Comments on: Surfaces and Depth – Part 1 http://integralrecovery.com/2008/01/surfaces-and-depth-part-1/ Overcoming Addiction, Alcoholism and Depression Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:18:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: john http://integralrecovery.com/2008/01/surfaces-and-depth-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6 john Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:44:28 +0000 http://integralrecovery.com/2008/01/surfaces-and-depth-part-1/#comment-6 Bob, Thanks so much Your thoughts mean alot. Let's keep in touch as this wave rises. john Bob, Thanks so much Your thoughts mean alot. Let’s keep in touch as this wave rises.
john

]]> By: Bob D. http://integralrecovery.com/2008/01/surfaces-and-depth-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Bob D. Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:25:00 +0000 http://integralrecovery.com/2008/01/surfaces-and-depth-part-1/#comment-4 John, Thank you for this extremely well-written and insightful essay, and also for this site. I'm in the process of adding an "Integral Psychology Portal" (not anywhere near completion) to my website, and I wanted to use addiction/recovery as a way to illustrate the principles of an "Integral" perspective. I was blown away to see all the wonderful work you have already done in this area. I still have many questions about how to most effectively define and apply an Integral perspective, and I intend to present Wilber's AQAL model as one of several approaches (although certainly the most developed and clearly presented). One of the problems I've had with AQAL is that while being a nice tool for general orientation, it has seemed to me to be too complex and convoluted to be of much practical value. Just an hour on your site has turned my head around on this, and I will be doing much thinking about all this in the coming weeks. Thanks again! Bob D. John,

Thank you for this extremely well-written and insightful essay, and also for this site. I’m in the process of adding an “Integral Psychology Portal” (not anywhere near completion) to my website, and I wanted to use addiction/recovery as a way to illustrate the principles of an “Integral” perspective. I was blown away to see all the wonderful work you have already done in this area.

I still have many questions about how to most effectively define and apply an Integral perspective, and I intend to present Wilber’s AQAL model as one of several approaches (although certainly the most developed and clearly presented). One of the problems I’ve had with AQAL is that while being a nice tool for general orientation, it has seemed to me to be too complex and convoluted to be of much practical value. Just an hour on your site has turned my head around on this, and I will be doing much thinking about all this in the coming weeks.

Thanks again!

Bob D.

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