Alternative Paradigms in Healing Ecosystem Health- Human Health Washington DC 2002

1. Alternative Paradigms in Healing Ecosystem Health- Human HealthWashington DC 2002

2. A Global Crisis Resource depletion, biodiversity loss Pollution, global climate change Inequity, poverty, overpopulation Crime, ethnic conflict Social decay Hopelessness & despair

3. A Crisis of Being and Perception Outdated, inadequate worldviews Fragmentation & compartmentalization Reductionism, positivism, materialism, relativism Flatland cosmology Deconstruction of Tradition Disenchantment, dehumanization, nihilism Mechanization, commodification Severed felt connection with nature and divinity Alienation from nature state and ground of being

4. All Sickness is Home Sickness Ordinary Human condition Alienation from Origin, true Self Emptiness: “God-shaped hole” Substitutes and addictions: Sex, power, money, thrills, drugs, TV, “new toys”, etc. Consumerism, materialism, etc. Environmental destruction, psychological malaise. Human & ecosystem disease.

5. Ecosystem Health- Human Health Reductionism shattered unity The “whole” is no longer meaningful Organisms = machines Healing = replacing broken parts Specific cause Controlling symptoms = curing disease Effective at fixing breakdowns Ineffective at promoting health Crisis in ecosystem & human health care

6. Balanced Thinking Left brain thinking Analysis Reductionism Relativity, Diversity Logic, Rationality Deduction Disciplinary Right brain thinking Synthesis Holism Unity, Universality Intuition, Creativity Induction Trans-disciplinary

7. A Cultural Transition

8. Cognitive Evolution

9. Systems Theory of Cognitive Evolution Emergent process marked by the progressive subordination of older systems to newer, higher order systems vMemes emerge holarchically Higher level vMemes embrace lower level vMemes Adds its own more encompassing pattern. Evolutionary Progression Increasing integration and internalization Deeper identity and wider perspective Expanded sense of self Increasing relative autonomy Decreasing egocentrism Each development discloses a new “worldspace”

10. WorldSpaces and Culture

11. Relational Worldspace Values Communitarian values & networking Personal relationships & human bonding Ecological sensitivity & sustainability Personal feelings & caring Cultural relativity & egalitarianism

12. Relational Worldspace Distains Hierarchy & patriarchy Greed, dogma, divisiveness Cold rationality Universality, authoritarianism, fundamentalism

13. Integral Worldspace Values Wholeness & healing fragmentation Transcendent universals- unity in diversity Transdisciplinary thinking & transrational insight Hierarchical cosmos & stages of consciousness Developing human potential Personal transformation & spiritual awakening Service to humanity

14. Pre-1960 Subculture Distribution

15. Current Subculture Distribution

16. Emerging Integral Themes in Science Synthesis vs Analysis Interdisciplinary Research Complexity Theory New Holistic Paradigms Quantum Mechanics Ecology Consciousness studies

17. Emerging Integral Scientific Worldview Quantum mechanical description of nature Fundamentally holistic character Particles are abstractions from unbroken wholeness Fundamental process lie outside space-time Science described waves on ocean of reality Consciousness brings universe into being Consciousness collapses wave function Objects manifest from transcendent possibility domain Space-time, matter & energy are emergent phenomena

18. Limits of Science Study of relations between measurements Gains rigor & precision within limited domain Reveals a “shadow world of symbols” (Eddington) Excludes quality, essence, meaning, purpose. “Not yet in touch with ultimate reality” (Jeans) Phenomena reduced to epiphenomena (Frankl) Leaves out all that is “near and dear” (Schroedinger) Hopelessly inadequate as a worldview.

19. The Skeleton of Science

20. Transcending Science

21. Limits of Scientific Materialism Materialism is reflection of scientific method All knowledge based on physical measurements Reveals (exclusively) the physical aspect of phenomena Methodological Naturalism Scientism claims that this worldview IS reality. Ontological Naturalism: Philosophy, not science! Founders endorsed sophisticated worldviews Multi-level cosmos Importance of inner experience Subtle perceptions Spiritual experience

22. The Mystical Experience

23. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

24. Levels of Significance Every observation can be interpreted at multiple levels of significance. Each level of significance: Internally consistent, factual, logical, objective. Gives no evidence of higher levels. Lower levels of significance: No factual error. Feigns complete understanding. True significance is missed. Impoverished view of reality.

25. Levels/Qualities of Consciousness Continuum of states of consciousness Gross/ordinary -> Subtle/contemplative Multiple levels of significance Reality emerges as a cross section: Human consciousness Transcendent possibility domain Each level brings forth a world Multiple levels of reality Gross (physical) -> Subtle (nonphysical)

26. Subtle Levels of Mind

27. Attributes of Subtle Experience Essentially the same in different cultures Direct, nonconceptual experience Beyond words, concepts and dualities Transverbal, transrational, and nondual Developed through meditation/contemplation Not shaped by language, concepts, cultural forms "The real transcends, surrounds, and overflows our miserable categories" Fleshes out the skeleton of scientific theory Provides an interpretation (at a higher level of significance) for the “empty symbols” of science.

