Interesting stuff indeed. Especially the last part of Albert's quote from DB strikes me > liberally translated: lets focus on the suffering in this world / the limping Spiral and transcend and include the usual suspects, (inside as well as outside; same difference) running around spoiling much
It might also be interesting to note that chaos theory also finds that reality ( the whirling, spiralling, tetra-enacting, aqal Spiral) can't be reduced to our hobby horse perspectives. And that as we do, we are shooting ourselves in the foot.
As far as I know 'Transition thinking' is the only official academic endeavour recognizing this explicitly. It's also dedicated towards a more sustainable world, in which it sees a system change as the only way to effectively address unstainable issues like gross inequality / poverty, global warming, environmental degradation, social exclusion, economic decline, human rights infringements.
This academic endeavour to me is ideally positioned to receive integrally informed perspectives and mesh them into its own perspective. This could show the academic domain the viability / expediency of integral informed perspectives This is the main reason for me to plan to write my PhD at http://www.icis.unimaas.nl/ The subject will be 'Decision making processes in a transition towards a sustainable energy regime', since I think this is as concrete and timely a suffering reducing tool can be here and now (as a part of ITP ofcourse). Am curious who else in this community is positioned in a sort like fashion.
On http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2006/12/9/16451/1405#here you can find some interesting postings on how the Spiral endeavours to heal itself
As Peter Merry has it 'On we spiral', Emil
If you doubt we can do it, check this out: http://www.iyeshe.com/archives/2006/12.html#post24249
In the mean time, may the Kosmos bless you for your vision and commitment. We need you more than ever.
The last couple of days I was immersed in the 'what' of #3 > there is a window of opportunity for #3 to materialize. All ingredients are there, it's now up to us to listen carefully for what is about to unfold and act accordingly
It's a odd sensation to be an actor in the story we all want to see come true.
At this time Olivia (my girl friend) & me a doing a liver cleanse, after I had a reading session in which it became clear that all was set for a major break through. The best I could do was take a wu wei like hike. That seems to turn out well.
Perhaps this is what synchronicity looks like from the inside.
Good luck with the transition... I'm living the same stuff where I am. Synchronicity from the inside. Blog it!
