He’s Just Had Coffee

Although some of the spiritual teachers associated with Integral Institute come from theistic traditions, a great many of the people who find the work of Ken Wilber associate themselves with either a New Age spirituality or, very commonly, one of the Buddhist traditions. But a lot of us have a Christian or Judaic background that we’ve walked away from - often with some hostility.

I’ve just noticed a couple of posts in the last few days float across the Integral blogs I watch about a Rabbi Gafni talk about addressing God in the third person (”God is…”), in the first person (”I Am That…”) and, controversially for use post-theistic refugees, the second person.

Sean on the Three Faces of God.

Paul on The 1-2-3 of God and Devotion (I’d welcome directions to my local worship-octagon of Hoo-Doo Supreme Rigga XXX, by the way).

The integral viewpoint is the Special Forces of philosophy: Leave no prior conception behind! Transcend-integrate-include…

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