first<\/span> explorer of some particular spiritual stage requires standing on the shoulders of those who have come before you. Heron\u2019s cite from Wilber doesn\u2019t support his assertion.<\/p>\nHeron\u2019s criticisms seem to come from a particular stage in Wilber\u2019s schemata, where relative truths are admitted, but absolute Truth is still looked at a bit scornfully (a stage I suppose we all move through, see my next post). But, from what little I have absorbed of Wilber\u2019s thought (maybe 1%!), he seems to anticipate this entirely. In the end, Heron\u2019s criticism made me more interested in Wilber\u2019s work (sometimes your best supporter is an attempted critic). <\/p>\n
That\u2019s not to say that I\u2019m a wholesale proponent of Wilber (it would be pretty sad if I were after such a brief introduction to his thought). I agree with some of Heron\u2019s implicit assertions in the beginning of his work: that sometimes a mind (such as Wilber\u2019s) attracts uncritical sycophants. Buddhist teachers have the same problem, summed up by the ironic comment: \u201cI am pointing toward the Truth, but all you do is stare at my finger.\u201d However, in the audio I\u2019ve heard thus far, Ken Wilber has made it clear that he is \u2018storytelling\u2019 or \u2018mapmaking\u2019, not revealing absolute truth (as something for us to grab and hold forever as our own).<\/p>\n
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