Training Programs

InterSpirituality & Integral Multifaith
A program initiated in memory and legacy of Brother Wayne Teasdale

We are pleased to announce the new “InterSpirituality and Integral Multifaith” program and curriculum at One Spirit Learning Alliance and Interfaith Seminary. This dynamic new program brings together persons who were closely associated with Brother Wayne Teasdale (The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World’s Religions) and his ground-breaking work in trans-traditional spirituality and awakened awareness.

One Spirit joins with the international network of spiritual teachers, authors and scholars carrying forward the legacy of Brother Wayne (“InterSpiritual Dialogue in Action”, www.isdna.org) to create an ongoing course curriculum, events and community programs available through our seminary, leadership training, public access and long distance learning communities. This program was launched in 2008 with the One Spirit community by Drs. Gorakh Hayashi and Kurt Johnson, co-founders with Brother Wayne of “InterSpiritual Dialogue” and authors of “The Heart of Brother Wayne Teasdale’s Vision of the InterSpiritual Age” (Vision in Action 2008).

The new program further joins the profound trans-traditional spiritual vision of Brother Wayne with the important skill sets of the integral thinkers like Ken Wilber and Don Beck. Brother Wayne’s books and Wilber’s Integral Spirituality (2006) are core texts for this curriculum and program activities include participation by recognized nondual spiritual teachers and also members of New York’s “Integral Alliance” and “Integral Salon”. The program, coordinated by One Spirit President Michael Pergola and Dr. Kurt Johnson, will expand on a yearly basis to include activities in New York and elsewhere, including many of our friends and partners listed below.

• The Message of the Mystic Heart : InterSpirituality for the 21st Century
• Ancient Wisdom in Modern Life : The Great Religious Traditions in the Light of Contemporary Knowledge
• The Enneagram : Nine Faces of Ego and Nine Aspects of Essential Presence

Also see the Calendar of Events for other course descriptions and times.

• The Crossings Retreat Center, Austin Texas, home of the annual “Common Ground” conferences initiated by Brother Wayne and, since 2007, involving our One Spirit community.
• The Chicago Circle of Light and Empowerment, G. Hayashi’s Chicago-based Circle
• A Wayne Teasdale Tribute Site by Bill and Claire Epperly
• The Website of Wayne’s colleague Russill Paul
• Read Russill’s eulogy for Brother Wayne (www.isdna.org/eulogy.php)
• LivingEarthTV, founded by Martha Foster and others with the assistance of Brother Wayne
• The National Service Conference of the American Ethical Union, the UN Spiritual Caucus sponsor of ISDnA
• Coalition for OneVoice InterSpiritual Dialogue Circle, New York circle for InterSpiritual Dialogue.
• For a complete history of InterSpiritual Dialogue and InterSpiritual Dialogue n’ Action founded by Brother Wayne and his colleagues beginning in 2002, see our partner ISDnA’s website