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Can you come up with integral proverbs?

Posted September 28th, 2009 by Robb Smith

I've been recently considering the power that proverbs have to communicate much weight and wisdom in a compact package and asking myself if I can come up with a set of proverbs that are integrally-inspired.  Can you help?  This could be fun, but I think it's tougher than it looks...

Thanks for playing,

Robb

P.S. My submissions:

To err is divine, to forgive divine, to meta-situate integral 

Too many perspectives spoil the view

The ends justify the memes

The way to a man's heart is through his third chakra

Hmmm, they don't quite roll off the tongue :)

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Integral proverb

Posted October 1st, 2009 by Dustin DiPerna

I heard this once a few years ago while working at I-I. I think it deserves to be attributed to Kelly Bearer but I'm having trouble remembering who first said it:

 

"Integral Monks wear Prada"

 

Love,

D

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How about....

Posted September 28th, 2009 by Corey deVos
WWKD: What Would Kohlberg Do? Yes No Yes!

 

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Corey W deVos
(dj rekluse)

Writer, Content Producer, and Webmaster
Integral Life, Integral Naked
Managing Editor, KenWilber.com

"Include the Values, Negate the View!"

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New proverbs for an integral age

Posted September 28th, 2009 by Carolyn Winter

"We get out of life exactly what we put in - at the gross, subtle and causal level"--

When the seeker is ready to learn, a guru will appear.
When the seeker is ready to learn a smorgasbord will appear
When the seeker is not ready to learn the ego will appear
When the ego is ready to learn source shows up

:) - yes this could be fun!

Thanks so much

Carolyn

PS - Robb - did you get my Twittered suggestion for a sing a long band ? - Not sure if you get replies if you don't follow anyone. My suggestion was Son of Maxwell of "United Breaks Guitars" fame.

 

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the heart taking flight

Posted September 28th, 2009 by Ambo Suno

A bird in the heart is worth two on the wing - and visa versa. 

ambo

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When including a bit of developmentalism. . .

Posted September 29th, 2009 by Charles Bowling

 

The wordsmith in me prefers the word aphorism over the term proverb, especially when each is defined like this:
 
·         proverb  A short pithy saying in frequent and widespread use that expresses a basic truth or practical precept.
 
·         aphorism. A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion.
·          
Here are two old-time favorites, the first applies to early first tier, and the second to later first tier.
 
·         He who will not see will be made to feel.
·         The wise horse moves at the shadow of the whip
·          
And at early second tier, in possible dialogue with later second tier,
·         Where, "Like this."
·         Is supplanted by, "Just like this!"
·          
Finally, while wordplay is often fun, it's worth remembering that the word is not the thing.
 
Warmly,
Charles
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droll and meaningful

Posted September 29th, 2009 by Ambo Suno

Robb - I like yours because they are meaningful and against the background of the sufficiently evoked original proverb, amusing - both helpful to learning. It does seem to be a challenge to make them roll off the tongue and to make sense enough under the bell-shaped curve of populace normalcy to not be just inside jokes, or to have them appeal and penetrate at enough levels to make them both a smooth wisdom in the mainstream and a stretch.

If it rolls through the chambers of mind too smoothly it could become immediately mainstream with no nip to it.

Roll and droll.

Rolling stones gather no moss.

Drolling proverbs don't gather in suburbs.

Forgive the proverbial small shaggy dog. Smile

ambo

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integral proverb

Posted September 29th, 2009 by Dee Black

scoff not at those who linger from whence u came
in your reactions be a light which leads the way

 

 

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Meditate, but don't dissociate

Posted September 29th, 2009 by David Marshall

Everyone is right, especially integral.

Pray to God, but make sure you are hitting all four quadrants. (A play on a Russian proverb--pray to God, but keep on rowing to shore.)

Surrender to God, but make sure you are hitting all four quadrants.

Surrender to God, but don't forget that kosmic address.

Surrender to God, but don't forget the three-body workout.

Meditate, but don't dissociate.

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darth vader move is always possible

Posted September 29th, 2009 by Dee Black

i heard someone say this :

with new levels come new devils

 

 

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Sex

Posted September 30th, 2009 by Gary Ruiz

Sex, the new masturbation.

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Reality is infinitely deep in all dimensions

Posted September 30th, 2009 by GameOfThriving

Reality is infinitely deep in all dimensions.

Beauty is only as deep as your awareness.

Dance Eternally, Act Temporally.

You cannot care for that which you do not understand.

Spirit always manifests in a form and deserves formal mental attire.

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Wilber - "Second Tier: If you are stupid, you are colossally stupid."...

Posted September 30th, 2009 by GameOfThriving

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another integral proverb

Posted October 6th, 2009 by Dee Black

push weights AND meditate

 

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100 % wrong

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Samuel Tornqvist

I'm not sure if Wilber came up with this one, but I first heard it from him. I'm sure you are all aware of this one but I think it absolutely belongs on "the list".

"No one is smart enough to be a 100 % wrong"

It always makes the receiver stop for a moment, especially the green meme who assumes the phrase finish with:
"...a 100% right"


Samuel Törnqvist

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From a Wise Guru and One still Learning!

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Mary Linda Landauer

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

"Every opinion you have about anything can be a limiting identity."

"Love is your quality, Love is not what you do. Love is what you are."

 

From me:

He/She who lives with mind clutter is bogged in mud

He/She who lives with heart kindness is light in beingness

He/She who lives in ego/personality identity is imprisioned

He/She who lives in Soul is filled with fullness of divine love

 

Love to all,

Mary Linda

 

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tools

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Dee Black

there isn't a single world out there
it's in part an interpretation made using
psychological and mental tools that develop

-kw

 

 

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room

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Dee Black

one big picture one universe one grand beautiful organism .. with room for every major human endeavour

-kw

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paradox

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Dee Black

increasing capacity to hold paradox

 

 

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imbibe

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Dee Black

cultivating wisdom .. increasing our maturity and effectiveness

roger walsh

 

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cornerstone

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Dee Black

taking up some form of discipline which fosters one's own deepening is crucial for being effective in the world

roger walsh

 

 

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spirit

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Dee Black

spirituality is an utterly precious and necessary component 

spirituality as a psychotechnology for transforming consciousness

--kw

 

 

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exercise

Posted October 8th, 2009 by Dee Black

mind body spirit in self culture nature

 

 

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Wilber: Wilber: a Man Who Knows How to Coin a Phase

Posted June 20th, 2010 by GameOfThriving

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