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What Motivates me........???

Posted February 12th, 2009 by Irene Rhodes
In Reference to:
The Integral Operating System: Introduction

What motivates me is that it has arrived.   When the pupil is ready the teacher will come.   

Integral Life Practice is the first of Ken's books that has come into my hands.   His name had come up again and again in internet sites and books so, in due season, I found myself ordering the book.

The AQAL map is, at last, apparently fully describing the territory I have been inhabiting and traversing for so long.   I have never before had access to such an overview so I feel I have finally been lifted up to have a wide-ranging look....... and now I understand anew the reasons for the fragmentation I have been experiencing, the ever-present sense that there are somehow more and better ways to make everything fit together, and what it really was that I was meaning when I found myself longing for full integrity in my life.

As a spiritual traveller, someone who has worked extensively with my shadow and with my body, and been fascinated with studying, understanding, interpreting and expressing all that I've been experiencing in reality, Integral Practice finally says 'hey, you're not alone and yes, it is possible to pull it all together.' 

Having the company of others who understand 'being fully human' in the same ways as myself has been a missing link in  my life.  Everything up to now has been partial.   Having my own heart's longings known and described by this method and being given, at last, what seems like a fully holistic guide for advancement in all areas is just a dream come true.

Thank you.

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Thank you for sharing

Posted February 12th, 2009 by Corey deVos

This is really wonderful Irene, thank you so much for sharing. 

It really is so helpful to know others are struggling with the same issues that we are--i remember back before we began our Integral web presence in 2003 (what i've since begun to call the "integral dark ages") it was impossible not to feel like a lonely island in a sea of fragmented perspectives, and was almost impossible to find anyone else to relate with.  I remember this feeling like a bit of a shock--i had originally thought that better understanding the universals of human experience i could better relate with other people, and transcend my own alienation.  But it only seemed to separate me even more from "normal" people who did not share my appetite for silly things like spirituality or "theories of everything." 

When you already feel alone in the world, transcendence just becomes another expression of loneliness.

Which makes me more grateful than i can possibly tell you that this community even exists.  It is certainly not to be taken for granted, though sometimes it can be easy to do exactly that.

And it makes me even happier that people who get turned on to this material actually have somewhere to go, people to meet, and mutuality to be found--which was hardly the case only 5 or 6 years ago....

Anyway, i am very happy you have arrived, and please keep us updated as your journey continues to unfold!

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Corey W deVos
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