Yes, there will be many books that will be useful as all this evolves. And they will, as Leo said, tend to complement each other along the lines that Leo suggests re: TCIA and The ABC. In integral theory-- from philosopher Ken Wilber (currently the most translated philosopher in the world), Wilber would say that Leo has immediately recognized that a vision like TCIA (or Teasdale's Mystic Heart) cannot exist without companion visions like ABC (or like Integral Spirituality [2006] by Ken Wilber as a 2nd example). This is because a book like TCIA represents the "formless Heart" of the matter (much like Teasdale's Mystic Heart) while ABC (or Integral Spirituality by Wilber) represents the "skillful means" to achieve, in the world of form, that which is aspired to in the formless. So, it is a marvelous Yin and Yang, or what Wilber calls "zone 1" and "zone 2". As in Bell's Theorem in quantum mechanics, the "opposites" or "complements" (formless and form; intention and skillful means) are not only both "OK", they are co-essential. Similarly, the Heart Sutra is formed in the same way-- first a statement about truth ("formlessness is form; form is formlessness..." etc.) and then a statement about "skillful means" ["the perfection of Wisdom etc."]..... the ideal, and achievement of the ideal through skillful means. So we have what Wilber calls "zone 1" books (formless Heart intention) and "zone 2" books (the ABC's of how to "achieve it" etc.). So this is part of the cosmic unfolding. Similarly, I have had a number of comments to make about "tetra's".. Indeed they are SO skillful and I find it interesting that several places in the recent "esoteric" literature have suggested their usefulness as well. In TCIA we us a "tetra" for our examples about skillfull means as well, like in the model we present for multiplying transformational work in the form of a "rhombus" of "diamond" etc. But that is another discussion.... I just wanted to point out that Leo's comment reflects the same "sense of balance" that Wilber (Integral Theory) and Beck (Spiral Dynamics) also point out re: their "zone 1", "zone 2" which are like a yin/yang or wave/particle complementarity! Or as Yasuiko Kimura says "action without vision is blind; vision without action is lame" etc. good stuff! Dr. Kurt Johnson ________________________________ From: Leo Semashko <leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx> To: Kurt Johnson <kurtjohnsonisd@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "gha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "ghausa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ghausa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "cookcomm@xxxxxxxxx" <cookcomm@xxxxxxxxx>; "leo44442006@xxxxxxxxx" <leo44442006@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 5:40 AM Subject: Re: A link that will interest you, and an invitation to blog + ABC of Harmony = common philosophy and vision Re: A link that will interest you, and an invitation to blog + ABC of Harmony = common philosophy and vision Dear Kurt, Many thanks for your new and excellent blog very useful to form the spiritual culture of harmonious civilization in the 21st century. This culture can not exist without the TCIA as its 'major "interfaith book" in your words. But this culture can not exist without the scientific components of harmony, without a scientific dimension of social harmony, which is represented in the main scientific "harmony book" - in the ABC of Harmony (www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478). These two books constitute the two inseparable dimensions of spiritual culture for harmonious civilization: interfaith/interspiritual/religious and scientific which both are united, coincided and inseparable in the harmony as them common denominator. Only on the basis of harmony can grow harmonious unity of religion and science in culture of a new civilization. They can and will reinforce each other and work with each other in their harmonious unity through mutual harmonious education. It is presented in detail in the GHA Project of Interfaith Harmonious Education (CIHE: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=561) on the basis of its two "main" books - TCIA and the ABC of Harmony. A new culture of harmonious civilization is a culture not a spiritual sections, divisions and them confrontation as in industrial civilization and the culture of spiritual unity and cooperation on the basis of common universal and global harmony. This also is applied to combining disparate social sciences. New research project GHA - CSSS (www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=579) gives the example of combining and joint development of global sociology and global statistics. Without them unity, they are weak and helpless in many ways. Their union on a common (spheral) basis of global social structure of harmonious (spheral) classes including all population makes them a powerful tool for global peace, sustainable development and prosperity of all nations, excluding the social pathologies of war, terror, hunger, poverty, financial tyranny, global crises, etc. Of course, the culture of harmonious civilization, unlike the culture of outgoing industrial civilization, can be only the result of conscious (with common knowledge of social and spiritual harmony) and equitable cooperation of all its members. Such a pattern of a harmonious collaboration builds GHA more than 8 years in joint 46 projects and 7 books. Of course, it's a pioneer, and therefore a very complex way that can not be absolutely perfect and smooth. On it there are natural conflicts, the overcoming of which makes us all wiser in harmony. This is our common philosophy and vision in GHA. Salute to all of us! Salute to GHA in honor of the fourth anniversary of Global Harmony Day on June 21! With love, best harmony wishes, Leo Dr Leo Semashko: State Councillor of St. Petersburg, Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony; Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia; Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA); Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541; GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478; P/Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253; Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt Johnson, kurtjohnsonisd@xxxxxxxxx To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx Sent: 15 июня 2013 г., 8:04:42 Subject: A link that will interest you, and an invitation to blog GHA, CIHE colleagues-- You'll be interested in the link below and the invitation there to blog. With the backing of a coalition of Progressive Christian, Advaita Vedanta and Humanist groups, TheSpeakEasy media has taken on THE COMING INTERSPIRITUAL AGE (TCIA) book for a media and educational campaign. You will recognize many of the historical figures at: http://www.mikemorrell.org/2013/06/speakeasy-the-coming-interspiritual-age/ It will be very interesting to see what happens now as a major "interfaith book" like TCIA is introduced to progressive audiences within and across the traditions. This is such an interesting time in our global and multicultural melding! And we are all part of it thanks to those who have pulled GHA together! A salute to them! kurt Dr. Kurt Johnson www.thecominginterspiritualage.com www.isdna.org www.onespiritinterfaith.org GHA-USA Vice President and a Director, CIHE