[Sundaycommunity] My Easter Reflection: Integral Resurection

[Dave Snelgrove]

Thank you Arthur.  Happy Easter with sincere wishes that we'll all direct
our energies toward that loving and just world.  Never needed more than
now.  Rosemary Gray Snelgrove, formerly of the Sunday Community, now of
Montreal


On Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 3:10 a.m. Arthur Blomme via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

>
>
> Below  is a short Easter reflection  on the Resurrection ruffly based on
> the Liturgical readings of the day.
>
> It is inspired by Thomas Aquinas'  4 transcendentals expounded by Integral
> Philosopher, Ken Wilbur. This reflection looks at resurrection from the
> individual interior quadrant.  A much more involved  essay would reflect on
> Integral resurrection  through each of these four quadrants.  In which
> Quadrant do you think social justice would fall?
>
> Happy Easter
>
> Art
>
> *Integral Resurrection*
>
> Art Blomme April 16, 2025
>
> Resurrection is an integral experience manifested in the totality of our
> being. As individuals we have both an inner and outer reality in which that
> resurrection is manifested.
>
> The Easter Gospel from John for this year speaks to the external reality
> of the resurrection indicating the sign of the empty tomb. In this Easter’s
> Epistle from 1 Corinthians, Paul speaks about our inner experience of the
> resurrection : Feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of
> malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth
> fullness.
>
> We now know that at a cellular level our cells can go into two directions.
> When the cells experience toxicity in their environment they will withdraw
> and protect themselves. In the absence of toxicity the cells will flourish
> and multiply in a healthy environment. At the animal level, our systems(
> our animal nature) will respond to danger and toxicity by activating our
> fight or flight response mechanism. In the absence of danger, our animal
> natures will thrive.
>
> We have evolved beyond our animal nature. We are a people of the word.  The
> Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.(John 1:14) What sets us
> apart from our animal nature is meaning, that is “the Word”, “Logos”. We
> are a semantic class of being. The two paths, toxic withdrawal (fight or
> flight} and creative expansion are inherited from the lower classes (animal
> nature) when we emerged into the higher semantic class of being.
>
> Contemporary motivational theory contrasts negative mindsets ruled by fear
> with that of a positive “Growth Mindset”. A Growth Mindset is like that of
> the child, who fearlessly explores and expands his/her potential and
> learning to greater heights. Paul's statement, Feast, not on malice and
> wickedness which is toxic meaning but on sincerity and truthfulness which
> is Growth Mindset.
>
> I believe that the root of toxic thinking is the fear of death. When we
> have faith in the resurrection of the Cosmic Christ, we chose “The Word”,
> ultimate meaning itself and the end to the meaning of death. As Paul
> declares later in 1 Corinthians, O death, where is your victory? O death,
> where is your sting?
>
> Our faith in the resurrection means that we are no longer of the world of
> death and sin but now live in the Kingdom of God, the New Jerusalem, the
> Cosmic Body of Christ. As such, we live with a Growth Mindset building the
> structures for a loving and just world together with all people of good
> will.
>
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