Ken Rose-Integral

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In a message dated 8/2/03 7:38:58 AM,

Chinese Medicine writes:

 

<< I recall that our last exchange touched

 

on the notion of translation standards, >>

 

Lon: I think we'll put that topic aside for the good of the whole.

 

Ken:Why? You cite Wilber, but why would

 

these criteria be the ones that would

 

have to be used to evaluate, well anything

 

at all, let alone everything?

 

Lon: 18 years ago Wilber blew my mind with his book The Holographic Paradigm.

It synthasized for me the core of what I knew about CM and made it a living

reality. I published an article, " The Holographic Paradigm and Acupuncture "

which was my first joiurnal article in the field. Now, Ken Wilber's work has

made

another significant leap. His integral 4 quadrant/eight level model is truley

mind blowing and I've never found a framework as succinct for the integration

of observation and data across all realms of the human experience. Spiral

Dynamics as championed by Don Beck, Ken Wilber, and Andrew Cohen, offers a

scientific, integral model for the study of the evolution of human consciousness

which is simply, in my experience unparalleled at this point in history. It is

similar to the 5E model but works better with cultures than individuals. I

elaborate this model at the end of my new text, " The Clinical Practice of

Chinese

Medicine " in a section titled " Cognative Styles in the Practice of Chinese

Medicine. "

To those interested in integral models I suggest reading the last two

issues of What Is Enlightenment magazine where Wilber, Beck, Cohen and others

outline the state of the art in holistic/integral nowledge and its application

to

the evolution of conscious awareness. These can be viewed at: www.wie.org.

Ken, Can you think of a different brakedown of phenomena other than, I,

we, it, its?