Introducing Ken Wilber

Author : Lew Howard
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781463481933

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Introducing Ken Wilber by Lew Howard Pdf

Ken Wilbers revolutionary thinking is beginning to shift the orientation of Western culture. Wilber combines his knowledge as mystic, scientist, psychologist and philosopher to create comprehensive concepts for understanding our world and our place in it. This integral approach is much needed in a world torn by conflicts of religion, culture, and ideology. Lew Howard says, I wrote this book to make the work of Ken Wilber accessible to the average person. Wilbers integral understanding (which is an interlocking whole) is broken down into concepts that can be individually understood. These understandings result in an integral conception of the Kosmos. Wilbers insights revolutionized my spiritual practiceand can do the same for you.

Author : Ken Wilber,Terry Patten,Adam Leonard,Marco Morelli
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0834822431

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Integral Life Practice by Ken Wilber,Terry Patten,Adam Leonard,Marco Morelli Pdf

Over the last thirty-five years, Ken Wilber has developed an Integral "theory of everything" that makes sense of how all the world's knowledge systems—East and West; ancient, modern, and postmodern—fit together and can elevate our awareness. Drawing on science, psychology, human development, spirituality, religion, and dozens of other fields, Integral Theory is a revolutionary framework for understanding ourselves and the world we live in. Now there is a way to not just think Integrally, but to embody an Integral worldview in your everyday life. Integral Life Practice is not just a new approach to self-development and higher awareness, but a way of making sense of—and making best use of—the existing treasure trove of insights, methods, and practices for cultivating a more enlightened life. It offers a uniquely adaptive approach to awakened living that's suitable for everyone: people with busy careers and families, college students, retirees, even hardcore athletes and yogis. It's geared for devout—and irreverent—people of any religion, or no religion! This highly flexible system will help you develop your physical health, spiritual awareness, emotional balance, mental clarity, relational joy, and energy level, within a framework that integrates all aspects of your life. Combining original exercises, vivid examples, cutting-edge theory, and illustrative graphics, Integral Life Practice is the ultimate handbook for realizing freedom and fullness in the 21st century.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781611806427

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The Integral Vision by Ken Wilber Pdf

A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year This pop culture presentation of Ken Wilber’s Integral Approach—an inclusive, visionary framework for understanding human potential—is as an easy introduction to his work What if we attempted to create an all-inclusive map that touches the most important factors from all the world’s great traditions? Using all the known systems and models of human growth—from the ancient sages to the latest breakthroughs in cognitive science—Ken Wilber distills their major components into five simple elements, ones that readers can relate to their own experience right now. With clear explanations, practical exercises, and familiar examples, The Integral Vision invites readers to share in the innovative approach to spiritual growth, business success, and personal relationships. The Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts. The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. The books in this collection distill the wisdom and heart of the work Shambhala Publications has published over 50 years into a compact format that is collectible, reader-friendly, and applicable to everyday life.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780834822177

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The Essential Ken Wilber by Ken Wilber Pdf

An introduction to the work of an esteemed American philosopher, whose integral approach to human consciousness blends Western psychology with Eastern spirituality Ever since the publication of his first book, The Spectrum of Consciousness, written when he was twenty-three, Ken Wilber has been identified as the most comprehensive philosophical thinker of our times. This introductory sampler, designed to acquaint newcomers with his work, contains brief passages from his most popular books. Ranging over a variety of topics, concepts include levels of consciousness, mystical experience, meditation practice, death, the perennial philosophy, and Wilber’s integral approach to reality, integrating matter, body, mind, soul, and spirit. Here is Wilber’s writing at its most reader-friendly, discussing essential ideas of the world’s great psychological, philosophical, and spiritual traditions in language that is lucid, engaging, and inspirational.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780834823044

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A Theory of Everything by Ken Wilber Pdf

A concise, comprehensive overview of the “M Theory” and its application in today’s world, by a renowned American philosopher Ken Wilber has long been hailed as one of the most important thinkers of our time, but his work has seemed inaccessible to readers who lack a background in consciousness studies or evolutionary theory—until now. In A Theory of Everything, Wilber uses clear, non-technical language to present complex, cutting-edge theories that integrate the realms of body, mind, soul, and spirit. He then demonstrates how these theories and models can be applied to real world problems and incorporated into readers’ everyday lives. Wilber begins his study by presenting models like “spiral dynamics”—a leading model of human evolution—and his groundbreaking “all-level, all-quadrant” model for integrating science and religion, showing how they are being applied to politics, medicine, business, education, and the environment. He also covers broader models, explaining how they can integrate the various worldviews that have been developed around the world throughout the ages. Finally, Wilber proposes that readers take up an "integral transformative practice"—such as meditation—to help them apply and develop this integral vision in their personal, daily lives. A fascinating and easy-to-follow exploration of the “M Theory,” this book is another tour-de-force from one of America’s most inventive minds.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X004265738

