From: "Integral World" To: Subject: Integral Inflation Date: zaterdag 7 juli 2012 19:44 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 407 Amsterdam, July 7nd, 2012 INTEGRAL INFLATION - And Some Sobering Comments - FRANK VISSER One of the favorite theories of Ken Wilber, voiced on many occasions, is that Love makes the world go 'round, from the origin of the Kosmos to the evolution of life on Earth.... Inspiring and compelling as these narratives might be—and disregarding for the moment the grandiosity of musing about a fifth force—they are far removed from the much more sober, but no less exciting insights of science. For one thing, cosmic cooling and the fundamental force of gravity, followed by local and intensely hot pockets of star-formation, go a long way in explaining the origin of solar systems and planets. I would like to call this disconnectedness from science and the spirit of scientific debate "integral inflation"—or "intoxication" if you will—the tendency to generalize from something that might or might not be true for us human beings, such as the human emotion of love, to evolutionary or even cosmic proportions. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser49.html QUECHUA QUADRANTS - Similar to those Found in Integral Theory - GIORGIO PIACENZA CABRERA Like the four “dimensions” that form “quadrants” in Integral Theory (the Individual, Plural, Interior and Exterior), the main “dimensions” (Hanan, Urin/Uku, Allauca, Ichoq) defining the Quechua-Andean “quadrants” also complement each other vertically and horizontally. This is normal as external elements placed above, below and on both sides relate geometrically like this. In the Andes, the areas or “quadrants” they generate are called “suyus” (a defined region to live) and the political division of the Inca Empire (“Tawantinsuyu” or the four unified suyus) attempted to follow this model. These “suyus” are populated by elements of the Quechua mythic cosmos and (unlike Integral Theory's quadrants) are also thought to relate diagonally. The important idea was to relate complementary opposites that had mirror-like symmetry. Thus a mirror-like relation is perceived between the Quechua “quadrants” or “suyus.” Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/piacenza21.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 ----- Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 2012.0.2195 / Virusdatabase: 2437/5116 - datum van uitgifte: 07/07/12