INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 590 Amsterdam, October 13th, 2015 BEYOND DARWIN - The Hidden Rhythm of Evolution - Addendum: coincident research - JOSÉ DÍEZ FAIXAT In conclusion, given the enormous coincidences between the investigations of Panov, Chaline, Smith and my own, all carried out independently and from very different approaches, it seems evident that we have unexpectedly discovered a very precise evolutionary pattern within the apparently random dynamics of the universe. It is obvious, therefore, that, given the scope and profound implications of this discovery, a host of novel perspectives now open up. So from here, as we stated in the Introduction, all readers are invited to investigate the suggestive paths that are beginning to appear. We may thus possibly discover that the reality is much more fascinating than we could ever have imagined. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/faixat2.html REVIEW OF "THE CREATIVE ARTIST" BY ELLIOT BENJAMIN - RUTH RICHARDS This unique book, The Creative Artist, Mental Disturbance and Mental Health, by Elliot Benjamin, Ph.D., should perhaps be classified as autoethnography, and is a very readable gift of personal sharing and artistic promise. Here one finds theory, personal contemplation over a few decades, sections of a novel, and vivid in-the-moment notes from his creative and adventurous son, also leading the creative artistic life in a society that doesn't always encourage it. Both are clearly persons of exceptional creative talent and complexity—and of persistence and strength. As Dr. Benjamin (with Ph.D. s in both math and psychology, who taught math for over 20 years at the college level) said years before, in a letter to his yet unborn son, he wished him the "joys of being 'yourself,' i.e., to know what it means to live an authentic life where you are true to your own dreams and ambitions" (p. 61). Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/benjamin73.html