What we have is a truly fascinating cultural phenomenon, which involves not primarily a new mode of transformative spirituality, but the emergence of a relatively new mode of translative spirituality. Not a new authenticity — or way to find actual transcendence of the self — but a new legitimacy — or way to give meaning to the self. Not a new and profound growth in consciousness, but a new way to feel good at one's present stage.
— Ken Wilber, One Taste