“Prana is implicate to matter but explicate to mind; mind is implicate to prana but explicate to soul; soul is implicate to mind but explicate to spirit; and the spirit is the source and suchness of the entire sequence.”

—  Ken Wilber

Eye to Eye: The Quest for the New Paradigm (1984)

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