Reply #17: Wilber is a curious mix.

[bigmonkey]

I have the feeling that something is missing in his viewpoint, but I don't know how to characterize it. I don't think that he can be characterized as in line with the "white male syndrome," but how exactly he differs from that is something that hurts the brain to think about. He has very extensive bona fides in the experiential realm.

It's his whole point that the next step is neither the old "white male syndrome" pattern, nor the now-becoming-old pattern of rejecting and reacting to the "white male syndrome," but is something further that transcends and includes the positive that came with both the "syndrome" and the valid criticisms of it that have followed. He's very aware of the "objectifying masculine" influence, the "disembodied ego."

Aargh, I'm stymied right now trying to come up with something helpful to say.