From: Integral World Sent: zondag 24 februari 2013 15:36 To: Frank Visser Subject: On Having Bodies Newsletter Nr. 436 Amsterdam, February 24th, 2013 WHY WE HAVE BODIES - Evolution as an Experiment in Body-Building - FRANK VISSER There is one curious statement by Wilber on evolution that has stuck in my mind for some time and which I would like to elaborate on. In "Excerpt A: An Integral Age at the Leading Edge"[1], an excerpt from the book-in-progress "Kosmic Karma and Creativity"[2], wich was posted online back in 2006, Wilber discusses the co-arising of individual and collective phenomena. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser53.html ANDREW COHEN'S MIS-INTEGRATION OF SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY INTO LIFE - ELLIOT BENJAMIN Is it reasonable to expect a philosopher or spiritual teacher to be living out his/her spiritual philosophy in her/his life? Undoubtedly there are gradients of perspective here, but I do believe that when a philosopher or spiritual teacher forms a community and/or an organization of students who are living out the leader's spiritual philosophy, then at minimum this group or organization should be free from psychological and/or physical abuse of its students. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/benjamin47.html THE ENCHANTED LAND - The Master: Charan Singh - DAVID LANE The shabd yoga guru who has the largest following in both India and around the world is Maharaj Charan Singh of Radhasoami Satsang Beas. His following is said to be well over a million, a remarkable number considering that the esteemed saint does not advertise and his disciples do not proselytize. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane49.html THE NEURAL PARADOX - Theoretic Prefiguring, John Lilly vs. Richard Feynman, and the Mystical Impasse - DAVID LANE AND ANDREA DIEM-LANE It is easy to have visions when one is meditating, provided one hasn’t slept for a couple of days. Hypnagogia which is usually defined as the “transitional state to and from sleep” can induce all sorts of fantastic apparitions and strange admixtures of light and sound. However, how one ultimately interprets these passing phantasms seems to be directly correlated with theoretic prefiguring. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane50.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