“and somewhere around the transition from ethnocentric to worldcentric….the unique self begins to emerge” ken wilber
which basically shows up when we are done fighting/competing for procreation, women, family, geographical location, nation, continent etc and expand our efforts to include all humanity and even further all sentient life.
Andrew Cohen may be right when he advises that most spiritual paths have been somewhat avoidant based.
To integrate means to be in the 10,ooo moments of each earth day stretched out over 14 billion years of evolution.
If that doesn’t just implode your senses……..
each moment can be a “before-the-big-bang” moment.
ok so i dont want to give away ALL of Martin Uciks secrets.
I want you to buy your own book.
http://www.integralrelationship.com/friends.asp
This book works especially well with the companion book Evolutionary Enlightenment.
So today as I walk through my life at a comfortable pace and encounter/interface with another integral or preintegral (as most people are pre)…
I have the self discipline (mastered through a contemplative spiritual practice) to pause and breathe.
I can do a self check in (UL) to approach the situation with cosmic perspective.
I can ask a simple question “what can I do to be in service to humanity?”
“what is alive in me right now?”
excerpt from page 95 Integral Relationships by Martin Ucik.
http://www.integralrelationship.com/friends.asp
when connected to Andrew Cohen’s “Evolutionary Enlightenment” the answer becomes very interesting!
http://www.andrewcohen.org/
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/4A0OCTNNIITHYP7W
when connected to the avatar course training… www.avatarepc.com the answer is beyond words!
A longing to evolve…
excerpts from From Andrew Cohen’s book “Evolutionary Enlightenment”
“Why do some of us seek higher truths?”
“What is the soft vibration that tugs at our hearts and beckons us to courageously leap beyond the small confines of the separate self so that we can participate in the life-process in a much deeper and more authentic way?”
Do we really need a transrational religion at all?
Maybe the Integral leaders are busy slapping eachother on the back like all the academics of the past.
If we all just helped the next guy develop Andrew Cohens 6 Tenets couldn’t we shift to the minimum needed 51% for the cultural emergence of a cosmic conscience in say, a year?
How many 6th graders need to read “Evolutionary Enlightenment” for example to “get it”?
Step 6&7 are linked. It’s a deepening expansion.
Expansion is followed by contraction and reintegration.
So the meditation step has to be installed first, so that when the contraction kicks in, the person can suspend all their special thoughts and remain in the state of humility.
Otherwise, post expansive psychosis kicks in as it does following substance abuse, heavy internet/TV/game use or any activity that goes on autopilot.
A type of mania, which properly channelled can dig a ditch, plough a field, do work or art. Improperly channelled (not expected) it is self destructive and even habit forming. example: after a day of monotonous work, dad/mom comes home, mad as hell.
Are you ready to be a conscious evolutionist?
What can you do to assist the process?
I have just started reading Andrew Cohen’s new book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/readerAndrew Cohens Latest book /1590792092/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link
caution:
Every time the ego collapses through spontaneous event, “watching paint dry”, waiting for something, meditation, monotony, chemical etc.
there follows a period of non ordinary awareness/psychosis/feeling of specialness/entitlement/dreamyness etc.
If you are driving a car you might have an accident at this point.
followed by a period of reintegration
that is best done in a safe/caring environment with access to:
proper hydration/nutrition,
walk about in nature
and a gradual return to your own ADL’s.
You can have a minor or major collapse.