The College of Integrated Philosophy
A gathering place for enquiry, connection and realization.
About
John de Ruiter opened The College of Integrated Philosophy in Edmonton to facilitate weekly meetings, seminars, and special events. The purpose of The College is to make John and his teachings available, furthering the evolution of human consciousness. The environment reflects the delicateness, simplicity, and depth of John’s teaching.
The College depends on staff and volunteers with the support of those who attend meetings with John. The College features The Jewel Cafe where people speak with John in a more relaxed setting. Other events held at The College include monthly film viewings, garden parties, and the two finest – the Western Style Barbecue and the New Year’s Eve celebration. Trust, sincerity and respect uplift the social environment around meetings with John. The vitality of the community comes from a shared interest in profound integrity and evolution.
About
John de Ruiter opened The College of Integrated Philosophy in Edmonton to facilitate weekly meetings, seminars, and special events. The purpose of The College is to make John and his teachings available, furthering the evolution of human consciousness. The environment reflects the delicateness, simplicity, and depth of John’s teaching.
The College depends on staff and volunteers with the support of those who attend meetings with John. The College features The Jewel Cafe where people speak with John in a more relaxed setting. Other events held at The College include monthly film viewings, garden parties, and the two finest – the Western Style Barbecue and the New Year’s Eve celebration. Trust, sincerity and respect uplift the social environment around meetings with John. The vitality of the community comes from a shared interest in profound integrity and evolution.
—John de Ruiter
Events
Weekly Meetings
Fridays, Sundays, and Mondays, about 300 people get together at The College, for coffee, tea, dining, and meetings of profound inner realization. Meetings vary each week, with new insights in dialogue and silence.
Meetings are a unique opportunity for awakening and growth, to see new depths in you and witness other people learning, opening, and healing. These meetings can be the encounter of a lifetime — and they take place every week.
Quarterly Seminars
John’s seminars include multiple meetings over several days with time also spent in The Cafe. Over this extended time, themes develop as questioners draw from previous talks. Like the threads of discussion, the energy grows as well. The result is a culminating occurrence of profound meaning.
The Jewel Cafe
The Jewel Cafe is a vibrant social space which supports the developments in meetings. High quality food, drink, and conversation are highlights in this beautiful setting.
Special Events
The New Year’s Eve party, Western Style BBQ, Cinema Nights, and other festivities are an excellent complement to the meetings and seminars.
Posts
Information and discussion on College events and topics.
Text Highlight: A New Chemistry, A Functional Oneness
September 3, 2018 at the Jewel Café in Edmonton John had been speaking with another about the communication between innermost and outermost as like the
Text Highlight – The Intimate Dialogue between Innermost and Outermost: Sexuality Beyond the Psyche and the Human
These excerpts are from a Jewel Café table conversation with John that lead to a meeting hall dialogue, both talks were in Edmonton on Sunday,
Text Highlight – Moving in Your Humanness: The Awakening of “Her”
What is this sleeping form of you that John calls “her”? How is “she” related to you? What awakens “her”and what’s the connection to our
Text Highlight – The Magical Key: Knowing, Given, Taken
February 25, 2018. A conversation at the Jewel Café in Edmonton. Q1: It seems that what you are opening now changes everything. There’s a
Text Highlight: The Birth of Your Innermost Into This World
Fresh from Rishikesh, February 11, 2018! A deeply impactful open mic conversation in which John takes us into the movement of awareness fully given to
Video Highlight: Multi-levelled Views of Reality – Dec. 4, 2017 Edmonton, Canada Meeting
“With each level of your being that you come into, you are offered a different view of reality. The more views that you have of