Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: Depths of Emptiness Datum: zondag 17 november 2013 15:22 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 474 Amsterdam, November 17th, 2013 DEPTHS OF EMPTINESS - An Integral Metaphysical Map of Experience - SUMMARY- MILOS PETROVIC What exactly is this “everything” with which we live? What does it actually mean that everything is? When we think of everything, we are trying to truly address everything, and not something general on the outside or something general from the inside, but absolutely everything. This spans from existence to nonexistence and from intrinsic to external. If we assess these problems, we can pose the question, “Where is the human being positioned as an embodiment of the colossal potential when thinking and understanding takes place?” Human beings may be able answer the previous question from the immediately, however, what is the correct way of using the mind, or even, do we need to use it to understand the basic principles of Being? In which circumstances, and how should we use that thing we call mind? How can that mind understand the concept of “everything” anyway, while at the same time absorbing the concept of “nothing”? This book addresses all of these topics, and a summary of the text will follow. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/petrovic1.html THE SHADOW OF A GOD-MAN - Exposing Sathya Sai Baba - DAVID LANE I first heard of Sathya Sai Baba when I was 15 years old. We were on a family summer vacation in Idyllwild, California, and on one lazy afternoon I walked into the local library which was then situated in Fern Valley a short distance away from our cabin. I picked up a book by Arnold Schulman simply titled Baba, which described in colorful details the miraculous exploits of Sathya Sai Baba, who had become renowned throughout India for both his extraordinary powers and for his teachings on love. Although I enjoyed the narrative immensely, I felt even then that something rang false about Schulman's narrative. Simply put, Sai Baba's miracles looked suspiciously like magic tricks. Years later, my gut reaction turned out to be correct, as overwhelming photographic evidence emerged which indeed demonstrated that Sai Baba faked his miracles by doing some very amateurish magic tricks—tricks, by the way, that even a child could reproduce given enough practice. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane62.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