Buddha at the Gas Pump 452. Ken Wilber
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From Dishwasher To Prolific Author
- Ken Wilber wrote his first ten books while working as a dishwasher and busboy for ten years.
- He used that time to study multiple spiritual traditions and publish about a book a year until he could support himself.
Waking Up Doesn't Clean Shadows
- Spiritual awakening often does not resolve repressed or dissociated shadow emotions.
- In some cases meditation that only witnesses can deepen dissociation and worsen those shadows.
Own The Primary Emotion First
- Before releasing repressed emotions, fully own and integrate the authentic source emotion (e.g., anger) rather than secondary feelings like fear.
- Use psychotherapeutic methods to reidentify and re-own disowned emotions so they can be healed.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
How to Make a Genuine World Philosophy
02:16 • 3min
The Spectrum of Consciousness
05:29 • 4min
How Meditation Changed Your Brainwaves
09:46 • 2min
Nirvana: A Real State of Cessation
11:52 • 6min
The Paradox of Oneness With Everything
17:34 • 3min
The Paradox of Witnessing
20:39 • 3min
The Importance of Lines of Development
23:49 • 4min
Cleaning Up Shadow Elements
27:56 • 3min
The Cleaning Up Issue in Tibetan Transportation Processes
30:53 • 3min
The Process of Waking Up
34:02 • 3min
The Importance of Cleaning Up
37:17 • 2min
The Problem With Traditional Religion
39:13 • 4min
The Multiple Intelligences of Growing Up
43:41 • 4min
The Correlation of Lines of Development
48:09 • 3min
The Different Levels of Growing Up
51:07 • 4min
The Dichotomy of Saintliness and Heart Development
55:17 • 4min
The Role of Ethnocentricity in Moral Development
59:01 • 5min
The Importance of Gratitude in a Global World
01:04:06 • 1min
How to Wake Up and Grow Up
01:05:17 • 5min
The Three Legs of the Spiritual Landscape
01:10:07 • 4min
The Importance of Growing Up and Cleaning Up
01:14:03 • 3min
The Evolution of Cognitive Intelligence
01:17:13 • 5min
How to Determine Your Level of Consciousness
01:22:38 • 3min
The Importance of a Spiritual Awakening
01:25:28 • 3min
The Importance of Cleaning Up Your Shadows
01:28:25 • 5min
The Importance of All Three in Spiritual Practice
01:33:16 • 3min
The Future of Spiritual Pursuit
01:35:49 • 3min
The Evidence for Changing the Way We Wake Up
01:38:24 • 2min
The Problem With Concept Addiction
01:40:25 • 3min
The Unification of Samsara and Nirvana
01:43:54 • 4min
The Non-Dual Reality of Ultimate Reality
01:48:06 • 2min
The Acceptance of Replicated Inner Experience
01:49:58 • 4min
The Four States of Turia
01:53:46 • 2min
The Future of Meditation
01:56:04 • 5min
The Map of the Territories
02:00:44 • 2min
The Importance of Maps
02:02:29 • 2min
The Evolution of the Super Mental Consciousness
02:04:25 • 1min
The Evolution of Orbendo
02:05:39 • 6min
The Four Quadrants of the Cosmos
02:11:17 • 3min
The Consciousness of the Universe
02:13:54 • 4min
The Problem With Defining Ultimate Reality
02:17:29 • 6min
The Delicate Area of Mysticism
02:23:30 • 1min
The Importance of Purity in Life
02:24:51 • 4min
Trump in a Post-Truth World
02:28:27 • 5min
The Myth of the Ethnocentric Stage of Growing Up
02:33:54 • 4min
The Unexpected Tipping Points
02:37:50 • 2min
With over two-dozen published books translated in nearly as many languages, Ken Wilber has created what is widely considered the first truly comprehensive Integral Map of human experience. By exploring and integrating the major insights and conclusions of nearly every human knowledge domain in existence, Wilber created the revolutionary AQAL Integral Framework. In short, the Integral Approach is the coherent organization, coordination, and harmonization of all of the relevant practices, methodologies, and experiences available to human beings. Wilber states: “You can’t [realistically] honor various methods and fields, without showing how they fit together. That is how to make a genuine world philosophy.” He is the founder of the nonprofit think tank Integral Institute, co-founder of the transformational learning community Integral Life, co-founder of Source Integral exploring the nature of Integral Society, and the current chancellor of Ubiquity University.
Ken's site: kenwilber.com
Some of Ken's many books:
The Religion of Tomorrow: A Vision for the Future of the Great Traditions
Integral Buddhism: And the Future of Spirituality
Integral Meditation: Mindfulness as a Way to Grow Up, Wake Up, and Show Up in Your Life
Trump and a Post-Truth World
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Transcript of this interview.
Interview recorded April 28, 2018.
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump
00:04:54 - From Graduate School to Writing a Book
00:10:43 - The Meditation Technique and Awakening Experience
00:16:03 - The State of Witnessing during Meditation
00:21:34 - The Witness and Radical Oneness
00:27:16 - The Illusion of Waking Up
00:32:41 - Overpowering Fear from Repressed Anger
00:38:16 - The Importance of "Cleaning Up" in Spiritual Practice
00:44:00 - The Role of Spirituality in Human Development
00:49:12 - The Three Major Groups of Development Lines
00:55:03 - The Different Levels of Growing Up
01:00:52 - The stages of moral development
01:05:50 - Honoring and Including Different Perspectives
01:10:54 - Expressing Authentic Enlightenment
01:15:57 - The Recent Discovery of Growing Up Levels in Spiritual Systems
01:20:35 - Development of Cognitive and Emotional Intelligence
01:25:31 - Different lines of development
01:30:57 - The need for waking up, growing up, and cleaning up in spiritual practice
01:36:40 - The Evolution of Spiritual Pursuit
01:41:39 - The Problem of Overthinking in Philosophy
01:46:27 - The Unity of Nirvana and Samsara
01:52:06 - Differentiating Relative and Ultimate States of Consciousness
01:57:23 - Dissolving into Oneness
02:03:03 - Working with Good Maps and the Importance of Spiritual Growth
02:07:07 - Aurobindo's Influence on Integral Yoga
02:13:38 - Spirit, consciousness, and the four quadrants
02:19:31 - Describing Ultimate Reality
02:25:19 - The Problem of Describing Ultimate Reality
02:30:58 - President Trump: A Sociocultural Analysis
02:37:36 - The Stages of Growing Up
02:42:14 - Exploring Ken Wilber's Books and Resources