Postmodernism move over – there’s a new word in town – “Integralism”
This is a “RED FLAG” post!!!
I was emailed something from a couple of friends the other day, both were curious about the same thing…something about the 12 elders. Actually, Carla from “More Books and Things” has a post about this group of people. She emailed the link to their website http://www.theelders.org/welcome/ which she came across, nice detective work Carla. And she also has the link to a video which is interesting and worth a look at if you are curious about such things.
As far as the significance regarding the 12 elders, what I think is this … at this stage this is all just getting the world to accept the idea of a forthcoming global governance of sorts. It is just preparing the peoples of the earth to think outside of our sovereign countries and start thinking on a bigger, global scale because our problems are in fact global ones.
To do this in our multi-cultural, pluralistic world ( pluralism is noted as being a flat world) there needs to be some form of cohesion. And there is a word that is being bantered about the meditation halls, and the philosophy behind the word is a theory of everything that Ken Wilber writes about. It does not surprise me one bit that Brian McLaren, the leading voice on all things emergent, endorses it. That word is…
“Integral”
Integralism may well be the word and praxis that is soon to follow post-modernism. Post-modernism has done its job in de-constructing. But how to re-construct is another matter! Ingetralism may hold the answer for this seemingly fragmented and pulled apart world.
Emerging postmodernism agrees that modern reductionistic rationalism needed to be stopped or “deconstructed,” and it sees that relativist pluralism “worked” as a chemotherapeutic agent, but it doesn’t mistake this dangerous short-term medical necessity as a long-term regimen for health. It seeks to move beyond relativistic pluralism, and sees “emergent thinking” and “integralism” as better alternatives to both modern reductionistic rationalism and relativist pluralism. (For more on emergent thinking and integralism, see my book “A Generous Orthodoxy,” or Ken Wilber’s “A Theory of Everything.”) [Brian McLaren: The Three Postmodernisms]
With my recent gleaning I have happened upon people talking about the desperate need for global governance and a much hoped for federation of the planet. I have saved a few links that speak about a need for a global federation for the globe. This is going to be achieved by… yep, you’ve guessed it… “Integral consciousness“, via an “Integral World Government“. These links tie in very nicely with the ones that I found the other day. Steve McIntosh also speaks of Ken Wilber on his blog (word of caution: Ken Wilber’s site contains graphic sexual images). Steve McIntosh website says the following…
McIntosh provides a much-needed contextualization and critique of the integral worldview’s leading author, Ken Wilber, which helps make integral philosophy relevant to a larger audience.
Related sites:
There are Preachers of a New Pentecost that say the following… “When the Bible speaks about God forming us from the dust of the Earth, it’s actually true,” he exclaims, articulating his words like a verbal challenge. “We did not come into this world—we grew out of it, just like an apple grows from an apple tree. That statement from Genesis is a traditional way of saying the same thing. We are not separate beings on Earth, living in a universe. We are a mode of being of Earth, an expression of the universe.”
“Do you get this?” he asks the audience, eyes bright, searching around the room for response. “I mean, do you really get this? We are the universe becoming conscious of itself.
[…]the universe story—the great story of evolution from the Big Bang to human beings, from stardust to us—is the foundational spiritual myth of our time. It is the gospel of the universe, and Connie and Michael are shouting the good news to anyone who is willing to lend an ear. They are convinced that evolutionary spirituality is going to change not only Christianity, but every other religion as well, and in fact, every field of human endeavor. Why? “It is a story,” as Michael puts it, “that includes all of us. In this great story, there is no human story that is left out.” (You truly need to read this article to understand what has happened to Christianity because of postmodernism, now we have moved past this and we are seeing a re-construction that involves “Intergralism”.)
Another article of interest is one called the Global Governance: Fantasy or Future Reality? (this is from the “What is Enlightenment” magazine which currently has a spread about Eckhart Tolle. There is also an article on “Integral Christianity” that was on the front page of the WIE magazine. This article was originally from Gaia and there is also a sidebar badge that points to “The Great Shift” a familiar term within the emergent camp and you will find certain names there, names that we should be looking out for within this new type of Christianity!) The article says the following about this new Christianity…
We have realized that our understanding of Christianity has to change if we are to authentically embody the grace and glory of the new horizons that are opening before us and beckoning us forward.
Neither rigid fundamentalism nor flatland pluralism will any longer do. Instead, we have realized that we need a new vision of Christianity; an integral vision; one that will more adequately serve as a comprehensive map to the mysterious territory of love’s unfolding that we always and already are. Thus, the term “Integral Christianity” points towards an understanding of Christian faith and practice that is born of this awareness and firmly rooted in this level of consciousness.
As for how we will go about re-orienting ourselves during our time together, we will of course adopt an integral approach, one that engages the whole person – body, mind, and spirit. Intellectual clarification will be one aspect of our sharing, and another will be shared experience: sacred music and dance, silence, prayer and meditation, singing, chanting and liturgy, holy listening,
Gaia has a link to the “spiritual cinema“; ironically James Twyman who I recently spoke about also links to this cinema from his “Beloved Community” site.
The WIE website has a section dedicated to “Contemplative Christianity” which introduces you to this new type of Christianity…
At the heart of Christianity’s monastic, contemplative, and mystical traditions lives the spirit of a fourth-century band of Christian renunciates known today as the Desert Fathers. These spiritual zealots lived outside the boundaries of society, pursuing spiritual purification through the renunciation of all worldly distraction. The legacy of their devotion lives on today in the inspiring lives of the contemporary practitioners who are dedicated to the pursuit of the timeless spirit and true meaning of the sacred Word.
- Discover the heart of Christianity’s ancient contemplative soul—and its relevance in today’s fast-changing and chaotic world.
- Explore the revolutionary—and evolutionary—spiritual philosophy of French Jesuit priest and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, with cosmologist Brian Swimme.
- Directly experience the spiritual depth and inspired compassion of Archbishop Desmond Tutu in an impromptu sermon videotaped in Bali, Indonesia.
- Connect with some of the true spiritual pillars of Christianity today, in articles and interviews featuring Father William McNamara, Father Thomas Keating, Brother David Steindl-Rast, Brother Wayne Teasdale, and others.
This type of Christianity can easily fit into the new praxis of “Integralism“ (note: when you open this page it fragments every religious symbol which I think represents the outcome of postmodernism. And be sure to click on the “about tab” to see every conceivable religious symbol flash before you eyes along with the all-seeing-eye and many other occultic symbols. There is a future post coming and in that I will include something about a certain symbol to be on the look out for!)
Key Words:
Evolutionary Christianity – The Ooze
Related posts from Living Journey can be found at:
- The Ken Wilber search
- The Indigo Children search
- The Creation/Evolution search
- The Mythical search
Joh 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
It does seem its going in that direction. Some interesting sites from the governance side of things that point to an every-increasing reliance of governmental power being divested from our sovereign countries framework and invested more and more into policy-making NGO’s. Here are some interesting sites, note the one about the 7 revolutions. I know of some of the key people tied into this through the educational program for this that is going on through the New York Times partnership with Epsilen CMS and their “uni-versity”: The New York Times “KnowledgeNet”.
cant find roger oakland’s email address anywhere.
can someone tell him there is a problem with one of his links on this site and google is frowning. might be worth finding out what it is and removing it,.
link here - http://www.stopbadware.org/reports/container?reportname=http://www.understandthetimes.org/
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