INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 807 Amsterdam, November 14th, 2019 INTEGRAL EVOLUTION: A NEO-PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY - BRAD REYNOLDS One of the great clarifications and contributions of today's Integral Philosophy is the inclusion of evolution, or progressive development, even as the Kosmos is manifesting as a ever-present expression of the Divine Transcendental Condition. In this case, it is not necessary to postulate a Golden Age in the ancient past, or a final Judgment Day in the upcoming future, or even a “Perennial” Philosophy that always remains exactly the same. Only God, or the Divine Ground of Being, is the real truth that is timeless and whole, transcendent and free. Therefore, the idea of a universal “Perennial Philosophy” as being modified or upgraded to our current historical standards falls totally within the province of Integral Theory, according to Ken Wilber. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/reynolds20.html THE SKEPTICAL YOGI - Part Three: Flying Yogis, Sacred Healing, and Divine Perfume - DAVID LANE Yogananda had a deep desire since childhood for running away to the Himalayan mountains in order to meet enlightened yogis and mystics. Although he was eventually thwarted in his efforts, he met a police officer in Hardwar who told him about a sadhu who got his arm nearly cut off, only to have it miraculously healed within three days. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane172.html THE SKEPTICAL YOGI - Part Four: Cosmic Consciousness And Sleepless nights - DAVID LANE Occasionally in Yogananda's Autobiography we learn of remarkable experiences and events that resist being debunked, since they touch upon the wonderful plasticity of the human body/mind and what it can achieve by ardent meditation and yogic practice. The story of the sleepless saint is quite phenomenal but more believable than one might at first suspect, especially if one is conversant with long hours of interior contemplation and what it can engender. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane173.html