{"id":161,"date":"2011-09-28T18:54:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T18:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/?p=161"},"modified":"2011-10-08T21:05:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T21:05:46","slug":"161","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"INTEGRAL DEFINITIONS."},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Integral’ <\/strong>is used in at last two different ways in this paper.
\n\u00a0 1) The ‘integral’ <\/strong>way that the evolution of stages occurs, and
\n\u00a0 2) The ‘integral’<\/strong> or mature rational stage of consciousness evolution.<\/p>\n

1) Integral evolution of stages.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> The concept of consciousness evolution by stages, from body to mind to spirit, originated in the wisdom traditions and has been revised and expanded by modern scientists, psychologists, and philosophers. \u00a0Consciousness evolutionist Jean Gebser first proposed the historical stages of archaic, magic, mental\/rational, and integral.\u00a0 Theorist Ken Wilber has integrated many of these ideas and popularized the word “Integral” to describe them.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Integral stage evolution<\/span> means that each stage is based on and incorporates the previous one (per Arthur Koestler’s <\/span>holon theory<\/span>).\u00a0 [E.g. Atoms form cells which form complex animals which evolve into hominids. Human tribes develop into ethnic-states and then into global civilization. ]<\/span><\/p>\n

The manifestation at each stage is also integral in the sense that it develops in many facets – primary among these are the four quadrants:\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n
1. “I” <\/span>\u00a0Interior-Individual –<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 intention, consciousness, \u2026<\/span><\/td>\n		2. “IT”<\/span>\u00a0 Exterior-Individual<\/span><\/strong> –
\nbehavior, brain, technology, \u2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. “WE” <\/span>\u00a0Interior-Collective<\/span><\/strong> –
\ncultural, morals, \u2026<\/span><\/td>\n		3. “ITS”\u00a0<\/span> Exterior-Collective<\/span><\/strong> –
\nsocial, economics \u2026<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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The interplay between interior and exterior seems to ratchet us to more and more complex systems. \u00a0Higher consciousness can manifest higher technology – which in turn can stimulate even higher consciousness.\u00a0 Plow agriculture expanded our consciousness from tribe to ethnic group — and globalization is expanding it even further. <\/span><\/p>\n

The interplay between competition and cooperation has also stimulated development. \u00a0Robert Wright in “Non-Zero” proposes that our striving to selfishly compete (say for status) playing zero-sum (win\/lose) games results in lower status members learning to altruistically cooperate by playing non-zero-sum (win\/win) games in order to defeat a stronger competitor. \u00a0[Intertribal war has the same stimulating effect on intra-tribal cooperation.]<\/span><\/p>\n

2) The Integral-Rational Stage. <\/span><\/strong><\/span>The word “integral” is used in a different in way in the name: “Integral-Rational Stage” — what AE calls the mature level of the Rational Stage of development (See sidebar tables).\u00a0 This is the first stage that integrates — or values and utilizes (rather than trying to annihilate) people at other levels of stage development. [See later discussion.] \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Integral’ is used in at last two different ways in this paper. \u00a0 1) The ‘integral’ way that the evolution of stages occurs, and \u00a0 2) The ‘integral’ or mature rational stage of consciousness evolution. 1) Integral evolution of stages. The concept of consciousness evolution by stages, from body to mind to spirit, originated in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acceleratingevolution.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}