This can briefly be explained as follows. Indeed, this approach is so dominant in ecophilosophy that many ecophilosphers persist in thinking that this is also the primary concern of deep ecologists. Rather, deep ecologists are primarily concerned with advocating the realization of a certain state of being, specifically, the this- worldly realization of as expansive a sense of self as possible. This is a crucial difference in emphasis. If I can successfully argue that A is valuable in and of itself, then it follows, on moral grounds, that everyone ought to act toward A in certain ways and not act toward A in other ways irrespective of her or his personal feelings about A. Arguments for intrinsic value, in other words, imply certain codes of conduct.
Transpersonal ecology represents one particular kind of approach to ecocentric ecology.
When we consider this distinctive kind of approach to ecocentric ecology further, the question naturally arises as to how one is to realize, in a this- worldly sense, as expansive a sense of self as possible. But transpersonal ecologists have a particular kind of identification in mind here. This can briefly be explained as follows. Emphasizing a purely personal basis for identification implies an emphasis upon identification with entities with which one has considerable personal contact. That the self advances and confirms the myriad things is called delusion.