Naess, Identification and Self-Realization.

Naess, on page 135, outlines the themes of the self, and the Self.  "The narrow self (ego) and the comprehensive Self (written with capital S) Self-realization as the realization of the comprehensive Self, not the cultivation of the ego.
The process of identification as the basic tool of widening the self and as a natural consequence of increased maturity. Strong identification with the whole of nature in its diversity and interdependence of parts as a source of active participation in the deep ecological movement Identification as a source of belief in intrinsic values. The question of "objective" validity."

Might identification as a "spontaneous non-rational" process resemble immediate sense-perception?  Might this be a case where we reach full human potential and self-realization from universals to particulars (knowledge?), or from "objective validity" to ego-realization?   Is there a way we can progress from the Self to the self?   In this sense, identification might not be a "widening" of the ego (self) but an introspective inquiry only after our holistic development.  Are our rational minds, in a process of demonstration as a means to establish universal validity,  the only way to truth?   Might intuitions serve as premises in practical modes of dialectic inquiry?   Are we, before our moment of "apperception" a part of environment in such a way that we might call this unity identification?  Is this a useful way to think about our relationship with the environment?