INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 704 Amsterdam, March 29th, 2018 IS SHAMBHALA A CULT? - Part 2: A Combined Integrative Experiential and Non-Experiential Perspective - ELLIOT BENJAMIN My previous Integral World article Is Shambhala a Cult? An Integrative Experiential Perspective [1], was based upon my own experiences in Shambhala. I concluded that Shambhala is not a cult, as I came to the conclusion that it was “mildly beneficial” from my experiential cult dangers analysis [1]. However, some of the information that I have learned about Shambhala since writing my above article, much of which was stimulated by various comments to my article [1], has induced me to engage in further research on Shambhala, aside from my own experiences, and what I have learned is quite alarming. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/benjamin92.html BEYOND DARWIN - The Hidden Rhythm of Evolution - Addendum 5: Further coincidences (David J. LePoire) - JOSÉ DÍEZ FAIXAT I have been fortunate to find recently some articles by American software engineer David J. LePoire, in which he investigates the global pattern of evolution, fundamentally in the fields of energy, the environment and technology. Although his starting point and final forecasts differ from my proposal, the coincidences between our respective analyses of the evolutionary process are truly surprising. Therefore, I do not wish to miss the opportunity to include in these pages at least a reference to these suggestive coincidences with LePoire's work. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/faixat7.html