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“In a special sense... the three great natural states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep contain an entire spectrum of spiritual enlightenment.”

Quote by Ken Wilber

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Ken Wilber is an American writer and philosopher, born on January 31, 1949. He is the founder of Integral Theory, which aims to integrate human knowledge, philosophy, psychology, and religion. Wilber's work covers a wide range of fields, including personal growth, spiritual development, and cultural studies. more

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“For what we don't realize today is just what the typical self of every previous stage failed likewise to comprehend: this is not the highest and greatest mode of consciousness which can be attained - there lie ahead the realms of the superconscious and the pitiful ego, by comparison, is as a speck of nothingness.”

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Book:The Collected Works of Ken Wilber: The Atman Project ; Up from Eden

Source: The Collected Works of Ken Wilber: The Atman Project ; Up from Eden

“In the dream state, the mind and soul are set free to create as they please, to imagine vast worlds not tied to gross sensory realities but reaching out, almost magically, to touch other souls, other people and far-off places, wild and radiant images cascading to the rhythm of the heart's desire.”

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Book:Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World

Source: Integral Spirituality: A Startling New Role for Religion in the Modern and Postmodern World

“The integral sage, the nondual sage, is here to show us otherwise. Known generally as "Tantric," these sages insist on transcending life by living it. They insist on finding release by engagement, finding nirvana in the midst of samsara, finding total liberation by complete immersion.”

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Book:One Taste

Source: One Taste

“But the real intent of my writing is not to say, you must think in this way. The real intent is to enrich: here are some of the many important facets of this extraordinary Kosmos; have you thought of including them in your worldview? My work is an attempt to make room in the Kosmos for all the dimensions, levels, domains, waves, memes, modes, individuals, cultures, and so on ad infinitum.”

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Book:A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality

Source: A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality

“What good is it to continue to focus on the exterior technological wonders before us - from indefinite life extension to computer/mind interlinks to unlimited zero-point energy to worm-hole intergalactic space travel - if all we carry with us is an egocentric red-mem Nazis and KKK? Do we really want Jack the Ripper living 400 years, zipping around the country in his hypercar, unleashing misogynistic nanorobots? Exterior developments are clearly a concern; how much more so are interior developments - or lack there of.”

Source: A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality

“A natural hierarchy is simply an order of increasing wholeness, such as: particles to atoms to cells to organisms, or letters to words to sentences to paragraphs. The whole of one level becomes part of the whole of the next. In other words, natural hierarchies are composed of holons.”

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Book:A Brief History of Everything

Source: A Brief History of Everything

“I'll tell you what I think. I think sages are the growing tip of the secret impulse of evolution. I think they are the leading edge of the self-transcending drive that always goes beyond what went before. I think they embody the very drive of the Kosmos toward greater depth and expanding consciousness. I think they are riding the edge of a light beam toward a rendezvous with God.”

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Book:A Brief History of Everything

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“And as for baby-boomer parents cluck-clucking about illegal substances, ah, gimme a break. Still, I think I'll pass on the rave. But more power to 'em, I say.”

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Book:One Taste

Source: One Taste

“The Witness is a huge step forward, and it is a necessary and important step in meditation, but it is not ultimate. When the Witness or the soul is finally undone, then the Witness dissolves into everything that is witnessed. The subject/object duality collapses and there is only pure nondual awareness, which is very simple, very obvious.”

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Book:Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber

Source: Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber

“All sentient beings - all holons in fact - contain Buddha-nature - contain depth, consciousness, intrinsic value, Spirit - and thus we are all members of the council of all beings... And the ultimate objective truth is that all beings are perfect manifestations of Spirit or Emptiness”

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Book:The Essential Ken Wilber

Source: The Essential Ken Wilber