tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420597270601386333.post156584769765247294..comments2023-03-25T07:38:57.396+11:00Comments on Worldwide Happiness: Integralist AssumptionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420597270601386333.post-30829423805599447342015-11-24T17:28:25.155+11:002015-11-24T17:28:25.155+11:00Jason Letera, Maybe thought leaders like Ken Wilbe...Jason Letera, Maybe thought leaders like Ken Wilber could question their assumptions rather than starting from assumptions. Indeed, we need to highlight our assumptions and our motivations rather than keeping them in the background. <br /><br />Most Integralists know the basic principle that everything changes so don't seek reliable happiness in anything that changes. But why do we seek happiness at all? It's because of the assumption that happiness is not innate to being. And isn't it true that the distractions of the world help us to forget that happiness is innate to being? And isn't that the root of all our problems?<br /><br />Also, instead of thinking that people range in degrees of evolution, consider the possibility that we are in like a Matrix situation and that the individual's seeming low level of evolution is really just a consequence of how the vibrations of their society resonate with their particular potentials at that moment. After all, if seemingly unevolved people had been born into a completely wise society, they would be wise too. But somehow Integralism sees these large scale societal issues as as some kind of personal evolution issue.<br /><br />Lastly, the reason why it seems too hard to enlighten the world is that people who understand the need for it, say it's too hard and so the enquiry stops there. So it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.<br /><br />This is a big topic, so it's hard to find an entry point, especially since what I am saying goes against commonsense. Nevertheless, what I wrote above should suggest some fruitful lines of enquiry, if people are open to it.Martin Giffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023228201802051052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420597270601386333.post-46133906271262104312015-11-24T13:49:16.116+11:002015-11-24T13:49:16.116+11:00How do you think the West should liberate itself f...How do you think the West should liberate itself from illusion?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08418613984273015252noreply@blogger.com