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| "The Marriage of Sense and Soul" - Book Study and Meditation |
Beginning on Monday, February 13th and continuing (except for 2/20) on through May 14th, a new book study and meditation group will meet in the Brody Room of Roanoke's Main Library to discuss Ken Wilber's, The Marriage of Sense and Soul. The following segment is a topic related excerpt from a blog article entitled, "Transforming Kingdom Architecture - Beams and Struts" published here at 'City of Peace'.
Toward the Soul's Awakening
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"The
reconciliation of science and religion is not merely a passing academic
curiosity. These two enormous forces--truth and meaning--are at war in
today's world. Modern science and premodern religion aggressively
inhabit the same globe, each vying, in its own way, for world
domination. And something, sooner or later, has to give." from The Marriage of Sense and Soul (3)
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As Wilber's work attests however, the bigger picture involving how this knowledge is transmuted to spiritual or even evolutionary development in relation to the human soul accordingly, resides within contemplative or meditative
practice itself. In this regard, Wilber fervently contends that "(a)ll
knowledge is based upon practice--that is, at the core of every truth
lies an injunction that essentially says 'if you want to know this, do
that.' This is true for all branches of human knowledge, whether
ecology, psychology, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, or
mysticism--data can only be enacted and observed if you are willing to
perform the experiment" (4).
For these same reasons then, it's especially compelling to me that contemporary practitioners like Gail Hochachka ("Enacting a Post-Secular Spirituality") and Phileena Heurertz ("Yoga as Christian Spiritual Formation?") are both such sterling partisans of a revolutionary, but yet emerging, yogic discipline. Consequently, but in this same respect, what could be simpler than to traverse our own paths from their respective example? Hmmm?
For these same reasons then, it's especially compelling to me that contemporary practitioners like Gail Hochachka ("Enacting a Post-Secular Spirituality") and Phileena Heurertz ("Yoga as Christian Spiritual Formation?") are both such sterling partisans of a revolutionary, but yet emerging, yogic discipline. Consequently, but in this same respect, what could be simpler than to traverse our own paths from their respective example? Hmmm?
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4. de Vos, Corey. "Integral Ecology, Part 1: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World - Sean Esbjorn-Hargens and Ken Wilber." kenwilber.com. 10 Feb 2012.
As the limited egoic self, I can fully understand nothing. Then, once there is understanding, no words can describe what is understood. Thus have we the dilemma presented by the core error - the identification of 'who I am' with 'what I think'. Am I who I think I am? Actually - no. Is anything what I think it is? Again no.
ReplyDeleteThe chief question then becomes 'How to disassociate from the thinker - the mind - the voice in the head?'.
An answer - watch mind as it does what it does -and bless it in that activity. It is only trying to survive. Who or what is then watching? Noticing this, one comes closer to understanding.
The forms are here for the enjoyment of all. Let us, therefore, enjoy them as they unfold within the formless Presence we are.
Thanks for commenting Greg. I'd like to share a URL (link) for an article entitled, "The Facts of Moral Values" as authored by Br. Chris Dierkes at Beams and Struts. From, an 'integral perspective', his inclusion of Sam Harris' TED video, "Science can answer moral questions" is particularly germane within a (broader) philosophical context.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll also note my comment there in reference to Wilber's, "The Marriage of Sense and Soul":
http://www.beamsandstruts.com/articles/item/49-the-facts-of-moral-values