Van: "Integral World" Aan: Onderwerp: The Guru Institution 2 Datum: dinsdag 13 augustus 2013 11:48 Newsletter Nr. 462 Amsterdam, August 13th, 2013 ANDREW COHEN AND THE DECLINE OF THE GURU INSTITUTION - Part II: Interview with Amir Freimann - TOMER PERSICO In a previous article, we touched on the demotion of Andrew Cohen, one of the most well-known spiritual teachers of our time. In order to explore the guru issue, as well as the issue of Andrew Cohen, I asked my friend Amir Freimann to share some of his experiences and insights. Freimann, currently an important social activist in the field of education, director of the Education Spirit Movement, spent twenty-two years of his life in Andrew Cohen's community, until he left it five years ago. I asked him a few questions. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/persico2.html THE MATRIX, V FOR VENDETTA, AVATAR - An introduction to the alternative perspective of Tomas Ljungberg – part 2 - KRISTIAN STALNE In order to illustrate the basic principles of Ljungberg’s theory that was introduced in part 1, I’d like to use some mainstream popular cultural references. Let’s start with the famous and technologically groundbreaking The Matrix from 1999. We all know the plot, humans have been enslaved by the machines and are being kept in giant fields where they are harvested for energy and fed nerve impulses so that they experience that they live a normal life. The typical analysis of the problem that the characters in the Matrix are faced with, how we can know for sure whether we experience real life or a simulation, comes from a philosophical or spiritual point of view. But when we look at it from Ljungberg’s alternative perspective we can give another interpretation of this movie, one that is based on a psychological point of view. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/stalne3.html LJUNGBERG AND WILBER - An introduction to the alternative perspective of Tomas Ljungberg – part 3 - KRISTIAN STALNE After this introduction (part 1) and illustration (part 2) of Tomas Ljungberg’s theory the stage is set for a comparison between the integral view on the human development according to Wilber’s AQAL theory and the view that is presented by Ljungberg. Some similarities and differences between the perspectives will be discussed and then I will let both theories, or frameworks, to be assimilated into each other, after which I will investigate if there is any possible synthesis that can be made. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/stalne4.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