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Old 09-16-2010, 01:22 PM   #2891 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SATCHMO View Post
I would definitely put him more in the realm of transpersonal/evolutionary psychology than zen, but I do understand what you're saying. His ideas are, without question, unconventional and have attracted their fair share of criticism, but having said that, I find that I agree one hundred percent with just about everything he asserts.
Oops - I was thinking of a totally different person: Dennis Genpo Merzel.
He wrote The Eye Never Sleeps - a book about Zen Buddhism which I think is pretty good.
He also founded the "Big Mind" process (he says you can achieve 'enlightenment' in an hour or something) which is what upsets Brad Warner.

I actually haven't read anything by Wilber.
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