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A Zone 2 Perspective on Environmentalism: http://kenwilber.meetup.com/59/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3882743

Dr. Watson's Faux Pas: http://kenwilber.meetup.com/59/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3727107

"Without beauty the truth becomes solemn, ponderous, dreary; and goodness becomes joyless and over-earnest. Lightness of touch, spontaneity, gaiety, even abandon, are needed if the saint and the sage are to avoid taking on an ugly appearance, not to say an evil one. And indeed the universe does not look like the product of a logician, or a works-manager, and still less like the work of a priest; but much more like that of an artist who is well aware of the value of nonsense, of play, and of the superbly bountiful imagination. In Hell we are all admirably practical and down-to-earth; we do not find life fun, but take it and ourselves very seriously. But I suspect that all Heaven is light-hearted and merry, and that the skies are one broad smile, and that the blessed galaxies are even now shaking their fiery manes with laughter, while Satan is profoundly shocked at their lack of gravity and earnest common sense."
   Douglas Harding, in “The Hierarchy of Heaven and Earth: A New Diagram of Man in the Universe” With an Introduction by C.S. Lewis

   My dear friend Lewis introduced me to the works of J. Krishnamurti when I was a teenager, and I so loved him, I would re-read a sentence or paragraph as many times as it took to grasp the deeper meaning behind the words. This sometimes meant a week on one page. Lewis taught a meditation group, and taught metaphysics also, to myself and some friends, for which he would never accept money. He was a retired Christian Minister, whose consciousness had grown through formless meditation to an amazing degree, and while some referred to him as a "psychic", he preferred to be called a "sensitive". We would all go to see Krishnamurti speak (we called it "J.K. in concert!") in Ojai, California, a beautiful little town near Santa Barbara and Ventura. I was very blessed to have a friend like Lewis, and incredibly fortunate to meet Krishnamurti at one of these talks (it was surreal, he just walked over to me, held my hand for several minutes, which seemed like hours, and then went back about his business). J.K. would often tell stories to illustrate his points. This is my favorite story of his:

   The devil and a man were having a conversation, walking together and talking. Far in front of them, was another man, walking in the same direction. The man far in front of them suddenly stopped walking, knelt down, apparently fascinated with something, picked it up, played with it for a minute or two, and then continued walking on, as before. The man having the conversation with the devil said, "What was that, that the man in front of us picked up?" The devil replied, "Why, that was the truth."  The man was shocked, and blurted out, "The truth? Really?" The devil calmly replied, "Yes, the truth." The man then asked, "Well, aren't you going to mess him up, or take it away, or something? I mean, you're the devil! Isn't it bad for your business for a man to pick up the truth?" The devil smiled, and said, "Why no, not at all. I'm going to help him arrange it.

             Have a great now!

                    Balance the immanence and the transcendence

                             Or rather, be fully both

                                        Immanent loving with a grounded genealogical perspective!

                                                     And, of course, a healthy sense of humor!!!