Ken Wilber - A Brief History of Everything

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America This edition is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute z39.48 Standard. R This book is printed on 30% postconsumer recycled paper. For more information please visit www.shambhala.com. Distributed in the United States by Penguin Random House LLC and in Canada by Random House of Canada Ltd The Library of Congress catalogues the previous edition of this book as follows: Wilber, Ken. p. cm. isbn 978-1-57062-740-8 (alk. paper) isbn 978-1-61180-452-2 (anniversary ed.) 1. paper) isbn 978-1-61180-452-2 (anniversary ed.) 1.

SpiritMiscellanea. 2. CosmologyMiscellanea. 3. EvolutionMiscellanea. Title. bf1999.w5577 2000 191dc21 00-041992 ................. 8428$$ $$FM 11-04-16 13:40:11 PS Contents Foreword by Tony Schwartz xi

The Pattern That Connects The KosmosTwenty Tenets: The Patterns That ConnectAgency and CommunionTranscendence and DissolutionFour Drives of All HolonsCreative EmergenceHolarchyThe Way of All Embrace 2. The Secret Impulse Higher and LowerDepth and SpanKosmic ConsciousnessThe Spectrum of Consciousness 3. All Too Human ForagingHorticulturalAgrarianIndustrial 4. The Great Postmodern Revolution The Postmodern WatershedTwo Paths in PostmodernityOn the Edge of TomorrowTranscendence and Repression vii ................. 8428$$ CNTS 11-04-16 13:40:14 PS viii Contents 5. The Four Corners of the Kosmos The Four QuadrantsIntentional and BehavioralCultural and SocialAn ExampleThe Shape of Things to Come 6.

The Two Hands of God Mind and BrainThe Left- and Right-Hand PathsThe Monological Gaze: The Key to the Right-Hand PathsInterpretation: The Key to the Left-Hand PathsWhat Does That Dream Mean?Social Science versus Cultural UnderstandingHermeneuticsAll Interpretation Is Context-BoundNonhuman InterpretationSpiritual Interpretation 7. Attuned to the Kosmos Propositional TruthTruthfulnessJustnessFunctional FitConclusion: The Four Faces of Spirit 8. The Good, the True, and the Beautiful The Big ThreeThe Good News: Differentiation of the Big ThreeThe Bad News: Dissociation of the Big ThreeThe Task of Postmodernity: Integration of the Big ThreeThe Spiritual Big ThreePart Two: The Further Reaches of Spirit-in-Action 9. The Evolution of Consciousness Higher Stages of DevelopmentLadder, Climber, ViewBasic Levels: The LadderThe Self: The ClimberA FulcrumNew Worlds Emerge: Changing ViewsPathologyStates and Stages ................. 8428$$ CNTS 11-04-16 13:40:14 PS Contents ix Flatland ReligionFreud and Buddha 10. On the Way to Global: Part 1 The Primary MatrixBirth TraumaThe False SelfFulcrum-1: The Hatching of the Physical SelfFulcrum-2: The Birth of the Emotional SelfFulcrum-3: The Birth of the Conceptual SelfEvery Neurosis Is an Ecological CrisisEarly Worldviews: Archaic, Magic, MythicFulcrum-4: The Birth of the Role SelfParadigm ShiftsSatanic Abuse and UFOs 11.

On the Way to Global: Part 2 Evolution versus EgocentrismFulcrum-4 (Continued): Lifes Social ScriptsFulcrum-5: The Worldcentric or Mature EgoDiversity and MulticulturalismFulcrum-6: The Bodymind Integration of the CentaurAperspectival MadnessOn the Brink of the Transpersonal 12. Realms of the Superconscious: Part 1 Where the Mind Leaves Off