Integral Science

Perhaps the most important contribution of the holistic scientific approach is that it leads to a completely new understanding of the nature of space and time, which quite remarkably is directly related to the different number types (when likewise understood in a holistic mathematical fashion). For example we have rational numbers. Therefore in holistic terms we likewise have rational space and time. So quite simply, phenomena (both physical and psychological) exist in rational space and time (when understood in a corresponding rational manner). In fact the conventional understanding of space and time (3 space dimensions and 1 time dimension) represents just one unique distinct version of the rational nature of space and time where qualitative (holistic) notions are reduced in a quantitative (analytic) manner. Thus in conventional science, space and time are solely investigated in a quantitative manner as having a similar common validity with respect to the phenomenal ...

In an earlier entry on this blog, “ The Information Paradox et Alia ” I mentioned with respect to the classic exposition of the “dark night of the soul” by St. John of the Cross that a further distinction should rightfully be made as between real and imaginary nights. Now of course as outlined by St. John there can be various kinds of “nights” which in psychological terms relate to development of unconscious - as opposed to the conscious - aspects of understanding. The simplest are - what he refers to as - active nights where one exercises a degree of conscious control over development. When the (holistic) conscious is fully balanced with the (analytic) conscious mind, one can operate in full freedom of spirit with no undue attachments (positive or negative) arising with respect to conscious phenomena. So if one becomes keenly aware of an excessive attachment, one could then attempt to consciously counter this attachment by moving in the opposite direction. Say fo...