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An increasing consensus is emerging among holistic educators about the need for an integral education that incorporates all human dimensions-body, vital, heart, mind, and spirit-into learning and inquiry. Most contemporary attempts at implementing this vision, however, fall back into "cognicentrism" in that they essentially focus on the use of the mind and its intellectual capabilities. This article introduces a participatory approach to integral transformative learning in which all human dimensions are invited to cocreatively participate in the unfolding of the educational process. The metaphor of the four seasons is used to illustrate this multidimensional approach and to suggest concrete ways in which learners can support the various stages of the integral creative cycle. After identifying three central challenges of integral educationlopsided development, mental pride, and anti-intellectualism-the article concludes with some reflections about the importance of reconnecting education with its transformative and spiritual dimensions.The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. -Marcel ProustOur main intention in this essay is to introduce a participatory approach to integral transformative education in which all human dimensions-body, vital, heart, mind, and consciousness-are invited to cocreatively participate in the unfolding of learning and inquiry. After some preliminary considerations about the

This article critically examines Ken Wilber’s (2006) recent work from a participatory perspective of human spirituality. After a brief introduction to the participatory approach, I limit my discussion to the following four key issues: a. the participatory critique of Wilber’s work, b. the cultural versus universal nature of Wilber’s Kosmic habits, c. the question of (post-)metaphysics in spiritual discourse, and d. the nature of enlightenment. The article concludes with some concrete directions in which to move the dialogue forward.

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