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#2881 - Tuesday, July 24, 2007 - Editor: Jerry Katz
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Four announcements and one blog entry entitled Integral Theory v. Non-dual Theory.
Dear Jerry,
I remember reading the website of a young guy who had realised;
it had a series of articles, poetic, and lot of love in them.
Unfortunately he passed away early. Since then, his website seems
to have gone defunct; unfortunately i can't get it thru net
archives as i dont remember his name or site's name.
only clues: he was in his late twenties or early thirties when he
died; he had settled down in canada, in the woods, and doing some
humble work for a living; in fact he spoke of living on 6000
dollars a year!
as i remember, after his death, his website seemed to have been
hijacked by some people who never mentioned his name, claimed to
have jointly owned it.
his name ended in 'son'...peterson. harrison..
maybe charles was first name..
would you have a clue? he seemed so full of love
regards [name withheld] editor's note: I can't think of who this person is,
but it sounds familiar. If anyone can help, either respond to
this email or respond on the Nonduality Salon forum.
Hi Jerry, I've visited your site many times, and I was hoping to share with you a bit of what I do as a means to give back.
Thanks you for this moment.
Saybian.
Editor's note: This is a beautiful site. Saybian is a writer, photographer, director of music videos, artist, designer. Samples of all these talents are presented on the website.
"There is nothing out there, that is not coming from within."
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http://soldierofthesun.zaadz.com/blog/2007/7/integral_theory_vs_non-dual_reality
Posted on Jul 17th, 2007 by 
David Sun
I know I'm going to say something very
controversial to the Zaadz community majority but the integral
theory has nothing to do with ultimate realization.
Wei Wu Wei puts it beautifully:
Of the many earnest, and how earnest,
people we may observe reading, attending lectures, studying and
practicing disciplines, devoting their energies to the attainment
of a liberation which is by definition unattainable, how many are
not striving via the ego-concept which is itself the only barrier
between what they think they are and that which they wish to
become but always have been and always will be? - Why Lazarus
Laughed, by Wei Wu Wei
One cannot strive for what one already is.
Advaita understanding states there are no objects, people, ideas,
conversations, healings, techniques, meditations, practices,
holographic imprints or what have you that will bring you
'closer' to an illusory awakening. These may be useful in
transforming the person and I'm not knocking them because
they may have personal benefit but little to do
with understanding reality.
You may ask,”Well ,who am I to speak as the authority over
the brilliance of someone like Ken Wilbur, Andrew Cohen and
others who support and have created integral theory?”
I speak the truth when I say Ken doesn't get
the ultimate understanding. Brilliant mind and very
interesting but no direct perception. I'm not speaking from
a place of conjecture or intellectualization, this impersonal
wisdom or love or whatever you want to call it is what I am and
what it is. It has nothing to do with a person getting to
some state of experience. That state of experience
which we seek is eternal and ever-present. Awareness
is, was and always will be. There is no getting there
because it already is. I don't own it, there is no
'it' to obtain because, again, it is not an object that we can
grasp. And, by the way, who would integrate
it? There are no people in this non-dual reality
because of their impermanence.
Lastly, I will make a disclaimer. It's not to say you and I
don't possess a body, mind and soul that acts, thinks, feels and
realizes. We live as an energy and a body until
this transforms into something else. In other words there
is embodiment in the meantime and it's always a good idea to make
use of our time on Earth to become a better person on all
levels. That is integration. One is not integrating
awareness (which is already there) but integrating
a multidimensional perspective along with living the way of
compassion in our human existence on this planet now.