We are in the integral age — integrate as many truths as much as possible. Traditions cultures disciplines over time.

HOLON — Everything is a whole thing and yet part of a whole.

Life is not either or. Spiral dynamics defines different stages of development. Lets have healthful parts of each to transcend to the second tier without excluding.
TRANSCEND AND INCLUDE.
Learn to say YES — AND.

No one is smart enough to be 100% wrong. I LOVE THIS. See the partial truth in all.

Witness our perspectives.
Subject object orientation.
The Big Idea: Subject-Object orientations. How you see the world is your
subjective perspective. What you look at through that subjective perspective is the object of
that subjective perspective. So far so good? Now, here’s the trick: Can you make your current
subjective perspective the OBJECT of a NEW perspective?

Don’t become your position. Recognize the truth in another’s perspective.

States and Stages
Honor the states but build the structure for the next stage. You must do the work — dig a deep foundation — do the shadow work and the rest erecting each stage.

Egoless does not mean minus personal it means personal plus! Plug the ego into something bigger.

The integral sage, the nondual sage, is here to show us otherwise. Known generally as ‘Tantric,’
these sages insist on transcending life by living it. They insist on finding release by engagement,
finding nirvana in the midst of samsara, finding total liberation by complete immersion.”

Spirit is both the highest level of holarchy but also the paper in which the entire holarchy is written.

Great Note– Thank you for the gateway note to Ken Wilber.

Christina

And the states & stages idea is so key to transforming our lives!! I first came aware of this in the an earlier PN (I believe it was the Big Leap). I would criticize myself for not advancing and making the same mistakes over and over. Well it was precisely b/c I wasn’t nourishing the foundation of what I have learned and putting my foundation into practice! I needed to be reminded of this as I just came back from an incredible retreat in Sedona where parts of me that had been hidden were exposed and I need to make sure they stay exposed!

These notes are incredible in each of their own way. I feel so amazing

I love the integral philosophy idea and is something that I have been practicing for many years. This is one of the main reasons why I love to travel so much. I love immersing myself in other cultures and interacing with people from all over the world. I’m just fascinated with how different yet similar we all are. I guess that’s the holon perspective

Love Love Love the “Yes and…” perspective. For a very long time I was stuck in the either/or view (and honestly still am in certain areas of my life) but with help my amazing mentors (like PN!) I am letting go, opening up, going with the flow and really listeing and embracing the world around me. It’s amazing how such a small shift in thinking can make one’s view so much wider and brighter.

State vs. stage is powerful. I have the bad habit of jumping in with both feet to a new practice, getting all excited about the possibilities, and then discovering that the level of energy can’t be maintained. I like the idea of building structures — ties in to Tony Robins “rituals” and Marci Shimoff’s take baby steps / employ kaizen approach.