Spiritual Emergence at CIIS |
We are a group of people who experience and/or are interested in generating awareness, discussion and integration of spiritual emergence and other extraordinary experiences/phenomena in the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)- http://www.ciis.edu - student and greater community. We hope also to give voice to, empower, and create space for people's voices that have been marginalized, pathologized, silenced, and/or oppressed.
Transformation occurs through breaking down old ways of being. This emergence of the new self sometimes manifests in ways that can be tumultuous, and often this spiritual emergence is commonly seen as 'mental illness' and is pathologized rather than recognized as a creative process of the psyche and impulse toward wholeness. Our intent is to educate others about this process, to help de-stigmatize, support social justice, and advocate for neurodiversity.
Transformation occurs through breaking down old ways of being. This emergence of the new self sometimes manifests in ways that can be tumultuous, and often this spiritual emergence is commonly seen as 'mental illness' and is pathologized rather than recognized as a creative process of the psyche and impulse toward wholeness. Our intent is to educate others about this process, to help de-stigmatize, support social justice, and advocate for neurodiversity.