[Buddha-l] Religious, But Not Spiritual

[curt]

Alex Wilding wrote:
> curt:
>   
>> Is it just me - or does anyone else think that Ken Wilbur is a windbag?
>>     
> No, it's not just you. I must confess I only once tried to read any of his
> work, so I'm not qualified to hold a serious opinion, but the reason I
> stopped after only a dozen pages or so was because he gave the strong
> impression of being what in German is known as a "Spinner" - a lot of near
> nothing stretched out to look like something.
>   

Wouldn't the correct German phrase for him be "warmduscher"? I hardly 
think that reading Wilbur's "work" is necessary to size him up. All you 
need to do is take a look at the "Integral Life Practice Starter Kit": 
http://it.integralinstitute.org/public/static/ilpstarterkit.aspx .

> But I don't know anybody who has read him. In fact this list is one of the
> few places I've ever heard of him. I take it he's American.
>
>   

America is probably the only place on earth where someone like Wilbur 
could be taken seriously as an intellectual.

Curt Steinmetz