Ken Wilber

Ken Wilber

Ken Wilber is a preeminent scholar of the Integral stage of human development. He is an internationally acknowledged leader, founder of Integral Institute, and co-founder of Integral Life.

If you haven’t already heard of him, Ken Wilber is one of the most important philosophers in the world today.  He is the most widely translated academic writer in America, with 25 books translated into some 30 foreign languages.  Ken Wilber currently lives in Denver, Colorado, and is still active as a philosopher, author, and teacher, with all of his major publications still in print. 

What makes Ken Wilber especially relevant in today’s world is that he is the originator of arguably the first truly comprehensive or integrative philosophy, aptly named “Integral Theory”.  As Wilber himself puts it: “I'd like to think of it as one of the first believable world philosophies...” Incorporating cultural studies, anthropology, systems theory, developmental psychology, biology, and spirituality, it has been applied in fields as diverse as ecology, sustainability, psychotherapy, psychiatry, education, business, medicine, politics, sports, and art.

Website: http://www.KenWilber.com

In the Zone: The Hidden Religion of Sports

In the Zone: The Hidden Religion of Sports

Ken Wilber   May 5, 2008  
Former NFL linebacker David Meggyesy talks to Ken Wilber about the extraordinary overlap that exists between sports and spirituality — and how professional athletes may be more familiar with experiences of spiritual transcendence than any of us might assume.
America as Empire: Politics in the 21st Century

America as Empire: Politics in the 21st Century

Ken Wilber   March 17, 2008  
Ken Wilber and chairman and president of the State of the World Forum Jim Garrison discuss the increasingly dangerous crises happening around the globe, America’s transition from republic to empire, and the capacity for Integral consciousness to face the precarious challenges of the 21st century head-on.
Introducing Niggy Tardust

Introducing Niggy Tardust

Ken Wilber   February 15, 2008  
Saul Williams talks to Ken Wilber about his album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust. Listen as they take an in-depth look at many of the songs on the album, while discussing Saul's creative process and his experience of live performance.
Morphic Fields, Memory, and the Creative Advance

Morphic Fields, Memory, and the Creative Advance

Ken Wilber   January 28, 2008  
The man behind the theory of morphic resonance shares his impulse to explore the evolutionary impulse behind the Kosmos itself. From physics, to chemistry, to biology, to psychology, to spirituality and more, these two pioneers share their understanding of how Spirit is manifesting moment-to-moment in and through the leading edge of consciousness awareness.
Pearl Jam: Restoring Idealism to Rock and Roll

Pearl Jam: Restoring Idealism to Rock and Roll

Ken Wilber   January 14, 2008  
Few bands in recent history have done more to express idealism and authenticity in music than Pearl Jam. In this far-reaching interview with guitarist Stone Gossard, we are offered an insider's view of the gritty origins of grunge music, the iconic rise of the "most popular band of the 90's," and the struggles of maintaining one's artistic ideals in the vertigo of sudden fame.
It’s Not Easy Being Turquoise: Jim Henson, The Muppets, and the Art of Integral Puppetry

It’s Not Easy Being Turquoise: Jim Henson, The Muppets, and the Art of Integral Puppetry

Ken Wilber   January 7, 2008  
For two decades, Steve Whitmire has served as the performer behind the world's beloved Kermit the Frog as well as other famous Muppets and Sesame Street characters. In this two-part dialogue, he discusses the impact the Integral vision has had upon his own life, career, and creativity, and opens the door to a possible future of explicitly Integral puppetry….
Indigenous Cultures in the Modern World

Indigenous Cultures in the Modern World

Ken Wilber   December 31, 2007  
A published author in the areas of trauma, group counseling, and applied Integral theory in counseling ethics engages Ken Wilber on why it's so difficult to find Integrally-minded individuals in the indigenous peoples of his native British Colombia—an issue experienced globally, but expressed here as deep interest and care for those living in a modern Canada.
The Integral Transpartisan Imperative

The Integral Transpartisan Imperative

Ken Wilber   December 10, 2007  
James Turner, a founding pioneer in Integral forms of law, politics, and federal regulation, talks with Ken about his days with Ralph Nader, 18th-century American political history, the essential ingredients of an Integral approach to politics, and the true meaning of “trans-partisanism”.
The Integral Vision: Origins and Applications

The Integral Vision: Origins and Applications

Ken Wilber   November 26, 2007  
Gaspar Segafredo, the Editor-in-Chief of Argentinean cultural magazine Myriades 1, interviews Ken Wilber on the origins of the Integral approach, how it applies to important real life issues, the dangers of post-modernity, and the mechanics of growth and development.
From Jagged Little Pill to Flavors of Entanglement

From Jagged Little Pill to Flavors of Entanglement

Ken Wilber   October 1, 2007  
Seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette takes us on a tour of her life and career by sharing how the threads of her life have increasingly come together into one integral tapestry — where once there may have been jagged fragments, we can now see conscious and playful entanglement with all of life.
Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment

Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment

Ken Wilber   August 6, 2007  
One of the most popular and successful authorities on how to make the wisdom of the world's great spiritual traditions accessible, easy, and fun, shares his motivation for writing a fictionalized account of the life and awakening of Gautama Buddha.
The Key to Integral Sustainability

