Ken Wilber
Kenneth Earl Wilber II
1949-present • American
Integral SpiritualityPerennial Philosophy
American philosopher who created Integral Theory, synthesizing science, psychology, and spirituality into a unified framework.
Key Works
- A Brief History of Everything
- The Atman Project
- Integral Spirituality
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Quotes by Ken Wilber
103 quotes“Don't confuse states with stages.”
discriminationIntegral Spirituality
“You are an opening through which the entire kosmos is gazing.”
unityOne Taste
“Awakening is the cessation of the search.”
awakeningOne Taste
“Consciousness is the most important fact in the universe.”
consciousnessThe Spectrum of Consciousness
“All schools of psychology and spirituality describe a partial truth.”
integralIntegral Psychology
“Real spiritual practice integrates body, shadow, mind, and spirit.”
integrationIntegral Life Practice
“To know yourself, know all the stages you have been through.”
self-knowledgeIntegral Spirituality
“Non-dual awareness is the simplest fact of your experience.”
non-dualityOne Taste
“Spirit is what is awake right now, reading these words.”
presenceOne Taste
“Eros pulls evolution upward. Agape returns it downward.”
evolutionSex, Ecology, Spirituality
“You are the creative principle of the entire kosmos.”
identityOne Taste
“Not even God is a thing. God is the Ground.”
divineA Brief History of Everything
“Be a champion of pluralism. Be a champion of integration.”
integralIntegral Spirituality
“Every me, every I, every we, every it — all part of the great pattern.”
unityA Brief History of Everything
“Your shadow is what you have disowned. Reclaim it.”
shadowIntegral Life Practice
“To awaken is to recognize the timeless in the temporal.”
awakeningOne Taste
“Being and becoming are not two. They are one mystery.”
non-dualityA Brief History of Everything
“What you cannot see, you cannot transcend.”
awarenessIntegral Spirituality
“Higher development includes lower stages — does not abandon them.”
developmentA Brief History of Everything
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