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Nº 02 · Autumn Equinox · MMXXVI

AQUAL as Received

Part One, Chapter 1 — a summary of Wilber's achievement, on its own terms.


  1. 01

    Chapter 1 · §1.1 · 7 min

    The Fundamental Problem AQUAL Solves

    Partial truths mistaken for total ones — and the coordinate system that puts each in its rightful place.

  2. 02

    Chapter 1 · §1.2 · 6 min

    Levels — Development Within Each Quadrant

    The second pillar: every quadrant unfolds through stages. The map of maps is not flat; it spirals.

  3. 03

    §1.3 · 6 min

    Lines — The Many Intelligences of a Person

    Cognitive, emotional, moral, somatic, interpersonal, spiritual. A single number cannot describe a person; a chord can.

  4. 04

    §1.4 · 5 min

    States — The Weather Across the Map

    Gross, subtle, causal, witness, nondual. The weather of consciousness moves across the structural map; mistaking weather for terrain is the oldest spiritual confusion.