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This website is meant to serve as a theoretical introduction to Integral Science. It is in the form of a Log because this kind of Science is like the modern "dysintegral" kind only in that it is a Process and an ongoing enterprise, involving what could be called experiment, hypothesis and theory. Otherwise the differences are extreme. For example, Modern Science, in its cognitive fragmentation, assumes in practice that the world is fundamentally other, particulate, mechanistic and reducible to abstractions and so designs it's experiments and interprets its data accordingly. Integral Science, on the other hand, is based on the assumption that the world is fundamentally alive, mysterious, whole and paradoxical, and designs IT's experiments and interprets IT's data accordingly.

Since Integral Science does not assume the Subject/Object separation to be fundamental, my primary experiment, as an Integral Scientist, is that of CATALYZING MY OWN HEALING AS AN INDIVIDUAL-PERSON WITH THAT OF OTHERS AND OF THE WORLD. This blog and its partner, "Life-Dance log" (http://lifedancelog.motime.com) are part of this Individual-Personal (rather than Public or Private) experiment. They are both meant to be Individual-Personal attempts to share and invite others into this enterprise of healing and healthy mindedness as a part of a general shift to a HEALTHY CULTURE, a culture of PARADOXICAL TOGETHERNESS in which LIVING is primary and "surviving" plays its role in the service of this (unlike the present situation in which this is reversed).

The entries in the Log will function as a kind of theoretical supplement and glossary to the Life-Dance Log explaining concepts and terms that I will not go into so much detail about there.

Those who view or share this blog with me can feel free go through the archives and to ask any questions or relate any comments that occur to them (email me at piankhy9@hotmail.com).

However, as with normal science, the Theory is rather useless and meaningless without the experimental part so please take what follows as both a justification of, and an invitation to, a Living, Individual-Personal enterprise and a Living Individual-Personal encounter.

In the spirit of Welcome and of Thanks,

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Saturday, April 30, 2005

Experiment Post

I notice that it feels kind of awkward--even somewhat inauthentic-- to keep up an orderly non-repeating sequence of Life-Dance entries the way I have been doing. For instance, I notice that a part of me wants to do another soul entry, since that issue feels especially up for me right now. What is stopping me is that some other part of me doesnt want to get dissociated around any one of the venues or "steps" of the Life-Dance--in this case, dissociated around soul issues. There is also some vauge intuitive sense of another and better possibility that is keeping me from doing so. I could write another soul entry and just tack it on to the previous soul entry, but that seems awkard and somewhat misleading. Two other possibilities are; one, to try to integrate whats up for me into a posting in another venue of Personhood, thereby rediscovering and affirming the paradoxial togetherness of the "seperate" venues of this five-fold dance, or I could use the other blog, and write an essay that focuses on the more theoretical aspects of what is up with me, with supporting concrete examples. Also, I suppose I could create another category such as "hot topic" to deal with this issue. For now I think I'll experiment more with the second option and perhaps also a little of the first and see how it goes

I also want to express that I notice myself becoming somewhat annoyed about how Public/Private this experiment is being, as it was originally intended as a civil gesture and an invitation to an Individual-Personal dance of Healthy Culture with others. Since I started more than a year ago, I have only gotten one comment, although I have gotten a fair number of "Hits" considering the lack of advertizing on my part. Obviously people are keeping there identities, agreements, disagreements etc.. to themselves, in the normal, public/private way that denies the existence of any inherent relationship, responcibility, or mutually-healing possibily between us. This is understandable in a culture such as the dominant one, but I don't want to just contribute to the dissociated phenomenon of public/private active/passive "voyerism" which is so easy to fall into with most kinds of media. Because of this consideration I have been thinking of, after the present round of enrtries is complete, restarting both my blogs in forms that can only be viewed by myself and others who have at least introduced themselves to me. I intend to leave these present blogs up as a general introduction to what I am up to for the "general public". Hopefully, some of that public will be inspired to make some Individual, Personal contact with me and even to become an actual friend. This step is just a continuation of this experiment and I might come back to these two blogs in the future if nothing happens because of the change or if it seems like a good Idea for some other reason. At any rate I still have a few entries to go on this blog and the other one before switching over. Hope to hear from you.

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