INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 588 Amsterdam, September 8th, 2015 WHY I MEDITATE - Reflections of a Neural Surfer - DAVID LANE "Therefore I cannot say that I meditate for a singular reason, though simple enjoyment remains a mainstay." Recently there was an intense discussion on spiritual matters on Brian Hines’ widely read blog, The Church of the Churchless, and an Indian gentleman wrote to me via email providing a link to it, primarily because there was a question about why I still meditate given my skeptical outlook on most things religious. He too was curious and wanted to know more about my daily practice and my reasoning behind it. The following is my response. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane102.html THOUGHTS ON A TRULY INTEGRAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FRAMEWORK AND OVERCOMING BIAS - A response to Joe Corbett, Edward Berge, Keith McCaughin and others - BRYAN O'DOHERTY After extended hiatus I am returning to the blogosphere to respond to the current developing conversation on integral political and economic theory which I fear may be developing in a dangerous direction (as I predicted in my earlier essays on this topic). I want to start with a response to some of the voices that have come to my immediate attention and address both the clearly harmful mean Green 1st Tier world views of some, as well as the positive strides in the right direction others are making. Then I would like to go into some detail, exploring our individual unconscious biases and the roots of these biases, and how as integrals we must overcome (transcend and include) our biases in order to see the full picture. Only then will we be able to formulate a truly integral organization for a Second Tier society. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/odoherty8.html