Some of you who are into intellectual reflections (hello Kirtanman:) might enjoy this.
Capriles is a professor and dzogchen (buddhist) practitioner from Venezuela. He writes about transpersonal psychology from the dzogchen point of view. He clearly expresses concepts from dzogchen and criticises transpersonal psychology for being too focused on transpersonal exdperiences (scenery) and not on discovering the Base/stillness aspect.
His articles can be found here: http://webdelprofesor.ula.ve/humanidades/elicap/en/Main/AcademicArticles
for example: Beyond Mind II: Further Steps to a Metatranspersonal Philosophy and Psychology
He also wrote (and is writing) a broad overview and criticism of philosophical concepts from various traditions/thinkers and iterprets it from the dzogchen point of view. Beyond Being, Beyond Mind, Beyond History
A Metaphenomenological, Metaexistential Philosophy, and a Metatranspersonal Metapsychology
“Elías Capriles… lucidly challenges Wilber’s well-known ontogenetic holoarchy model, claiming it is based on a delusion and its ond complicated gradations are only gradations of delusion… (He) also challenges other well-known transpersonal models, such as Washburn’s and Grof’s. Compellingly, (he) presents a strong case for an alternative view that could have major impact on transpersonal thought (because of) the powerful perspective it presents.”
An example of the writings
