Van: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Verzonden: zondag 3 april 2011 12:41 Aan: f.visser3@upcmail.nl Onderwerp: [personal] Interview Benjamin INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 353 Amsterdam, April 3rd, 2011 ON CULTS, EVOLUTION, PSI, AND WILBER - Interview with philosopher and mathematician Elliot Benjamin - JIME SAYAKA This is a long interview with independent philosopher, psychologist, mathematician and researcher Elliot Benjamin. Here, we discuss about Ken Wilber, Ron Hubbard, afterlife research, mathematics and other topics of interest. Benjamin: "Something deep inside of me is telling me that we are not just random purposeless forms of life that happened to arise on this planet from evolution." Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/benjamin31.html THE POLITICS OF MYSTICISM - David Lane Perhaps the most problematic issue confronting transpersonalists is the veracity of inner experiences. For many involved in new religious groups mystical encounters, like near-death and out-of-body excursions, offer evidence of their respective guru's rightful position or succession. This has been especially acute in several Sant Mat related groups, particularly Kirpal Singh's Ruhani Satsang, where mastership disputes are often resolved by resorting to one's inner meditation experiences. But there is a rub in all this that for the most part lies uninspected by those newly initiated. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane22.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