Transdisciplinarity

For thousands of years the ancient traditional sciences from India like the medical system called Ayurveda have been basing their theories and practices on a living systems framework that deals with the organization and communication within and amongst livings systems. It is good to learn more about different systems views from ancient and modern systems of wisdom, knowledge and practice as this can give us insights on how to look at experience from different angles. As an example we would like to mention that the numerical and mathematical systems that are integral to our western culture have been adopted from the Indo-Arabic cultures. We don't think about these systems as mystical or oriental but have seamlessly integrated our own interpretation of these systems into our own scientific perceptions. Likewise the Caribbean Integral Institute has developed a basic approach by learning from transdisciplinary research and development based on ancient and modern systems views, process philosophy, medical theory and practice, spiritual and contemplative practice. The outcome are practices that enable counselors and teachers to assist learners in shifting towards a Whole Person perspective.     We would like to assist you into using Living Systems Organization & Communication, its theory and practice, to cultivate a deeper awareness and understanding of how we can change the way we look at reality, communicate with ourselves and others.

ACM Living Systems Organization & Communication

The Living Systems Organization & Communication framework that is used in our programmes is based on amongst other things Ayurvedic Science, Living Systems and Process philosophy. It aims at cultivating awareness of the dynamism that creates human experience and how this in turn influences the way we look at reality, experience life and communicate with one another. Generally we look at reality from a Cartesian or Newtonian perspective that rationally and analytically interprets the reality that we live in. We see the reality as being made up of independent objects that seemingly have no connection. From this point of view we look at the parts that make up a whole and not at how the parts dynamically interact with each other. This results in a disconnected way of viewing and experiencing life that reflects in the way that we relate with ourselves, others, nature, education, politics, health care, and everything that we deal with. It also elicits a fear based way of thinking and all of the emotions that we experience daily. Living Systems Organization & Communication emphasizes looking at how everything we know works according to certain dynamic principles that make different parts of for instance our mind-body system relate and communicate with one another as a Whole. It deals with the interconnectedness in Nature. The following describes the basics of working with Living Systems Organization & Communication and how it can be applied to cultivate awareness of life as a Whole. When we become aware of the wholeness of experience we become more  self-reliant, self-responsible, balanced, loving, respectful, happy, healthy and holistic in our outlook.

Cultivate your own Awareness

Observe the dynamics of Living System Diagnostic approaches in traditional health care systems with emphasis on Ayurvedic Science enable one to observe the innate capacity of a human system to continually and dynamically seek balance. In medical terms this dynamic principle is called Homeostasis. This can be observed through for instance the observation of the Radial pulse. Furthermore when approached from the angle of Process Thought the observation of the Kinetic-Magneto-Gravitational characteristics* of the same pulse reveal deeper lying (subconscious) experiences. This observational diagnosis is called Diagnostic Integrative Observation (Monsanto, 2002). When the ever changing nature of experience is observed through diagnostic observation, the growing awareness of the same helps to unfold the Wholeness within the complex of experience. The true nature of reality is that it is continually changing, it is never linear or constant. Reality is dynamic and discontinuous! Cultivate your own Awareness Any person that chooses to learn how to reveal deeper lying experiences does so as a learner. A sense of independence is maintained throughout the learning process and feedback is given to elicit a constant flow of "aha" moments to culminate in resolving emotions/traumas and shift one's perspective to allow one to continue looking at unresolved  emotions in a similar healing way. The learner learns to constantly be open to see the emerging future in the present moment. Only the present moment exists. The learner learns to apply Diagnostic Integrative Observation (DIO) to independently become aware and recognize emotions, where they are located in the body, how they are transfered to other locations, how they shape-shift and change into other emotions, how they can be concurrently observed on different levels (mentally, emotionally, energetically and physically), how they can move in and out of conscious awareness and how one can remain open to resolve these emotions even when they can only be felt/sensed subconsciously. Conscious and subconscious mind are thus integrated and blind spots dissolved. DIO raises the conscious awareness to independently resolve mentioned traumas. It is not a therapeutic technique but a way of learning to integrate mind, body and spirit or in educational terms to align the multiple intelligences. Our observation has been that awareness alone results in interconnectedness, self-organization, self-regulation and self-healing of experience as a whole. This concurrently happens on different levels (mental, emotional, etc.). * Kinetic-Magneto-Gravitational characteristics = Quantum mechanical descriptions of movement, transformation or heat dissipation and gravity and their effects on living systems. For more details click here...