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


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...

Contemplative Practice & Wise Action by Ed Bastian...

The Spiritual Paths Foundation was founded in 2000 to help people explore the worlds great spiritual traditions, to cultivate a contemplative practice, to deepen their wisdom, and expand their compassion action in the world.  Since then, over...

What is InterSpirituality by Rabbi Rami Shapiro...

The religious landscape of the world is changing. No longer solely dominated by separate and securely entrenched religious institutions, the religious lives of people, especially people in the United States, Canada and other postindustrial nations,...
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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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  • E-Course on InterSpiritual Wisdom

    Beginning January 30, Spiritual Paths will collaborate with Spirituality and Practice to present a six-week e-course called: “InterSpiritual Wisdom.” Our teachers will be Kabir/Camille Helminski (Sufism), Rabbi Rami Shapiro (Judaism), Swami Atmarupananda (Hinduism), Dr. Ed Bastian(Buddhism), and Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault (Christianity).”

    InterSpirituality encourages contemplatives from different traditions to sit and meditate together, to enter into a [...]

  • InterSpiritual Meditation – Eight Week Course in Ojai

    Beginning Saturday, February 20, at 7:30 pm, Ed Bastian will teach an eight week course on InterSpiritual Wisdom at Meditation Mount in Ojai, California.   While the opening session will be on Saturday, the remaining seven sessions will be held on Wednesday nights, 7 – 8:30 pm. For more information and directions, please go to the [...]

  • Semester One Begins Fall 2010

    We are now accepting applications for Semester One of our two-year program in InterSpiritual Wisdom which begins with an intensive at La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara from August 29 to September 3, 2010.  Semester Two begins on January 9 – 14, 2011.  For more information, please click Institute Registration on the top tab [...]

  • Living Fully Dying Well

    This new book was written by Spiritual Paths president, Edward W. Bastian, PhD along with Tina L. Staley, LCSW, and edited by Netanel Miles-Yepez. Contributors include Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Joan Halifax Roshi, Dr. Ira Byock, Tessa Bielecki, Mirabai Starr, and Marilyn M. Schlitz. It is based on the 2004 program in Aspen, Colorado.

    Living Fully, Dying [...]

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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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