INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 930 Amsterdam, April 7th, 2021 BLIND SPOTS IN THE INTEGRAL AQAL WORLD VIEW - JOSEPH DILLARD This is the context of respect and appreciation in which I offer the following criticisms of what I view as limitations of Integral AQAL as presently formulated. However, it is easy to criticize Integral, anything, or anyone; it is much more challenging to suggest reasonable and practical paths toward some higher order synthesis or a yet more comprehensive variety of Integral. To even do so puts me in the preposterous position of implying I know better than Wilber. I am quite aware Wilber is more advanced on both the lines of cognition and spiritual intelligence than I am. At the same time, the usual criticism, that alternative views can and should be dismissed as coming from some lower level of development need to be carefully considered. On Integral forums such arguments often mask superficial dismissal, discounting, and elitism, exceptionalism, and hubris. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/dillard52.html