Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: The Guru Institute Datum: zondag 11 augustus 2013 20:49 Newsletter Nr. 461 Amsterdam, August 11th, 2013 ANDREW COHEN AND THE GURU INSTITUTE - Part I: Andrew Cohen steps down as a guru - TOMER PERSICO A stranger would not understand the magnitude of the affair, a stranger might even mock it, but last month an earthquake took place in the world of New Age. A tectonic shift the likes of which the elders of Rishikesh cannot recall. It was revealed that Andrew Cohen, one of the most famous spiritual teachers in the world, and until a few years ago one of the most powerful and influential figures in contemporary Western spirituality, is about to step down as guru and resign the leadership of the movement he founded, EnlightenNext, against a backdrop of repeated allegations of tyrannical conduct and financial and mental (but not sexual) abuse of his followers. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/persico1.html A CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE ON THE PSYCHE - An introduction to the alternative perspective of Tomas Ljungberg – part 1 - KRISTIAN STÅLNE When dealing with adult development theories, as well as integral theory according to Ken Wilber, human development is typically viewed as something normal and often even desirable. The relation and interaction between the individual and the collective or cultural aspect of the development is mainly seen as something constructive, the culture gives the individual support, at least up to the developmental level of the culture’s center of gravity. After that the individual can exert a pull on the culture and possibly contribute to develop and transform it to the next stage. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/stalne2.html DYNAMIC PARADOXICALISM - The Anti-ism ism - JONATHAN ZAP Dynamic paradoxicalism is my attempt to create a meta-philosophy that is a counter to fundamentalist and absolutist thought, which is nearly as common amongst New Agers and the Left as it is amongst religious fundamentalists and the Right. The greatest of life skills is the ability to live with ambiguity, ambivalence, and paradox, without trying to regularize these uncertainties into finished, absolute truths. Dynamic paradoxicalism recognizes that most important areas of truth exist as a paradox, where seemingly contradictory elements have a dynamic level of validity based on context specific circumstances. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/zap1.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