Van: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Verzonden: zondag 20 februari 2011 20:58 Aan: f.visser3@upcmail.nl Onderwerp: [personal] EnlightenNext INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 349 Amsterdam, February 20th, 2011 CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH - Scientology And EnlightenNext - William Yenner In his recent New Yorker profile[1] of the Church of Scientology (February 7, 2011), Lawrence Wright highlights a type of social pathology[2] that, far from being confined to Scientologists, is a ubiquitous feature of many contemporary so-called “religious” or “spiritual” organizations. Yet in public discourse about the relative merits of any particular such group, there seems to be a characteristic obliviousness to the presence of this pathology, and it seems to be difficult for people to perceive and accept how pervasive and formulaic this type of pathology actually is. Read More: http://www.integralworld.net/yenner4.html INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL in the Integral Theory of Ken Wilber - Analysis of the 7th chapter of his book 'Integral Spirituality' - Sergey Badaev Coming back to the basic question about the relationship between organisms and society Wilber gives a clear-cut answer: society is not made of organisms in the same way individual organisms are made of cells and molecules. Why? "It just doesn't work. It massively does not work." For me it is difficult to catch what Wilber means here. He does not explain in what sense those schemes do not work and in what sense his schemes do. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/badaev1.html An ADDTHIS button has been placed at the top-left of the homepage, so you can send this site to your social neworks friends easily. If you know other people interested in this Integral World Newsletter, please forward this mail to them. Thanks. To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php