| Titel: | Appropriation in Integral Theory: The Case of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother's 'Untold' Integral View |
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| Autor: | Flores, Charles I. |
| Mediengruppe: | chapter |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | --- |
| Jahr: | 2010 |
| Band: | --- |
| Heft: | --- |
| Seiten: | 369-383 |
| Sprache: | English |
| Abstract: | (from the chapter) Ken Wilber (1999) has called Sri Aurobindo "India's greatest modern philosopher-sage" (515) and "one of the great founders of integral spirituality and integral practice." (Wilber 2001, viii). He has been enthusiastically recognized by many in the integral movement as a founding father of their work. And yet, ironically, Aurobindo's Integral Yoga (IY) has been understood and presented by some integralists very partially. This oversimplification unfortunately has tended to fatally distort or omit key aspects of Integral Yoga, which has led them to arrive at various untenable criticisms of its alleged limitations that would need to be "transcended." This chapter will attempt to address some of the omissions and misunderstandings thus far perpetuated by many well-intended sympathizers of Integral Yoga. The customarily ignored work and writings of Mira Alfassa, otherwise known as the Mother, Sri Aurobindo's spiritual collaborator and equal, will be presented as an inextricable part of Integral Yoga. I posit that Integral Yoga is not an abstract mental philosophy describing evolution, nor is it a narrow individual-subjective spiritual psychology. It has always been fundamentally a current, living, and holistic spiritual practice with one specific aim, which incorporates both the subjective and the objective, and the individual and the collective. Furthermore, IY has always recognized and honored the value of both yoga and modern science. I will reflect upon how today's integral movement, with its underpinnings in the All-Quadrants, All-Levels (AQAL) model and Spiral Dynamics, is viewed from the perspective of Integral Yoga. I will state a few of the yet unrecognized contributions Integral Yoga can make to Integral understanding and practice, and prospects for future collaboration. Lastly, I call for a larger collaboration between specialists in other fields to put in their voices and make appropriate corrections, without which Integral Theory will arrest in its development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (chapter) |