28. Levels of Being and Knowing Spectrum of consciousness Codification of direct experiential reality Consensually validated Essentially universal

29. Levels of Selfhood and Reality in the Perennia Sofia

30. Generalized Empirical Method 3-stage knowledge validation method Injunction Do this Recipe for creating an experience Apprehension Immediate apprehension Experience brought forth by injunction Communal verification Community of reviewers has completed previous stages

31. Science, Religion and Beauty Both science and religion/spirituality: Search for the universal unitary principle Guided by perception of beauty Two definitions of beauty The harmony of proportions (Pythagoras) “The eternal splendor of the One shining through the material phenomena” (Plotinus) - Werner Heisenberg, Science and the Beautiful

32. Integral Science Aka “Sacred Science” Applies Generalized Empirical Method Utilizes subtle states of consciousness Multiple levels of being and knowing Unitive Search for the universal unitary principle- Ultimate Reality All knowledge is related to the whole Dedicated to inner transformation Application: structure change in consciousness Seeks harmony with the One

33. Nested Holarchyof IntegralSciences

34. Perceptions of Subtle Mind An all pervading spiritual nature which permeates the universe. A numenous presence underlying, enfolding, and shining through the forms of the cosmos. A creative presence in which we “live and move and have our being”. Translucent splendor of the One shining through the material phenomena

35. Integral Worldview “A timeless and incorporeal One became the ground as well as the dynamic source of the existence of a temporal and material and extremely multiple and variegated universe” -Sri Aurobindo. Humans are capable of ever present, evident, and conscious connection with the ground of Being.

36. Integral Worldview

37. An awakened vision of the cosmos:

38. The Spiritual Significance of Nature Nature (and humanity) are viewed as Focus for divine manifestation Mirror of divine attributes Recollection of Origin Medium for the revelation of uncreated beauty Reveals order, harmony, beauty of Cosmos. Reflection of the splendor of the One Expression of the creativity activity of the Source Human is Regent of natural world. Responsibility- wise stewardship Protection of Nature is a spiritual duty.

39. The Spiritual Significance of Nature

40. Conscious Evolution Evolution is the progressive self-manifestation of spirit in the forms and entities of the material universe The divine existence strives toward self-realization through progressively refined forms of material substance Progressive awakening of the involved spiritual essence Universal levels Balance between the creative self-expression of the spiritual reality and the constraints imposed by its manifestation in and envelopment by a nescient material substance Each new level represents a greater potential -a more complete accommodation- for the awakening and expression of the implicate spiritual consciousness Transcendent One is “the universal object of desire, that which draws all souls toward itself”: “the pull of the future”, the evolutionary attractor.

41. Evolution and Human Potential Spiritual awakening is conscious participation in the Divine unfolding Humanity partakes in the “Divine nature”.

42. Spiritual Transformation Ordinary state Driven by need satisfaction Power, pleasure, security, material goods, etc. Happiness & peace result from satisfying needs. Suffering arises from unsatisfied desires. Awakened state Peace & contentment are ordinary state. Shares in suffering of mankind. Primary drives are spiritual awakening and service.

43. Universal Environmental Ethic Expansion of sense of self in cognitive development Matter/life gBody Mind g Thoughts, humanity Soul g All sentient beings Spirit g Cosmos Metaphysical ground of ethics: Recognize in another: oneself in own true being Unity with Origin All-pervading radiance of Spirit

44. Deep Ecology

45. Universal Compassion Realization All sentient beings are expression of one true Self, one universal Soul expression of a universal compassion which transcends and outshines all previous egocentric, sociocentric, or anthropocentric forms

46. Chinese Philosophy Unified system: Tao Complementarity : Ying & Yang Mutual interdependence Dynamic cyclic patterns of transformation Symphony of interweaving processes Human being is microcosm of nature Juncture between heaven and earth Fusion of cosmic and terrestrial Health is balance and harmony

47. Energetics All energy emerges from one universal source Brahman, Tao, void, Allah, Godhead All things are manifestations of energy Matter is an expression of energy Movement of energy is basis of all life. Depends on polar relationships All things are in this sense living

48. Qi Animating force of nature Creative or formative principle of life Immaterial with observable manifestations Multiple sciences of Qi Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Feng Shui, Chinese medicine.

49. Five Phase Theory

50. Health and Disease Health Ability to maintain integrity and equilibrium while responding to challenges A harmonic pattern of relationships Disease Manifestation of an unstable process A pattern of disharmonious relationships Rooted in a multiplicity of factors

51. Resolving Integrality