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Theory of Everything

An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality

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Theory of Everything

By: Ken Wilber
Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
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Here is a concise, comprehensive overview of Wilber's revolutionary thought and its application in today's world. In A Theory of Everything, Wilber uses clear, nontechnical language to present complex, cutting-edge theories that integrate the realms of body, mind, soul, and spirit. He then demonstrates how these theories and models can be applied to real-world problems in areas such as politics, medicine, business, education, and the environment. Wilber also discusses daily practices that readers take up in order to apply this integrative vision to their own everyday lives.

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©2000 Ken Wilber (P)2014 Audible Inc. Consciousness & Thought Movements Personal Development Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Spirituality
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This is a must-read/listen for all, especially those coming into integral consciousness. Having known Graves’ theories/Spiral Dynamics for many years and found to incredibly useful to my own and others’ transformation journeys, it was reassuring to find it take centre stage in this book. Many new insights and concepts to expand my view of the world today and into the future. Ken Wilbur is so advanced in his thinking - May we all learn from his wisdom!

What an exploration!

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The narrator mispronounced a lot of words!! Irritating listening despite great content. It sounded like the narrator’s first and only read-through.

Irritating listening

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enjoyed it
had to listen to it a few times
getting there may have to give it another whirl

informed

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The book is thoughts & theory from a author that is optimistic for the human race to actually succeed in a really abundant life. Listen to the whole book it’s worth it

Don’t stop listening to this book half way

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This book offers some value through the lens of Spiral Dynamics, but the author’s anti-Green, anti-liberal, pro-conservative bias severely limits its scope. Ironically, in trying to unify diverse perspectives, he ends up undermining the very synthesis he's aiming for.

His attempt to meld science and religion carries all the subtlety of a jackhammer on a cat. At one point, he uses a person meditating on an ECG machine as evidence. By that logic, are hallucinogens a window to God?

The book is riddled with assumptions and unexplained parallels. The second half devolves into a scattershot collection of examples plotted on a vague grid.

I suspect he’s operating from a “Blue” perspective—rigid and rule-bound—and attempting to project a “Yellow” systems view. The result feels more like a categorization exercise than a genuine integration of ideas. I’d suggest listening to the first half, then putting it down and exploring deeper, more evolved frameworks—like Extended Mind Theory or other advanced philosophies.

Ultimately, this book feels like a product of its time. In a post-truth, post-Trump world, its tone reads as imperialistic and outdated.

A Conservative Climb Up the Spiral

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