An integral insight

In my last post I mentioned I would not be posting for a while.  I did not say why because I did not want to "jinx" the process.  I find that by talking or writing about something before it has fully manifested or occurred, the result is an "ahrimanisation" (from Steiner's "ahriman") which negatively affects any spiritual outcome.  Perhaps this is why many spiritual teachers prefer to be silent, or to Teach through silence.  The very public, even exhibitionist, nature of blogging, youtube, and the rest of the internet shows that it is very difficult for higher consciousness to establish itself in this environment.

But now that I am back to writing, daily internet etc I can explain that during this time I was travelling around northern NSW, meditating or trying to, abnd communing with nature.  During this time on the road I was away from my computer and only accessed the Net at internet cafes etc, which generally are quite expensive.

I must say that while I had a great time my original intention of making progress with Sadhana did not eventuate.  There was a period where I was going fairly well, and really up against the frustration of the restless mind, but various circumstances and my own lack of willpower (chiefly the latter) prevented real progress.

However I did have some good ideas and insights for my book.  The most important  intellectual development was the rejection of the fallacy that any single perspective or metaphysic or cosmology can in any way explain realtity, even in relative terms. This allowed me to finally break free of limitations of integralist/perennialist thinking, since up to this time there had still been this element of Wilber-like delusion that everything can be explained - even if only partially and very incompletely - in a single abstract mental philosophy.  And even though my own system of that time was, and still remains, far superior to Wilber's because I was not shackled by his need to be presentable to the materialistic standards of mainstream academia, I still like him (and many other philosophers and esotericists) retained the idea of a meta-narrative, a big picture explanation.  Now I am able to access a much truer "integral" perspective, which is closer to Jainism and to what Sri Aurobindo really taught (as opposed to misinterpretations of what he taught)

So in a real sense I did make great progress, only it wasn't in the area I was expecting!

Now I can return to my book and present an authentic "Integral Metaphysic"; i.e. one that is based on the integration and transcendence of multiple perspectives, as opposed to a linear one-dimenisonal account.

I'm looking forward to reading up on Jainism too; the Jains were the original "integral philosophers" (do a google for Anekantavada)