▁of ▁Being , ▁be ars ▁a ▁distinct ▁similarity ▁to ▁T ao ist ▁ideas . ▁There ▁are ▁clear ▁par alle ls ▁between ▁He ide g ger ▁and ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Ky oto ▁School , ▁and ▁ultimately , ▁it ▁may ▁be ▁read ▁that ▁He ide g ger ' s ▁philosophy ▁is ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁' turn ▁east wards ' ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁crisis ▁in ▁Western ▁civil ization . ▁However , ▁this ▁is ▁only ▁an ▁interpretation . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁H indu ▁g uru ▁Sri ▁A uro bind o ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁German ▁Ide al ism ▁and ▁his ▁integral ▁y oga ▁is ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁synth esis ▁of ▁Eastern ▁and ▁Western ▁thought . ▁The ▁German ▁phenomen ologist ▁Jean ▁Geb ser ' s ▁writ ings ▁on ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁conscious ness ▁referred ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁planet ary ▁conscious ness ▁that ▁would ▁bridge ▁this ▁gap . ▁Follow ers ▁of ▁these ▁two ▁authors ▁are ▁often ▁grouped ▁together ▁under ▁the ▁term ▁Integr al ▁thought . ▁ ▁Swiss ▁psych ologist ▁Carl ▁Jung ▁was ▁deeply ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁I ▁Ch ing ▁( Book ▁of ▁Ch anges ), ▁an ▁ancient ▁Chinese ▁text ▁that ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁Shang ▁D ynast y ▁(. ▁ 1 , 7 0 0 – 1 , 0 5 0 ▁B CE ). ▁It ▁uses ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁Y in ▁and ▁Yang , ▁which ▁it ▁places ▁into ▁hex agr ams ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁div ination . ▁Carl ▁Jung ' s ▁idea ▁of ▁synchron icity ▁moves ▁towards ▁an ▁Oriental ▁view ▁of