INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 585 Amsterdam, August 14th, 2015 THE TWO GREATEST EXPERIMENTS OF LIFE - Metabolism and Morphology - FRANK VISSER I have recently argued that a differential approach to Wilberian Integral Studies is helpful. This way, we can sort out areas in which it is strong or at least sophisticated (i.e. psychology, spirituality), areas where its ideas are strongly contested (politics), and other areas where they are just plain wrong (science). Even merely suggesting this is probably anathema to many integralists. Furthermore, I fully understand integralists can't cover every field of science—though Ken Wilber has attempted to do do exactly that, with varying degrees of success. However, as long as Integral Theory is loosely presented as a “Theory of Everything”, it makes sense to explore areas where it is still weak or unsophisticated. At the very least these essays should be seen as informative for the integral audience, even if they don't feel inclined to pursue these studies themselves. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser88.html GLOBAL WARMING AND THE CROSS CURRENTS OF EVOLUTION - MARTY KELLER It is a curiosity of current evolution that the determination to “fix” the problem of climate change is so thoroughly the property of a single political faction. The trained integralist sees at once the first tier food fight that this has, inevitably, become. But since there are actually very few well-trained integralists, it is a worthy exercise to look into the actual dynamics and how they so lawfully reflect evolutionary structures. The leading edge of consciousness evolution resides in the impulse to what I call “high green”—that structure of green striving, without much success so far, to emerge from the immature form that is “Boomeritis.” Green is the first stage of consciousness to become aware of the fundamental and universal equality of all humans, which inspires its desires to create a world that honors and protects that equality. The orange stage which it transcends was, in its turn, the first to create and sanctify individual identity as it emerged from its tribal wave. At orange we explore with abandon our newly found individual identity; at green we explore the universality of this structure. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/keller2.html