Is there a difference between waking up and growing up? Is it possible to have seen the light yet remain spiritually undeveloped? Have you ever met an immature guru? In my experience, the greatest hinderance to our further growth can be our previous awakening. Said another way, waking up cannot substitute for growing up. This week we look at the second criteria for a fully integrated life, Growing Up. 

Have you ever had an awakening experience? How did it happen? Was it something you read, someone you met, somewhere you went? How would you describe this awakening? Was it disorienting, calming, affirming, terrifying? The very phrase “waking up" is a metaphor explaining something that has happened to us, in us, among us, through us. But what is it exactly? What does it mean to wake up? Wilber's first criteria to a fully integrated life: Waking Up.

Our good friend, speaker, activist, and best-selling author Shane Claiborne joins us.

Our good friend Jonathan Findley shares a message for the New Year with the VL family.