To: Platt
I just bought the same book last weekend along with 2 of the early Ken Wilber
books. I should be able to read NonZero in the next week or two, and perhaps
we can compare notes. I read Wright's "Moral Animal" a while back too. He
has many interesting sociological theories that only improve when overlaid
with our metaphysics. As I remember, Wright does a good job at explaining
that status is always relative, and that young males cannot afford
(evolutionarily) to abide low status. If the values of society at large are
stacked against some individuals, they will tend to form subcultures that
allow them to use their strengths to gain status in new ways.
The Wilber books are incredible at discussing mystical experience and
duality. Wilber thoroughly understands the duality of SOM, and carefully
prescribes methods (actually he summarizes the various methods of Zen) to
avoid subject/object thought. Until I read Wilber, I never really REALLY
understood Bodvar's Solaqi concept ...it always seemed like a convoluted
theory in search of a problem. I now think that the two of them point to the
same effect, namely that thinking itself divides and objectifies reality.
The funny thing is that Bo has dissed Wilber as some kind of shallow "new
ager." I guess it again shows the value of reading various theories for bits
of value and insight rather than for one objective truth.
I seem to recall you were a fan of Wilber a few years ago.....
Rog
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