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One Taste by Ken Wilber Pdf

As one who has written extensively about the interior life, meditation, and psychotherapy, Ken Wilber naturally arouses the curiosity of his readers. People wonder about his meditation practice, his schedule of reading and writing, and assorted details of his personal life. In response to this curiosity, this diary of a year in the life of Ken Wilber offers an unprecedented entree into his private world - as well as a further exploration into his essential thought on the perennial philosophy.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781590304501

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A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber Pdf

Told in an accessible and entertaining question-and-answer format, this account examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter to life to mind, including the higher stages of spiritual development where Spirit becomes conscious of itself.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780834822689

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No Boundary by Ken Wilber Pdf

A straightforward and accessible study of personal development and human consciousness, as seen through the lens of Eastern and Western therapeutic traditions A simple yet comprehensive guide to the types of psychologies and therapies available from Eastern and Western sources. Each chapter includes a specific exercise designed to help the reader understand the nature and practice of the specific therapies. Wilber presents an easy-to-use map of human consciousness against which the various therapies are introduced and explained. This edition includes a new preface.

Author : Frank Visser
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791486450

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Ken Wilber by Frank Visser Pdf

The first comprehensive overview of the life and thought of the American philosopher Ken Wilber.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Consciousness
ISBN : UVA:X030110765

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Integral Spirituality by Ken Wilber Pdf

Discussing a cutting-edge theory of spirituality for todays global society, this work explores the startling new role for religion in the modern and postmodern world, marrying the truth of modern science and postmodern culture with the wisdom of the great religions.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0834821796

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Boomeritis by Ken Wilber Pdf

Ken Wilber's latest book is a daring departure from his previous writings—a highly original work of fiction that combines brilliant scholarship with tongue-in-cheek storytelling to present the integral approach to human development that he expounded in more conventional terms in his recent A Theory of Everything. The story of a naïve young grad student in computer science and his quest for meaning in a fragmented world provides the setting in which Wilber contrasts the alienated "flatland" of scientific materialism with the integral vision, which embraces body, mind, soul, and spirit in self, culture, and nature. The book especially targets one of the most stubborn obstacles to realizing the integral vision: a disease of egocentrism and narcissism that Wilber calls "boomeritis" because it seems to plague the baby-boomer generation most of all. Through a series of sparkling seminar-lectures skillfully interwoven with the hero's misadventures in the realms of sex, drugs, and popular culture, all of the major tenets of extreme postmodernism are criticized—and exemplified—including the author's having a bad case of boomeritis himself. Parody, intellectual slapstick, and a mind-twisting surprise ending unite to produce a highly entertaining summary of the work of cutting-edge theorists in human development from around the world.

Author : Martin Ucik
Publisher : singles2couples publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780984570300

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Integral Relationships: A Manual for Men by Martin Ucik Pdf

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781590304754

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The Integral Vision by Ken Wilber Pdf

Presents an analysis describing the patterns that exist between psychological, spiritual, and social growth.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834841277

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Integral Buddhism by Ken Wilber Pdf

An edifying view of Buddhism from one of today's leading philosophers: a look at its history and foundational teachings, how it fits into modern society, and how it (and other world religions) will evolve. What might religion look like in the future? Our era of evolution in social consciousness and revolution in science, technology, and neuroscience has created difficulties for some practitioners of the world’s great spiritual traditions. How can one remain true to their central teachings while also integrating those teachings into a new framework that is inclusive of ongoing discoveries? Taking the example of Buddhism to explore this key question, Ken Wilber offers insights that are relevant to all of the great traditions. He shows that traditional Buddhist teachings themselves suggest an ongoing evolution leading toward a more unified, holistic, and interconnected spirituality. Touching on all of the key turning points in the history of Buddhism, Wilber describes the ways in which the tradition has been open to the continuing unfolding and expansion of its own teachings, and he suggests possible paths toward an ever more Integral approach. This work is a precursor to and condensed version of Wilber’s The Religion of Tomorrow.

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781611804522

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A Brief History of Everything (20th Anniversary Edition) by Ken Wilber Pdf

“A clarion call for seeing the world as a whole,” this philosophical bestseller takes readers through history, from the Big Bang through the 21st century—now featuring an afterword with the writer-director of the Matrix franchise (San Francisco Chronicle) Join one of the greatest contemporary philosophers on a breathtaking tour of time and the Cosmos—from the Big Bang right up to the eve of the twenty-first century. This accessible and entertaining summary of Ken Wilber’s great ideas has been expanding minds now for two decades, providing a unified field theory of the universe. Along the way, Wilber talks on a host of issues related to that universe, from gender roles, to multiculturalism, environmentalism, and even the meaning of the Internet. This special anniversary edition contains an afterword, a dialogue between the author and Lana Wachowski—the award-winning writer-director of the Matrix film trilogy—in which we’re offered an intimate glimpse into the evolution of Ken’s thinking and where he stands today. A Brief History of Everything may well be the best introduction to the thought of this man who has been called the “Einstein of Consciousness” (John White).