Sometimes I despair, around the label of "integral". For myself, I've been reflecting - and my integral interests flow in LIVING, and PRACTICING around the following themes:
Spiritual realization/non-dual
Meditation
Holistic living (right food, right exercise, right service)
Right livelihood, productive and practical
Heart-centered full embodiment (energetic, emotional, psychological)
Creative interests
Is that "integral?" Is that "western Buddhism?" Is that "holistic"? Is that a "cultural creative"?
It could be any of the above, correct?
Also, that's pretty encompassing. Ken Wilber and theory is, perhaps, a philosophical framework for embracing the above LIVED qualities, but I would suggest that integral per se, is limiting. Integral is great, because that compartmentalization is absent - the body/mind/soul is embraced, but could be limiting as well, given that the philosophical framework is intimidating, and associated for better and for worse with one guy (Wilber).
Zaadz is, in a sense, the community activity around the above interests - I should interact there more, one would think!
At any rate, as a branding exercise - given the above interests, how would you describe the interests above? Integral, or something else?
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ebuddha
on Fri 20 Apr 2007 08:55 PM PDT
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