Integral Metaphysics book update
M. Alan
Well, the first few chapters of my book Integral Metaphysics are finally almost ready, at least in rough manuscript form. If I keep going at this rate, the whole book will hopefully be ready in a few months! It's exciting to be making progress!
From the preface:
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The present book is the end result of my own long path of exploration in and experiences with the teachings and practice of science, esotericism, occultism, spirituality, the alternative movement, the New Age movement, and the Integral movement. The result is both a synthesis and integration of all these fields, and a new description of reality that builds on those foundations. Although the intention here is to present a visionary rather than an academic account, I have tried as much as possible to provide references and footnotes to the various concepts. However, as I am an intuitive thinker rather than an academic, inevitably there are more details and much better references when it comes to subjects I am knowledgeable about, and much less, or only secondary or tertiary references, on topics I am not.
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I'm also hoping to get as much feedback, comments, constructive criticism, and suggestions for improvement as possible. What I'm hoping to achieve is for the book to be easily readable and understandable, even to people who don't have a background in the subjects being discussed. So if you find it hard to understand, that's an indication it needs rewriting! Anyway, let me know if you are interested and I'll send you a copy of the already completed material.
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July 2008 
Alan:
your two chapters and other available writings from you I personally see no need to take any stance pro or contra related Wilber ,Cohen or whatever. In fact my experiences of the last 30 years bring me to the point of crystallizing my own truth/reality more and more. One epicenter more in universe.
Every name in the discusssion -is simply a crystallization point. As the visible and /still)unvisible stars in the universe.
What is Gnosis? How is it expressed in structures? In systems? Politics, medicine, Media, business etc?
At this very moment of history I see Wilbers approach spearheading the paradigmatic dicussions. No matter how much is still to be developed, modified, extended, even changed. Perspectives, Zones and Quadrants are to reckon with. Period.
On the other hand HOW is all of this manifesting and prototyped? WHO is going to make his hands dirty with real problems, real people and life conditions of multiple kind? HOW MANY cultural conditionings - Europe, North America, Australia, Middle East, AAsia Africa etc- have to be taken into account?
The main challenge for me is NOT any new theory.
Its the awakening to ones own genius. Whatever form this may take. We are not planets and supporting dots for some sparkling stars however they are called. (Put in your favorite ones…)
Triffst du den Buddha unterwegs.töte ihn.
Sheldon Kopp—beleive he was it -said:
If you meet the Buddha, kill him!
The basic challenge is to overcome ANY cultism. And ANY revoltism and mere Anti IMpulse. Though all of this part of the cosmic game too.
And to realize: We are here in the verbalizing game. Many of most respected people I know simply live, breathe and act in accordance to themselves. They enable, they are silent champions, they do not reference their work every day.
So I explicitly continue to appreciate Ken Wilbers framework in progress. I see your call for gnostic experience as part of this framework already. I had countless experiences of all kind and theoretical explorations too. Right now dealing with real business, real politics, large scale systems and realizing that the belly of the human spiral isnt even up to orange/green. worldwide. Damn it. For times shockingly brutal:):)
Integral Metaphysics or postmetaphysical spirituality…..the danger is building nouns and foregetting the breathing, acting, thinking, feeling, daring, discriminating and loving, willful and creative processing of the dynamics.
I love surprises.
And I am utterly thankful for the learning experiences Don Beck and his many colleagues and frinds of the Spiral Dynamics Integral constellation have enabled and facilitated. The Middle East Project and the emerging Center of Human Emergence are an integral flagship project of highest importance for me.
How will Postmetaphysical Spirituality or/and Integral metaphysics shape, change and inform and facilitate these realities and enable problem solutions?
Heat is on….