Monday, March 23, 2009
Post integral
Glimmers of Post-integral are found in social action, I think. Integral becomes aware that all perspectives are right, and Post-Integral now uses whatever perspectives work best to get a job done. The "community service" line of intelegience developes,ans we all have friends who are much higher than we are—they have so much energy, and so much care. They are fighting ans working for freedom. I’m not talking about the punks and anarchists just doing it for themselves, to make themselves feel good. I’m talking about the saints that live and work at the radical libraries, community gardens, farms, construction sites, the brilliant minds actually out there doing. Habitat for Humanity. They don’t have time to read and discuss Ken Wilber. The post integral might understand and agree with everything he says, but will not agree with his actions. Of course I’d argue that he is not practicing what he preaches because he is busy being the preacher! He has to consume knowledge and tell stories. It’s like how the Dalai Lama isn’t an accomplished monk because he is so busy being a politician. He starts his teachings with the fact that he has no realization because he is not an accomplished monk, but he has leaned the teachings, so he can pass them along. He’s such a funny man.
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I think here you're kind of confusing integral with purely cognitive, and post-integral as an action-in-the-world... theyre both equally useful but in separate domains.
ReplyDeleteWe are all free to choose our role in this world, and being a philosopher is a majorly important role. We have a responsibility to use our greatest gifts to serve the world.
comparing the actions of habitat for humanity with the work of ken wilber is a very very tricky game to play. these are two different spheres of human action. the great thing about wilbers work is that anyone (with sufficieent development) in any path can use his work to orient themselves in the world stage, and act from that place of understanding, his work can pull people up the spiral as i believe it did for me. and so if they are a powerful politician, business person, artist or carpenter, if they give their greatest gifts from the most inclusive framework they can muster, then all the better for everyone.
I know this post was made a long time ago, but what the heck, I love your blogs by the way.