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With so much hostility, antagonism, cynicism, and discord, how can we mend the ruptures in our society?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed philosopher Ken Wilber examines our polarization through the lens of Integral Theory to show what led to these fractures, both in America and around the world—as well as what is needed for humanity to move forward. In his provocative analysis, he explores how the arising of support for antagonistic authoritarians represents a backlash against the failure of those at the leading edge of consciousness (postmodernism and pluralism) to acknowledge the challenges that persist amidst our imagined progress: that, to date, society has been not proven to be equal, and liberty and justice have not been consistent for all. But a new Integral force is emerging that can move beyond the narcissism, nihilism, and cynicism to offer genuine leadership and move us all toward greater wholeness. 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Integral Mindfulness applies many of the leading-edge  insights of Ken Wilber's Integral Theory—the first system to combine  Eastern teachings on the five stages of awakening with the eight major  Western models of human development, thus portraying the complete path  of human evolution. In addition to all the benefits to body, mind, and  spirit that standard mindfulness meditation confers, practicing Integral  Mindfulness promises a more powerful approach to personal  transformation and brings within reach the fullest experience of  Enlightenment possible.\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003eBeginning with as little as fifteen to  thirty minutes of daily sessions, the meditator can gradually expand  from there by slowly and easily adding significant aspects of the  practice. Meditation instructions and step-by-step guided contemplations  are given in detail. Readers learn how to create a graph to track  progress and discover natural strengths and potentials. 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Ken’s wide-ranging commentary—which questions conventional and New Age approaches to illness and reaches beyond the experience to find wisdom in pain—is combined with Treya’s journals to create a portrait of health and healing, wholeness and harmony, and suffering and surrender. 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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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This special anniversary edition contains an afterword, a dialogue between the author and Lana Wachowski—the award-winning writer-director of the \u003ci\u003eMatrix\u003c\/i\u003e film trilogy—in which we’re offered an intimate glimpse into the evolution of Ken’s thinking and where he stands today. \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e may well be the best introduction to the thought of this man who has been called the “Einstein of Consciousness” (John White).","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301947355509,"sku":"9781611804522","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781611804522_1837c58c-4d6b-4db8-86b6-f59d268391ff.jpg?v=1786023483"},{"product_id":"9781645473909","title":"Finding Radical Wholeness","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom integral philosopher Ken Wilber, a practical guide to finding a radical and complete Wholeness through a path that blends integral theory, psychology, spiritual practice, and shadow work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to Ken Wilber, the perpetual human search for growth and fulfillment is often incomplete. In this book, Wilber integrates the wisdom of spirituality, psychology, shadow work, science, and integral theory to offer us a path to a radical and complete Wholeness of Waking Up, Growing Up, Opening Up, Cleaning Up, and Showing Up. Wilber shows readers how to apply integral theory to their everyday lives for transformation. For example, he shows how the theory of the Four Quadrants—the four perspectives through which we view the world—relates to our lives and allows us to show up and be more present. He also discusses how to evolve our multiple intelligences, how to increase our spiritual awareness, how to process what’s hidden in the depths of our consciousness, and how to enhance, deepen, and widen the feelings of bliss and love through the practice of integral tantric sex. Wilber introduces several practices—on topics such as the Witness, One Taste, and shadow work—to lead us to direct experiences that we can integrate into our lives. In this way, we truly understand Wholeness and can make room for everything life brings our way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo other path of growth includes these five categories—each of which is a unique path to wholeness. By combining them and integrating them, one comes to a realization of what Wilber calls Big Wholeness—a completeness in which everything in our experience comes together to pull us into this deep meaning, where we feel in touch not only with all of the important aspects of ourselves but also with everything in our world.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302164476277,"sku":"9781645473909","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781645473909_b74f22fe-5d43-4be0-aff1-d3d0238f30ac.jpg?v=1786024301"},{"product_id":"9781611806427","title":"The Integral Vision","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With clear explanations, practical exercises, and familiar examples, \u003ci\u003eThe Integral Vision\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to share in the innovative approach to spiritual growth, business success, and personal relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Shambhala Pocket Library\u003c\/b\u003e 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.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304580591989,"sku":"9781611806427","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781611806427_b3615b73-77b5-4f79-ba44-5cd76e800fe3.jpg?v=1786023520"},{"product_id":"9781590304679","title":"Integral Life Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow to put Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory—which synthesizes the teachings of the world’s great wisdom traditions—into practice in all aspects of everyday life, so you can reach your full human potential\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A masterpiece guide of grounded, intelligent, self-transforming wisdom integrating the insights of all the great traditions of truth.” —Caroline Myss, author of \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of the Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. 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For the traditions to attract modern men and women, Wilber asserts, they must incorporate the extraordinary number of scientific truths learned about human nature in just the past hundred years—for example, about the mind and brain, emotions, and the growth of consciousness—that the ancients were simply unaware of and thus were unable to include in their meditative systems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taking Buddhism as an example, Wilber demonstrates how his comprehensive Integral Approach—which is already being applied to several world religions by some of their adherents—can avert a “cultural disaster of unparalleled proportions”: the utter neglect of the glorious upper reaches of human potential by the materialistic postmodern worldview. Moreover, he shows how we can apply this approach to our own spiritual practice. 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