Integral Theory

When I first started learning what Integral Theory was. I was aware of and looking for bullshit. My first introduction to Integral was an amazing audio interview with Ken Wilber by Tami Simon of Sounds True. The title of this interview was call Kosmic Consciousness. Of course the title turned me off a little. Kosmic is a word that seems to be used by strange people. There is also the word Holon. Weird word. This is a must listen if you are in anyway curious about Ken or Integral Theory. http://www.soundstrue.com/shop/Kosmic-Consciousness/468.productdetails However I let go of my ego and reactive judgment. I listened. I was fascinated but not yet sold. Even after listening. One of the first questions that came to mind. Who is this Ken Wilber guy. So I dug deeper. So I signed up to Integral Naked. Which has now become Integral Life. Cant say that I'm sold now. Can say that I believe. Not unconditional belief or faith. A belief based on objective research and the type of people involved with Integral. The many people that Ken has attracted. People that I believe are much smarter than me. People that I do not think would be fooled by the typical dude saying he know whole lot of stuff. Oh... and I've become somewhat confident in my ability to sort out bullshit from non bullshit. Research that I have done over the past 6 years. Watching tons videos, reading articles, listening to interviews, and reading several Integral and non Integral books that have pushed my intellectual/spiritual boundaries. To weigh and balance the concepts and ideas presented. Another thing that I pay close attention to is the actions of those at the top of the Integral movement. Seeing how their character fits their philosophy. As we all know many people claiming to have most of the answers to things have a tendency to be fake and untrustworthy. Trust me I'm always on the lookout for bullshit. However I'm not attached to finding bullshit. hehee. My own worries from the beginning Is this anything like a cult, Est, Dianetics, Scientology or an extremist religion. I set my bullshit radar on high alert throughout all my studies. No bullshit found so far. After 6 years I still think the core of Integral Theory is solid. I'm sure that there are those out there that take Integral too far. One thing that I've heard often from Integral Theory and its proponents is that Integral Theory is just a map. It is not the territory. So it inherently recognizes that the map may need to be changed, updated, adapted, to the territory and to the times. Integral is not something that thinks it has all the answers. It has a lot of answers but it knows that it does not have them all. Its more about how to find as many answers as it can and then sort them out while finding which ones have values that we can all agree on. Thanks to Ken Wilber, Tami Simon, Stuart Davis, Fred Kofman, and David Deida. Of course I have learned from many more. Too many to list. My first influences and teachers of Integral Theory. Jarrad Connor p.s. for something that is less lengthy than the Kosmic Consciousness interview check outhttp://worldwidetippingpoint.com/blog/