tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856695048048220323.post4662252962607512784..comments2022-12-05T10:32:27.945+00:00Comments on Jean Gebser & Integral Philosophy: Jean Gebser & Integral Consciousness: The Inaugural PostUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856695048048220323.post-47216433229368540062017-03-09T03:47:56.318+00:002017-03-09T03:47:56.318+00:00Diffusion and scatteredness inevitably result from...Diffusion and scatteredness inevitably result from hours each day on the internet, no matter what the activity might be. Coupled with electromagnetic radiation on a continuous basis it is no wonder that the average attention span is about 15 seconds before the mind flits to another vacillation. The number of "blasts" and changing scenes which today's mind must experience is astounding, thus causing an inured, myopic zombie-like awareness which is so typical of the internet generation. Concentration is almost a lost art and definitely has suffered a terrible blow. Nothing of value can be produced or created without concentration. Today's addiction to digital gadgets and the internet have emasculated the minds of an entire generation. Perhaps a balance can be struck in the coming decades. For myself, I make it a point to practice contemplation daily and to also spend time outdoors without a gadget in sight. Much love to all.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511744523695914243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856695048048220323.post-79410062990470044942013-02-10T22:56:50.632+00:002013-02-10T22:56:50.632+00:00"the danger that our identification with the ..."the danger that our identification with the ego may become too strong—that it may harden and degenerate into egocentricity, until we lose the ability to fructify conscious human relations and may even, eventually, become inhuman."<br /><br />In my opinion, we are much further along this path than we were when Gebser wrote these words. We are living out a paradox: the more we seek to augment and extend the ego through the use of information technology, the more we are watching the awareness of personhood disintegrate, to the point where the ability to maintain the distinction between the ego and its technology is vastly weakened, and we reun the ever increasing risk of becoming flesh appendages of an ever more potent and self-referential technological milieu.<br /><br />Great introductory post. I hope you continue with others.Brian Collinson Psychotherapisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01410434972801053333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856695048048220323.post-12737607412717740482012-01-24T07:33:07.793+00:002012-01-24T07:33:07.793+00:00Perhaps the best we can hope for is to "proje...Perhaps the best we can hope for is to "project" the inhuman and completely material aspect of our consciousness onto one of our inventions -- technology, computers, the internet? Not artificial intelligence and robots exactly but something pretty close.<br /><br />I think the "split" IS what makes us human, right now at least, for it is what we as humans are destined to eternally struggle with, but there IS the danger that we WILL fall into complete materialism and lose our humanity.<br /><br />I say project it out but be aware of what we are doing.Pantalonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196321460125696861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856695048048220323.post-957842314180081932012-01-05T03:25:34.174+00:002012-01-05T03:25:34.174+00:00After reading Gebser's essay, I would suggest ...After reading Gebser's essay, I would suggest reading Paul Mason's article that appeared today in The Guardian -- an excerpt from his book <i>Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere</i> (and, one might add, all-at-once, too). <br /><br />http://blog.gebser.net/2012/01/jean-gebser-integral-consciousness.html<br /><br />Afterwards, you may come to realise how Gebser's words of over half-a-century ago were prescient.scott prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024583244382736106noreply@blogger.com