05-20-2007, 10:41 PM
Here is a blog site dedicated to the concept of "Integral Chrisitanity"
http://www.integralchristian.com/
By Joe Perez
"Most of the words are Ken Wilber’s (and all of the first 20 tenets). My additions are tenets 21-30 plus a few notes in brackets. By way of background, simply note that a holon is anything that is simultaneously both a part and a whole. For example, an electron is part of an atom, an atom is part of a molecule, and a molecule is part of a cell. Electrons, atoms, and cells are all holons."
"This prose poem was originally published as a guest blog on KW.com. It is a response to Wilber's narrative which accepts the fundamental integral project while adding additional, harmonious elements. Doctrine not as decorations of integral post-metaphysics, but doctrine as a minimal supplement to the 20 tenets. The result may not be simpler, better, or worse than can be found in Wilber's writings. But I think the result can add value by showing how small additions to Wilber's basic assumption of a telos to evolution can result in significant and potential-filled changes."
"Trinity"
A prose poem
1. Reality as a whole is not composed of things or processes, but of holons. (Wholes that are part of other wholes.)
2. Holons display four fundamental capacities: self-preservation, self-adaptation, self-transcendence, and self-dissolution. Self-preservation (Agency), Self-adaptation (Communion), Self-transcendence (Eros), and Self-dissolution (Agape).
3. Holons emerge.
4. Holons emerge holarchically.
5. Each emergent holon transcends but includes its predecessor(s).
6. The lower sets the possibilities of the higher; the higher sets the probabilities of the lower.
7. The number of levels which a hierarchy comprises determines whether it is ’shallow’ or ‘deep’; and the number of holons on any given level we shall call its ’span’.
8. Each successive level of evolution produces GREATER depth and LESS span.
9. Addition 1: The greater the depth of a holon, the greater its DEGREE [emphasis added] of conciousness [in the sense of: the degree of fulfillment of the telos of Kosmos, but see also tenet 29].
10. Destroy any type of holon, and you will destroy all of the holons above it and none of the holons below it.
11. Holarchies coevolve.
12. The micro is in relational exchange with the macro at all levels of its depth.
13. Evolution has directionality.
14. Evolution has increasing complexity.
15. Evolution has increasing differentiation/integration.
16. Evolution has increasing organization/structuration.
17. Evolution has increasing relative autonomy.
18. Evolution has increasing telos [Omega].
19. Addition 2: Every holon issues an IOU to the Kosmos [God the Father].
20. Addition 3: All IOUs are redeemed in Emptiness [Emptiness = Kronos = God the Son].
21. Addition 4: Involution has directionality.
22. Addition 5: Involution has increasing simplicity.
23. Addition 6: Involution has increasing sensitivity/texture.
24. Addition 7: Involution has increasing relative communion.
25. Addition 8: Involution has increasing telos [Alpha].
26. Addition 9: All holons receive a receipt for the IOU from the Kosmos and Kronos [The Holy Spirit].
27. Addition 10: All holons arise in the occasion of acknowledging receipt for the IOU.
28. Addition 11: Attempt to destroy any type of holon and it adds to the increasing telos of Kosmos and Kronos [Holy Spirit].
29. Addition 12: The greater the span of a holon, the greater its DEGREE of conciousness [that is, the degree to which it fulfills the telos of Kronos]
30. Addition 13: The unity of Kronos and Kosmos is greater than the sum of its parts [God the Father + God the Son + Holy Spirit]
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It appears that at #30...Unitarianism can enter the process...the Unity of Kronos and Kosmos....God.
http://www.integralchristian.com/
By Joe Perez
"Most of the words are Ken Wilber’s (and all of the first 20 tenets). My additions are tenets 21-30 plus a few notes in brackets. By way of background, simply note that a holon is anything that is simultaneously both a part and a whole. For example, an electron is part of an atom, an atom is part of a molecule, and a molecule is part of a cell. Electrons, atoms, and cells are all holons."
"This prose poem was originally published as a guest blog on KW.com. It is a response to Wilber's narrative which accepts the fundamental integral project while adding additional, harmonious elements. Doctrine not as decorations of integral post-metaphysics, but doctrine as a minimal supplement to the 20 tenets. The result may not be simpler, better, or worse than can be found in Wilber's writings. But I think the result can add value by showing how small additions to Wilber's basic assumption of a telos to evolution can result in significant and potential-filled changes."
"Trinity"
A prose poem
1. Reality as a whole is not composed of things or processes, but of holons. (Wholes that are part of other wholes.)
2. Holons display four fundamental capacities: self-preservation, self-adaptation, self-transcendence, and self-dissolution. Self-preservation (Agency), Self-adaptation (Communion), Self-transcendence (Eros), and Self-dissolution (Agape).
3. Holons emerge.
4. Holons emerge holarchically.
5. Each emergent holon transcends but includes its predecessor(s).
6. The lower sets the possibilities of the higher; the higher sets the probabilities of the lower.
7. The number of levels which a hierarchy comprises determines whether it is ’shallow’ or ‘deep’; and the number of holons on any given level we shall call its ’span’.
8. Each successive level of evolution produces GREATER depth and LESS span.
9. Addition 1: The greater the depth of a holon, the greater its DEGREE [emphasis added] of conciousness [in the sense of: the degree of fulfillment of the telos of Kosmos, but see also tenet 29].
10. Destroy any type of holon, and you will destroy all of the holons above it and none of the holons below it.
11. Holarchies coevolve.
12. The micro is in relational exchange with the macro at all levels of its depth.
13. Evolution has directionality.
14. Evolution has increasing complexity.
15. Evolution has increasing differentiation/integration.
16. Evolution has increasing organization/structuration.
17. Evolution has increasing relative autonomy.
18. Evolution has increasing telos [Omega].
19. Addition 2: Every holon issues an IOU to the Kosmos [God the Father].
20. Addition 3: All IOUs are redeemed in Emptiness [Emptiness = Kronos = God the Son].
21. Addition 4: Involution has directionality.
22. Addition 5: Involution has increasing simplicity.
23. Addition 6: Involution has increasing sensitivity/texture.
24. Addition 7: Involution has increasing relative communion.
25. Addition 8: Involution has increasing telos [Alpha].
26. Addition 9: All holons receive a receipt for the IOU from the Kosmos and Kronos [The Holy Spirit].
27. Addition 10: All holons arise in the occasion of acknowledging receipt for the IOU.
28. Addition 11: Attempt to destroy any type of holon and it adds to the increasing telos of Kosmos and Kronos [Holy Spirit].
29. Addition 12: The greater the span of a holon, the greater its DEGREE of conciousness [that is, the degree to which it fulfills the telos of Kronos]
30. Addition 13: The unity of Kronos and Kosmos is greater than the sum of its parts [God the Father + God the Son + Holy Spirit]
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It appears that at #30...Unitarianism can enter the process...the Unity of Kronos and Kosmos....God.