From: "Integral World" To: Subject: Buddha Nature Date: zaterdag 15 december 2012 13:46 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 426 Amsterdam, December 15th, 2012 BUDDHA NATURE - Inner Illumination and Evolutionary Emergence - BARCLAY POWERS The concept of evolutionary emergence defining a philosophical movement based on greater and greater, deeper and higher levels of awareness has a number of significant problems. It could be argued, for example, that the theistic nonduality that represents the Integral definition of spiritual enlightenment is an assumed given with very little actual evidence. This given so shapes the evolutionary narrative, that crucial structures of nontheistic enlightened consciousness evolution have been unknowingly excluded from consideration. The major problem of creating a twenty first century model of consciousness evolution is the Judeo-Christian worldview, which is severely handicapped by a confused transcendental absolute. The Buddha nature, the seed, flower and fruit, of meditation and enlightenment, has not been accurately explained by Western scholars. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/powers6.html DERRIDA AND WILBER AT THE CROSSROADS OF METAPHYSICS - GREGORY DESILET Over several decades Ken Wilber has consistently addressed the task of modernizing and postmodernizing perennial philosophy. According to Wilber, advances in modern science and postmodern theory have been sufficiently validated to necessitate their inclusion in any scheme of understanding aimed at taking into account the full quality of human experience as currently measured among various world class philosophers, theologians, and spiritual practitioners. Admiring science and its emphasis on methods of verification, Wilber wants to make a science of spiritual wisdom. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/desilet6.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: 2013.0.2805 / Virusdatabase: 2637/5961 - datum van uitgifte: 12/15/12