From: "Integral World" To: Subject: Inclusive Evolution? Date: woensdag 16 mei 2012 7:58 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 400 Amsterdam, May 16th, 2012 HOW INCLUSIVE IS EVOLUTION? - A Response to Stewart - ANDY SMITH In Evolution's Arrow and other writings, John Stewart has argued that evolution is inevitably or inexorably progressive, driven by cooperation among living things. In my article Evolution's Quiver, I suggested that evolution is sometimes, but not always, progressive in this sense. I described it as a process that “leads to increasing complexity in some forms of life—which constitute the leading edge, so to speak—but not in all of them. In this view, increasing complexity is one way that organisms adapt to their environment, but not the only way.” Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/smith38.html INCA-ANDEAN PRINCIPLES AS GUIDANCE FOR POSSIBLE INTEGRAL OTHERWORLDLY ENCOUNTERS - GIORGIO PIACENZA CABRERA To move human cultures forward in an integral way, we may not only need to synthesize new theories or Meta theories but we may some key ideas in traditional cultures suitable to expand our actual interactions with realities that surpass the one revealed by our physical, biological senses. Science, ‘Ufology’ and ‘paranormal’ research are gradually converging to recognize what pre-modern cultures were more adept at interacting with. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/piacenza18.html TOWARDS A MULTI-REALM/MULTIVERSE THEORY SUITABLE FOR OTHERWORLDLY CONTACTS - GIORGIO PIACENZA CABRERA Evidence abounds that indeed creatures from other realities are occasionally interacting with us. In this essay, I won't explore this evidence but will inquire into what could assist us to deal with this reality.How can we effectively promote social acceptance and comfort with the possibility of extraterrestrial and otherworldly encounters? Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/piacenza19.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html ----- Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 2012.0.2171 / Virusdatabase: 2425/5000 - datum van uitgifte: 05/15/12