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The integral philosopher explains the difference between religion, New Age fads and the ultimate reality that traditional science can't touch.
  • The attachment some have to the assertion that God has a separate existence

    seems to cause the most trouble. There is often such possessiveness, a guardedness around a particular perception of God, which makes sense, I suppose, since those who feel and behave this way are, according to Mr. Wilber's description, either pre-verbal or stuck in their intellect. It's a very constrained existence! They simply have not experienced the blissfulness which accompanies the trans-rational, at-oneness experience, where there is a suspension of ego and separateness. At times, some New Age enthusiasts appear as if they have just swapped the Bearded Guy for a Ball of Light, but at least they are usually smiling and not bullying from the pulpit.