The Key to Integral Sustainability

Ken Wilber   July 11, 2007  
Integral philosopher Ken Wilber discusses some of the obstacles the world faces in bringing any sort of real change to our current ecological crisis.
The Secret to Transformation

The Secret to Transformation

Ken Wilber   July 9, 2007  
Mike Murphy, the co-founder of Esalen Institute (America's pioneering center of transformation) shares his leading-edge thoughts on growth, transformation, and the fascinating life of Sri Aurobindo, a pioneer of Integral consciousness. Mike and Ken then go on to discuss personal transformation, the possibility of reincarnation, and the necessity of an integral approach to fully explore both.
Telling the Story of Development

Telling the Story of Development

Ken Wilber   May 21, 2007  
Susanne Cook-Greuter, one of the most important developmental psychologists working today, shares her path from a working-class family in Switzerland to academic excellence and innovation at Harvard University, exploring the higher stages of consciousness available to us all. She then shares her thoughts on the current state of academia and the culture at large, and why it‘s so important to encourage flourishing at every stage of development alongside the invitation to keep growing.
Integral Education Reform

Integral Education Reform

Ken Wilber   May 21, 2007  
To begin the dialogue on how to create healthy, wise human beings capable of development, we need a map of that child's potential. The AQAL model is just such a map. It is a comprehensive index of all the things that can go well or poorly in child development. Yet many challenges lie ahead. In this video, Ken Wilber, discusses those challenges. If you work in the field of education, or are merely interested in it, Ken can help you understand what you're up against.
Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The 10 Original Practices for Enlightened Living

Buddha Is as Buddha Does: The 10 Original Practices for Enlightened Living

Ken Wilber   May 7, 2007  
If you had the opportunity to become a bodhisattva right now, would you take it? Lama Surya Das invites us to learn how to be a bodhisattva, exploring ten of the most important practices of enlightened living, held always in an integral embrace.
The Integral Artist

The Integral Artist

Ken Wilber   April 2, 2007  
The creator of some of the most transcendent art of our time explores why it is necessary to go beyond the faded postmodern milieu of today's art world, how psychedelics can play a role in discovering and manifesting one's deeper realms of being, and how the "two kinds of higher" can impact artists and their work.
To the Best of Our Knowledge: Science, Spirituality, and the Future of Technology

To the Best of Our Knowledge: Science, Spirituality, and the Future of Technology

Ken Wilber   July 3, 2006  
In his first interview for NPR in over 20 years, Ken Wilber offers one of the finest, most sweeping introductions to his work he has ever recorded, presenting a profound new way to integrate science, spirituality, and technology — along with every other facet of the single ever-expanding gem of human knowledge.
Integral Ethics: How to Practice an Integral Life

Integral Ethics: How to Practice an Integral Life

Ken Wilber   January 30, 2006  
Roger Walsh and Ken Wilber discuss one of the most important — and least discussed — aspects of integral practice: how to live an ethical life.
Does Quantum Physics Prove God?

Does Quantum Physics Prove God?

Ken Wilber   November 8, 2005  
This conversation sheds clarity on a very confused notion in the area of spirituality today—namely, the "tao of physics" and all its variations, as exemplified by the recent film What the Bleep. So what relationship, if any, does God actually have with quantum physics?
State of Fear — Science, Ethics, and the Impossibility of Prediction

State of Fear — Science, Ethics, and the Impossibility of Prediction

Ken Wilber   August 29, 2005  
Michael and Ken discuss some of the rather extreme reactions to State of Fear, ranging from venomous outrage and smear campaigns to hearty applause and an invitation to the White House. In fact, Michael is a self-described "political agnostic," and simply advocates that policy drafted by any party be based on the evidence of today, not the speculation of tomorrow. As he points out, there is a profound moral and ethical dimension to how science informs our national and international agendas: "If it [the environment] is not a genuine problem... and we go and spend a kazillion dollars on that...
The Meaning of the Avant Garde

The Meaning of the Avant Garde

Ken Wilber   March 28, 2005  
Ken Wilber, Ed Kowalczyk, and Stuart Davis met at the Ken Wilber's house in Boulder for a special meeting focusing on Integral Art and Transformative Practice. What followed was an afternoon of vibrant discussion and electrifying performances, centered on the themes: What is the relation of art and transformation? How can art be part of an integral transformative practice?
Gratefulness as Great Fullness

Gratefulness as Great Fullness

Ken Wilber   March 21, 2005  
Br. David Steindl-Rast and Ken Wilber discuss the many ways that we can recognize and express the radical abundance in our lives.
Beyond Genre: Adventures in Rap, Rock, and Romance

Beyond Genre: Adventures in Rap, Rock, and Romance

Ken Wilber   January 31, 2005  
Rick Rubin, MTV's "most important white boy in hip-hop," has produced some of the most influential and creative albums of the past two decades with artists like The Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Slayer, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Nine Inch Nails, Audioslave, Jay-Z, Saul Williams — and the list just keeps on going. Here Rick and Ken discuss why truly great music almost always transcends our concepts of genre, before waxing philosophic about rock, romance, and the potential perils of paternity....
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