currents and Seekers from Different Traditions 01:47:54 - The Challenge of Environmental Awareness and Inter-Worldview Conflict 01:52:13 - The Transition Triggers of Worldviews 01:56:21 - Inclusion of Postmodern Thinkers in Addressing Global Warming 02:00:54 - The Emergence of a New Worldview 02:05:07 - The Emergence of Postmodernism 02:09:33 - Fostering Spiritual Development and Responsibility 02:13:40 - Concluding Remarks

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump. My name is Rick Archer.
0:29.6	Buddha at the gas pump is an ongoing series of interviews or conversations with spiritually
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1:01.7	and there's also a donations page, which explains other ways to support it.
1:07.2	My guest today is Steve McIntosh.
1:10.2	Steve is a leader in the Integral Philosophy Movement
1:13.6	and author of three books on spiritual evolution, two of which I've just been reading.
1:18.6	The Presence of the Infinite, Evolution's Purpose, and Integral Consciousness in the Future of Evolution.
1:26.6	In addition to his work in spiritual philosophy, he also serves as president of the Institute for Cultural Evolution.
1:33.3	Cultural Evolution.org, an integral political think tank focusing on the development of values.
1:39.3	Before becoming a writer and activist, Steve had a variety of other successful careers, including
1:45.5	founding the Consumer Products Company, now in Zen, and practicing law with one of America's
1:51.7	largest firms.
1:53.2	He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two sons, and his website is stevemacintosh.com,
1:58.8	which I'll be linking to from his page on that gap.
2:01.6	So Steve, I take it you're no longer practicing law, right?
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