Introduction

Introduction

“Humanity stands at a crossroads between horror and hope. In choosing hope, we must seed a new consciousness, a radica

Mathew and Tom

Mathew and Tom

At the January 2010 Intensive at La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara, SPI students Mathew and Tom discuss a text provided

Thomas Keating with SPI Teachers

Thomas Keating with SPI Teachers

Father Thomas Keating founded "Contemplative Outreach," an organization that is based on the method of "Center Prayer"

Cynthia Bourgeault & Thomas Keating

Cynthia Bourgeault & Thomas Keating

Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault is a leading voice in contemporary contemplative Christianity. She is an Episcopal Priest who

Kabir & Camille Helminski

Kabir & Camille Helminski

Camille and Kabir are Sufi teachers of the Mevlevi Islamic Sufi tradition founded by Jalaladin Rumi in the thirteenth

Dr. Ed Bastian

Dr. Ed Bastian

With the help of a great board of directors and teachers from many traditions, Ed Bastian founded the Spiritual Paths

Swami Atmarupananda

Swami Atmarupananda

Swami Atmarupananda is an ordained monk in the Ramakrishnan Order of Hinduism.  Swami lives at the Trabuco Monastery in

Rabbi Rami on Aspen Mountain

Rabbi Rami on Aspen Mountain

The Spiritual Paths Foundation was founded in Aspen, Colorado in 2000 and Rabbi Rami Shapiro has been a regular teache


New Cohort Start Date, Sept 11, 2011...

In May, 2010, a inaugural cohort of students completed our two-year program in InterSpiritual Wisdom.  It was a wonderful success.  We refined our curriculum, formed an on-going community of students and teachers, we broadened our understanding...

“God is Not One” by Stephen Prothero: SPI Faculty Opinions...

BY RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO on “God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World—and Why Their Differences Matter” is a refreshing antidote to the too easy notion that all religions say the same thing. They don’t. Indeed,...

Mystical Experience or Unitive Seeing? by Cynthia Bourgeault...

In my own spiritual practice I’m more and more clearly seeing the need to distinguish between two closely related but distinctly different phenomena: mysticism and unitive seeing. Much of the “bad rap” that mysticism has unfortunately gained...
Welcome

Welcome to the Spiritual Paths community where we explore and cultivate the wisdom of the world’s profound contemplative traditions.

We offer retreat programs, a two-year certificate course on InterSpiritual Wisdom, and other media for cultivating the wisdom, values, and practices to engage the critical issues of our times.

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  • Aspen Program: Mystery, Meditation & Mentalism (August 9-10)

    You are invited to join an entertaining and enlightening program at the Aspen Chapel with a renowned “mentalist,” Gerard Senehi, a revered Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Geshe Lobsang Negi, and the President of the Spiritual Paths Foundation, Dr. Ed Bastian.
    Click here for event details and registration.
    “Mentalism,” as practiced by [...]

  • InterSpiritual Meditation Seminar, Sept. 28 – Nov. 16

    “InterSpiritual Meditation: A Seven-Step Process from the World’s Spiritual Traditions” will be held at La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara from September 28 to November 16.  This special series of weekly programs celebrates the publication of a new book by Ed Bastian.
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    The goal of this program is to help each participant develop a sustainable [...]

  • CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW GRADUATES

    On Wednesday, May 19, we graduate our first cohort of students in our two-year program on InterSpiritual Wisdom.  It has been a profound and exhilarating experience for both students and teachers.  We have plumbed the depths of the essential core principles and the meditative practices of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.  We have deepened [...]

  • Our Students Talk About the Program

    Here are a growing collection of comments from our students on their experience in our program on InterSpiritual Wisdom.
    Tom Baskett is a psychoanalyst living in Vermont.  Here is a recommendation he recently sent to another psychologist who is considering joining us next semester.
    “…. First of all, both my [...]

  • Living Fully Dying Well wins Gold

    Living Fully Dying Well has won the several Gold Metals for best book in category.  These include the Nautilus Book Gold Medal, The Now Gold Award, and Independent Publishers Gold Metal Award.
    This book was written by Spiritual Paths president, Edward W. Bastian, PhD along with Tina L. Staley, LCSW, and edited by Netanel Miles-Yepez. [...]

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An excerpt from an exchange between Kabir Helminski and Thomas Keating about the importance of contemplation for young people working for positive change in the world.

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