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Kosmic Consciousness [Unabridged, Audiobook] by Ken Wilber
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (November 2003) | ISBN: 1591791243 | Language: English | Audio CD in MP3/128 kbps | 696 MB
Before the birth of the universe, there existed your "Original Face," the limitless Self that has been present throughout the unfolding of inert matter into life-and that continues to dwell within us at every level of consciousness. Where is this grand evolution taking us-and how can you participate fully in it? On Kosmic Consciousness, Ken Wilber invites you to find out.
In 10 fascinating sessions, he pursues the questions most relevant to today's spiritual seeker. Join one of the most significant thinkers of our time as he shares a feast of ideas to inspire you in your personal evolution.
Book Description
"Just who is Ken Wilber?" For more than 30 years, a rising tide of readers enthralled by this visionary philosopher's map of human potential have asked this question about the famously "low profile" author. Finally, early this year, Wilber--the author of "A Brief History of Everything and "Grace and Grit--agreed to create a series of in-depth dialogues on audio for the first time ever. The result is "Kosmic Consciousness: a landmark recording that invites us to experience a full-length audio learning course with this celebrated thinker. Listeners will be surprised and delighted to discover the Ken Wilber behind the writer's pen--spontaneous, irreverent, and incredibly passionate about how each of us can participate in the unfolding of human consciousness. Through over 12 hours of revelatory insights, "Kosmic Consciousness explores: The integral map of the "Kosmos (the universe that includes the physical cosmos as well as the realms of consciousness and Spirit) - The pursuit of the Good, the True,and the Beautiful - Discovering your "multiple intelligences" - Using altered states - Male and female sexuality - How meditation accelerates personal growth - Prayer, does it work? - Integral perspectives on individuals spanning Jung to Piaget, Baryshnikov to Nietzsche, Jesus to the Buddha, and much more. For Ken Wilber's many avid readers--and those who have been waiting for a highly accessible invitation to his work--here is one of the most creative and significant thinkers of our time offering a feast of ideas and inspiration on our evolution toward "Kosmic Consciousness. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
Kosmic Consciousness Highlights:
. The "one taste" of the Kosmos
. Quadrants, lines, states, types, and stages-a complete introduction to the Integral Map
. Assessing your constellation of "multiple intelligences"
. The Good, the True, and the Beautiful-three realms of experience explored
. How meditation works and why it is the most reliable tool for personal development
. Feminine and masculine drives- how our biology influences our spiritual evolution
. The chakra system, a paradigm for the unfolding self
. Integral insights for artists, business people, and athletes
. Altered states of consciousness- how they can catalyze (or hinder) transformation
. Sexuality and lovemaking in the gross, subtle, and causal bodies
. The "pre-trans fallacy," an essential insight for evaluating spiritual tools, traditions, and teachers
. How fearlessness grows as your sense of self expands
. Four definitions of spirituality
. The ego-is it a vehicle or an obstacle to awakening?
. Lucid dreaming, astrology, brain machines, the enneagram-integral perspectives
. Mystical experiences in nature-a window into spirit
. How love "re-wires" the self
. Could your dog be an enlightened master?
. Basic Moral Intuition-a compass for our actions in the world
. Cultural "centers of gravity" and how they influence us
. Insights of Jurgen Habermas, Jean Gebser, Carol Gilligan, Howard Gardner, Clare Graves, Jane Loevinger, and others
. Reincarnation-myth or provable phenomenon?
. What does an enlightened teacher "transmit?"
. Ascending, descending, and "non-dual" spiritual paths
. Tantra and the "embrace of heaven and earth"
. Over 12 hours of insights in a rare series of meetings with Ken Wilber
KOSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS Table of Contents
Disc One
The Integral Approach: the Big Three, the Quadrants, and the Lines of Development
1. Introduction
2. Ken Wilber: Kosmic storyteller
3. Integral map-making
4. I, We, and It-the Good, the True, and the Beautiful
5. The Four Quadrants
6. The Lines of Development
7. The special importance of cognitive development
Disc Two
Evolution Enfolds: the Stages of Development
1. Introduction
2. The Stage conception
3. What does "spiritual" mean?
4. Levels, structures, stages, waves
5. Are we evolving as a species?
6. The dangers of evolution
7. Reincarnation and human development through the life cycle
Disc Three
From Identification with self to Realization of the Self
1. Introduction
2. A simple model of development
3. Divination, astrology, and the pre-trans fallacy
4. From mythic to integral, and beyond
5. What techno-economic base will emerge to support integral consciousness?
6. The widening of identity
7. "Center of gravity" and the developmental line of the self
8. Was Ramana Maharshi an integrally realized world teacher?
Disc Four
States of Consciousness
1. Introduction
2. Waking, dreaming, and deep sleep-the gross, subtle, and causal realms
3. Your Original Face-the ever-present Witness
4. How the experience of altered states leads to the acquisition of higher stages of development
5. An integrally informed approach to psychedelics
6. Levels and fields of subtle energy
7. Can you rank evolution by species?
8. The Wilber-Combs Matrix
9. The momentous leap from first tier to second tier consciousness
Disc Five
Types
1. Introduction
2. Typology and the Integral Map
3. Gender tendencies and masculine and feminine modes of being
4. Rights and responsibilities, freedom and fullness
5. Making love in the gross, subtle, and causal body
6. Androgyny, bisexuality, and the cultivation of masculine and feminine sexual energy
7. Combining vertical scales with horizontal systems of typology
8. Will new elements be added to the integral map?
Disc Six
The Precious Opportunity of Human Birth
1. Introduction
2. Ascending, descending, and non-dual spiritual orientations
3. What is the goal of human development?
4. The realization of One Taste
5. Precious human birth
6. The seven chakras correlated with states and stages
7. What happens when an enlightened being dies?
Disc Seven
Developing Witness Consciousness
1. Introduction
2. The Inexpressibles
3. EEG evidence of brain states associated with satori
4. How meditation accelerates vertical development
5. Does writing strengthen the witness?
6. Turiya: the fourth state of consciousness
7. Highlights of Ken Wilber's personal experiences with meditation
8. Breakthroughs, downturns, and plateaus in Ken Wilber's process of awakening
Disc Eight
Integral Transformative Practice
1. Introduction
2. The transmission of non-dual awareness
3. How can we understand the uneven development of spiritual teachers?
4. Have we moved beyond the age of gurus?
5. Guidelines for choosing a spiritual teacher
6. Exercising body, mind, and spirit in self, culture, and nature
7. The world of the dream and the world of waking up-the domains of psychotherapy and spiritual practice
8. The Ego-ego axis
9. Does prayer accelerate human development?
Disc Nine
The Basic Moral Intuition
1. Introduction
2. The greatest depth for the greatest span
3. Animal rights, abortion, capital punishment-ethical dilemmas that involve evaluating the depth of sentient life
4. What about vegetarianism and the basic moral intuition?
5. When is war justified?
6. Integral peace-making and the vision of a World Federation
7. Diplomatic lying
Disc Ten
Applying the Integral Model
1. Introduction
2. Speaking AQAL-the language of an all-quadrant, all-level approach
3. Integral art
4. Is there a 3-D visual model for the integral map?
5. Ken Wilber applies his theory of literary criticism to his own work
6. Is understanding the integral model necessary for human development?
7. Should we consider a work of art separate from the ethics of the artist?
8. An all-quadrant, all-level story of the future
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