Van: Integral World [newsletter@integralworld.net] Verzonden: woensdag 10 februari 2010 23:57 Aan: f.visser3@chello.nl Onderwerp: [personal] The Mystical Dimension INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 311 Amsterdam,February 10th, 2010 NOTE: I will not be able to send out Newsletters for the next four weeks, because i will be in the jungle of Suriname. Doing a lot of nothing, for sure. In the meantime: keep reading! THE MYSTICAL DIMENSION - TRANSCENDENTAL UNKNOWINGNESS: A VISUAL ESSAY - David Lane There is a Mystical Dimension which runs through all aspects of life. Eventually every human endeavor directly encounters an impenetrable Mystery. where knowledge turns into ignorance and control into wonder. Indeed, no matter how much science or technology may advance, the essential mystery of life will never change. The reason why is simple: Reality is always greater than our conceptions of it. Thus, contrary to our popular notions of mysticism, genuine spiritual practice is not concerned with increasing knowledge, per se, but rather reconciling man with his fundamental state of absolute ignorance. We are born into a Mystery; we live in a Mystery; and we die in a Mystery. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane12.html A PROOF AGAINST EXTREME RELATIVISM SUITED FOR THE 1ST-TIER READER - Henry Augustine Pathological, extreme, or unhealthy relativism sees archetypal notions such as Goodness and morality, Beauty and art, and Truth and science, as in fact “relative” – now let us ask, what does this mean? We have already examined relativism concerning why it is True as an epistemology. Perhaps we have agreed that relativism is True in all the claims that we have considered. Unhealthy relativists would say, “Well then, we should agree that nothing is Absolute,” and, naturally, Reason replies, No. We will engage in yet another meditation, in which we pause and think, let go of all passion, and let in as much of the repressed on-pour of luminous and revealing intuition as possible. Having engaged in this preliminary stage of contemplation, let us now consider the pressing question to which many relativists hopelessly cling. Is morality Absolute? – or – perhaps – the better thing to ask is, Is it not? Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/augustine17.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 To UPDATE your email address or UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/login.php