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new life?

katherine said Mar 22, 2008, 11:43 PM:

Hi all,
I thought I'd see if I could inject some new life into this long neglected pod and at the same time appeal to all of you for some ideas…I'm giving a talk about integral psychology at a local integral salon in a few weeks. Some of the audience will have read Wilber and have a fairly sophisticated understanding of Wilber, to some it will be their first exposure. Likewise with psychology, some will know plenty, others very litte. I'm looking for your ideas about how you would introduce integral psychology to a group like this. Of course I'll go over the four quadrants and developmental lines etc. But what else? Any brilliant ideas?

Thanks,
Katherine

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Re: new life?

Shameslaya said Mar 23, 2008, 1:06 AM:

Hi Katherine, nice to see you again…been awhile.

Glad also that you are going to add some new life to this pod which I value greatly and which had receded to vanishing point in my awareness.

It's always tricky seeking a balance between the lowest common denominator and the vision-logiqued-out integralites in situaions like this and I have been there before….

Suggestions…

*Do not put too much into the workshop….I have given an exegesis of structure-states that I thought would last three quarters of an hour but lasted 2 hours and left me audience shell-shocked…..

*I may suggest you start with where folk are cognitively,say level of existential self, then step down developmentally using concentric circles, to show how we got here….then show where we are going briefly, using subtle, causal, nondual….but briefly…

*Map this onto Spiral Dynamics and bring the four quadrants into the equation in terms of LL culture and maybe leave it at that for the quadrants unless you have time to address the relationship of the psyche to neurophysiology (in which case i recommend Damasio and Le Doux for such stuff)…and socio-economic lebsenweldt or everyday worldspace…..

*Use loads of colour in yr diagrams and have plenty of them.

*Put in at least one experiential exercise and have a few more waiting in the wings in case they get bored….

Hope this proves of value….best of luck…Jon xx

Re: new life?

katherine said Mar 25, 2008, 7:43 PM:

Hi Jon,
thanks so much for the ideas and for replying so quickly. Let's hope this has helped with breathing new life into the pod.

You've reminded me of the KISS principle which is particularly effective in presentations. You know? Keep It Simple Stupid.

Luckily integral theory lends itself very well to simplicity. Actually, I heard an interesting talk on TED about how simple, elegant theories tend to be true. There's a correlation between truth and beauty.

Anymore brilliant ideas for the pod?

Best,
Katherine