From: Integral World [frank.visser@eurorscg.nl]
Sent: dinsdag 23 mei 2006 23:42
To: f.visser3@chello.nl
Subject: [personal] Holarchic Sense, Holarchic Nonsense

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Newsletter Nr. 151
Amsterdam, May 23, 2006


CHRISTIANITY: THE GREAT LIE

Ray Harris gives a provocative view of the Christian
religion: "But the most damning consequence of the Great Lie 
has been to place God outside the reach of humanity. For over 
two thousand years millions of people have been told that blind 
faith in a lie is the only path to God. Many Christians have been 
told that meditation is Satanic and gnosis a heresy. 
Yet the evidence says the opposite. By misreading the meaning 
of the dying and resurrected God-man the Christian literalists 
took humanity down a barren path and prevented millions from 
discovering the truth. 
And it continues to this day. Fundamentalist Christians still 
denounce meditation as demonic and persuade their congregants 
to follow absurd and dangerous beliefs."

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/harris24.html
 

HOLARCHIC SENSE, HOLARCHIC NONSENSE

Andy Smith continues his meditations on holarchy:
"Let me summarize the discussion. We have seen that Wilber 
defines hierarchical relationships not by considering the emergence 
of new properties, as is conventionally done, but rather by an 
asymmetry criterion. Eliminating all holons on a lower level will 
eliminate all holons on higher levels, but not the reverse. One 
problem with this approach is that his criterion leads to different 
conclusions from that of emergence. Using the latter criterion, 
we can clearly identify several hierarchical stages within cells 
and also within organisms, which are completely ignored by 
Wilber’s approach. It isn’t simply that his model treats these 
relationships differently; it’s that his model doesn’t even 
recognize them." 

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/smith23.html



Further additions to the Reading Room:

05/22/05: The essay "The Use of an Integral Approach by 
UNDP's HIV/AIDS Group" by Barrett Brown has been added 
to the Reading Room. 

05/19/06: A German translation by Hape Lin of Ray Harris' 
"The Many Faces of Islam" has been added to the German 
Section. 



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