Boy do I agree with this.

Actually, given the all various lines and levels to be in "care of", according to Ken Wilber, at some point, you have to come to realize you really can't take care of them all.

I'm going to go ahead and link to, and fully reprint, this page from One Taste. 

Begin Ken Wilber:

"There are many ways to talk about integral practice.  “Integral yoga” was a term first used by Aurobindo (and his student Chaudhuri), where it specifically meant a practice that unites both the ascending and descending currents in the human being – not just a transformation of consciousness, but of the body as well.

Mike Murphy’s Future of the Body is an excellent compendium of an integral view, as is Tony Schwartz’s What Really Matters.  I outline my own integral approach in The Eye of Spirit.  Murphy and Leonard’s The Life We Are Given is a practical guide to one type of integral practice, and is highly recommended.

But anybody can put together their own integral practice.  The idea is to simultaneously exercise all the major capacities and dimensions of the human bodymind – physical, emotional, mental, social, cultural, spiritual.  To give several examples, going around the quadrants, we have the following capacities and levels, with some representative practices from each: 

UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT

(INDIVIDUAL, OBJECTIVE, BEHAVIORAL) 

Physical

DIET: Pritikin, Ornish, The Zone, Bob Arnot; vitamins, hormones

STRUCTURAL: weight lifting, aerobics, hiking, Rolfing, etc. 

Neurological

PHARMACOLOGICAL: various medications, where appropriate

BRAIN/MIND MACHINES: to help induce theta and delta states of awareness 

 

UPPER LEFT QUADRANT

(INDIVIDUAL, SUBJECTIVE, INTENTIONAL) 

         Emotional

BREATH: t’ai chi, yoga, bioenergetics, circulation of prana or feeling-energy, qi gong

SEX: tantric sexual communion, self-transcending whole-bodied sexuality   

Mental

THERAPY: psychotherapy, shadow work, cognitive therapy

VISION: adopting a conscious philosophy of life, visualization, affirmation

Spiritual   

PSYCHIC (shaman/yogi): shamanic, nature mysticism, beginning tantric

SUBTLE (saint): deity yoga, yidam, prayer advanced tantric

CAUSAL (sage): vipassana, self-inquiry, bare attention, witnessing

NONDUAL (siddha): Dzogchen, Mahamudra, Shaivism, Zen, etc. 

 

LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT

(SOCIAL, INTEROBJECTIVE) 

Systems: exercising responsibilities to Gaia, nature, biosphere, and geopolitical infrastructures at all levels

Institutional: exercising educational, political, and civic responsibilities to town, state, nation, world 

 

LOWER LEFT QUADRANT

(CULTURAL, INTERSUBJECTIVE)

 Relationships: with family, friends, sentient beings in general; making relationships part of one’s growth, decentering the self

 Community Service: volunteer work, homeless shelters, hospice, etc.

 Morals: engaging the intersubjective world of the Good, practicing compassion in relation to all sentient beings

 The general idea of integral practice is clear enough: Pick a basic practice from each category, or from as many categories as pragmatically possible, and practice them concurrently.  The more categories that are engaged, the more effective they all become (because they are all intimately related as aspects of one’s own being).  Practice them diligently, and coordinate your integral efforts to unfold the various potentials of the bodymind – until the bodymind itself unfolds in Emptiness, and the entire journey is a misty memory from a trip that never even occurred. "

End Ken Wilber

Okay, now let's take that one choice phrase by Ken: "or from as many categories as pragmatically possible". 

From the list above, the count of categories comes to 17.  And the most important two for living in-the-world, so to speak, is only two - Social Intersubjective, where I assume your duties to earning a living wage, voting, taking care of the environment, etc, are located.  And then Cultural Intersubjective - which is family and friends, and community.  These two groups (and really 4 sub-sections)  take a LOT of time - at least for me.

I have a regular job - which since it is tech-based, and I lived through and participated in the late tech 90's, at one point averaged 50-60 hours a week.  That's dialed back to a normal schedule now, but if there is a release, then for that week, the time dials back up to that level. 

I reserve a couple of nights (or day and night) for my girlfriend, and usually another evening for family dinners.

I meditate 1 to 2 hours/day - and attempt to go to a Buddhist Center once/week in the evenings.

   I am currently on a fairly intensive exercise program - 2 to 3 yoga classes a week, 4 weight sessions a week, and then running 4 times a week.

I'm not really doing a set diet right now - I did, but right now simply keeping away from sugars, and eating fish-vegetarian.

I did a few years of therapy - it really was very helpful - but not doing this now.

And then I study, to keep up with technical interests - indulging my ipod, learning new things about Flash, trying out new applications, etc, etc. . 

Occasionally I'll write poetry, and also play guitar. 

And of course, I'll write for this site, and attempt to improve it, every once in awhile!

What's funny is, I do all of this, and yet, I'm still quite the procrastinator for some pretty important self-directed initiatives  - for example, to moving to a better paying job, or getting various IT certifications, going back to school for a masters, etc. - it's my worst flaw.  (Anyone reading this have any life-changing practices that have worked to handle procrastination, feel free to email me!)

I tell you what needs to happen, in the perfect world.  There needs to be an "ICC".  Like the "JCC" - Jewish Community Center - the "Integral Community Center" would have facilities and services that address pretty much most of the structures above. 

I lived in Marin County for awhile, and had a membership to the Jewish Community Center there.  There were (of course) many fitness routines, counselors, , lots of programs for children and the elderly, religious programs - even had a weekly Kabalah program!

Of course, there aren't enough people who are interested in integral yet to make this a possibility. So I will continue to muddle through.