And
from another angle, one of my favorite pieces by Heron on relational spirituality. The obsession with individual state experience passing as
higher levels of spirituality is akin to the obsession with
meta-complexity passing as higher levels of cognitive development. In both cases it has more to do with the relational space between prepositioning both states and stages.
"On
this account, the whole meme system collapses, with its claim to
portray an evolutionary logic. The green meme description is
superficial, and is itself green in the sense of callow, inexperienced
and immature, because it cannot grasp
the depths and the challenge of relational spirituality. The yellow and
turquoise memes, as described, simply have no warrant or grounding in
any kind of relational spirituality, and read like the conceits of
self-appointed philosopher-kings. The edifice is doomed to an early
demise, which is just as well, since, given its radical omissions and
distortions, its use is bound to be counter-productive.
"I
prefer to think of the spiritual development of human culture as rooted
in degrees of relational, moral insight and not in an evolutionary
logic. Evolution as a concept seems best left to natural processes.
Otherwise intellectual bids to know what evolution is up to and what is
coming next culturally, rapidly convert into hegemonic arrogance and
attempts at social and intellectual control. The developing of the human
spirit in cultural forms is a different category and is very close in
my view to the way in which our realization of an extended doctrine of
rights, in theory and practice, unfolds."
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