Evolutionary guidance media-Integral (EGM-Integral) is a communication/media framework arising from the convergence of systems science, transpersonal studies, and integral theory. As the first “integral media” framework, the model enables individuals to “consciously create, use, and evaluate, media that aims to guide the evolutionary development of body, mind, and spirit, in self, culture, and nature” (Klisanin, 2010a, p. 148). The model is designed to support conscious evolution, facilitating the societal emergence of planetary consciousness. Planetary consciousness is “the knowing as well as the feeling of the vital interdependence and essential oneness of humankind, and the conscious adoption of the ethics and the ethos that this entails” (Ervin Laszlo, 1997, p. 143).
Dr. Klisanin began exploring this area based on many “voices” calling for transformative change and stewardship of media, most notably Duane Elgin, Ervin Laszlo, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Norman Lear, Gail Holland, the National Organization for Women, and the Association of Transformative Media Arts. The EGM-Integral model brings together the work of Bela H. Banathy (1996, 2000) in the area of evolutionary guidance systems with Ken Wilber’s Integral theory (1995). A key aspect of EGM-Integral is research drawn from ten or more interactive dimensions of human activity including: social action, economic, moral, wellness, design (or learning), environmental, scientific, technological, aesthetic, and political. These areas are not value neutral but rather value-laden (geared toward promoting a more just and equitable quality of life for all beings). Transception – the pairing of compassionate-seeing/action with that of cyberception, or humankind’s rapidly advancing technological abilities is another key feature of the EGM-Integral model.
The core values of the model include “values that support conscious evolution, planetary consciousness, transpersonal experiences, and superconscious learning. These include but are not limited to being-values, compassion, love, personal and social responsibility, creative altruism, peace and conflict resolution skills, gender and racial diversity” (Klisanin, 2005). More information can be found in the following academic journals.
