A term coined by Arthur Koestler. In Integral Theory, a holon refers to a whole that is simultaneously part of another whole, or “whole/part.” Whole atoms are parts of whole molecules, which themselves are parts of whole cells, and so on. There are individual holons and social holons. The main difference between the two is that individual holons have a subjective awareness or dominant monad (an “I”), while social holons have an intersubjective awareness, dominant mode of discourse, or predominant mode of resonance (a “We”/“Its”): social holons emerge when individual holons commune. Individual and social holons follow the twenty tenets. Lastly, “holon,” in the broadest sense, simply means “any whole that is a part of another whole,” and thus artifacts and heaps can loosely be considered “holons.”

Audhu bi-llahi mina-sh-shaytan-r-rajim Bismillâh ir-rahmân ir-rahîm Al-hamdulillâhi rabb il-âlamîn ar-rahmân ir-rahîm. Mâliki yawm id-dîn Iyyâka na`budu wa iyyâka nasta`în ihdinâ s-sirât al-mustaqîm sirât al-ladhîna an`amta `alayhim ghayr il-maghdûbi `alayhim wa la d-dâlîn Amîn.

"Transformative spirituality, authentic spirituality, is therefore revolutionary. It does not legitimatize the world, it breaks the world; it does not console the world, it shatters it. And it does not render the self content, it renders it undone." -Ken Wilber

Lâ hawla wa lâ quwwata illâ billâh

We invoke the One whose body is the cosmos, which we share in our bodies; and whose mind is the software behind the existential appearance of reality, and in which mind we participate in our thinking; and whose presence is continually lying in wait in our being, and yet who outstrips any concept that we can possibly construct, and we invoke all those beings who have attained a level of realization that inspires us and helps us to validate our being and fulfill the purpose of our life. - Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (ral.)

"Each soul and spirit prior to its entering into this world, consists of a male and female united into one being. When it descends on this earth the two parts separate and animate two different bodies. At the time of marriage, the Holy One, blessed be He, who knows all souls and spirits, unites them again as they were before, and they again constitute one body and one soul, forming as it were the right and left of one individual." - The Zohar

Asato ma Sat Gamaya Tamaso Ma JyotirGamaya Mrtyor Ma Amritam Gamaya Shanti, Shanti, Shanti

1 The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand things. Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.