Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: Crying Out Loud Datum: maandag 17 februari 2014 8:04 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 491 Amsterdam, February 17th, 2014 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD - Ken Wilber Repeats Vaporous Arguments about Evolution - FRANK VISSER In a recent teaser essay "Toward a Fourth Turning" on his forthcoming ebook The Fourth Turning: Exploring the Future of Buddhism (explicating an "Integral Buddhism", following on the traditional phases of Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana), Ken Wilber argues that any believable future religion should be "on friendly terms with science". More specifically, it needs a "Meta-theory of Spiritual and Scientific", which defines how these two antagonistic (or complementary, depending on your approach) fields of knowledge and experience relate to eachother. Whatever approach one chooses, it will be "speculative and philosophical", but according to Wilber it should at least include three features: it should make a distinction between structures (of development) and states (of consciousness), it should advocate shadow work, and it should have a meta-theory of the relationship between science and sprituality. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser63.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