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Book Review–Brenning Manning: The Furious Longing of God | Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics
https://indistinctunion.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/book-review-brenning-manning-the-furious-longing-of-god
Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics. Book Review–Brenning Manning: The Furious Longing of God. Personal disclaimer: I’m reviewing this book. As part of my participation at the website The Ooze. Their editors asked me to contribute. They send me a book (from a selection I choose) and I promise to write a review that goes both here on my blog as well as on their website. Along with the other reviewers.]. This articulation for me is the central strength of the book and is worth...
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The Integral Learning Cycle and the Map | Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics
https://indistinctunion.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/the-integral-learning-cycle-and-the-map
Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics. The Integral Learning Cycle and the Map. In a previous post I said I would go to into the metaphors within Wilber’s work. Combining my long-standing interest in his philosophical work with my new interest in metaphor theory. For the (heavy duty) theoretical background to this piece, see this article by Mark Edwards. On uniting the developmental and epistemological elements of Wilber’s Integral Theory. By adding a fourth strand, we now hav...
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Spiritual Lines and Action: A (Appreciative/Critical) Response to Craig Hamilton | Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics
https://indistinctunion.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/spiritual-lines-and-spiritual-action
Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics. Spiritual Lines and Action: A (Appreciative/Critical) Response to Craig Hamilton. Craig Hamilton’s new site Integral Enlightenment. This from a talk Craig Hamilton gave to the 2008. And B) if our definition of spirituality doesn’t include any of those things, what exactly do we mean by spirituality at this point anyway? Is it their ability to access higher states? Or is it something else? And if something else, what is that something else?
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Metaphors of Ken Wilber | Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics
https://indistinctunion.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/metaphors-of-ken-wilber
Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics. Metaphors of Ken Wilber. Following up on my explorations into metaphor work I thought I would share some of my insights around metaphor within (AQAL) integral philosophy itself. More on metaphor here. What before is often considered difficult, heady, and abstract (the philosophy itself) is now an invitation into a contemplation of being. I have begun both of my Integral Christianity classes exploring 2 metaphors that Ken Wilber uses t...
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Lexi Neale’s AQAL Cube | Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics
https://indistinctunion.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/lexi-neales-aqal-cube
Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics. Lexi Neale’s AQAL Cube. I was hoping to get to this a little earlier, but I’ve been very busy recently. Lexi Neale (whom I have no previous or other contact or knowledge of other than this essay) has written a very intriguing and challenging piece on the Ken Wilber blog offering a pretty radical re-interpretation. Of AQAL Integral Philosophy. He calls it the AQAL Cube–versus what he sees as Wilber’s AQAL Square. So on one hand we may see ...
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The Authentic Third Tier | Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics
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Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics. The Authentic Third Tier. Away from politics to more meditative pursuits. From some really excellent posts on identity see Mystery of Existence. None of this is directly related to those writings per se, but in the same general vein (I think). In very abstract language there is the move from worldcentric to Kosmocentric identity. In coloring that is from turquoise/early indigo into late indigo-violet. aka 3rd-tier. I mean a much deeper cl...