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There Is Only One Taste

Ken Wilber

There is only One State, within which different states arise. There is only One Taste, through which different tastes flow. But One Taste itself neither comes nor goes; it is beyond motion and stillne...

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14K reads, 9 comments

Beauty Is The Very Nature Of The Kosmos

Ken Wilber

If science gives us objective Truth, or the “it” of Spirit, and morals give us the Good, or the “we” of Spirit, then Beauty—which is in the “eye” of the behol...

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18K reads, 16 comments

You Must Shout From The Heart

Ken Wilber

The alarming fact is that any realization of depth carries a terrible burden: Those who are allowed to see are simultaneously saddled with the obligation to communicate that vision in no uncertain ter...

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20K reads, 8 comments

The Theory Behind Forgiveness

Ken Wilber

I always liked the Course's reliance upon forgiveness as a way to remeber the true Self. This is a somewhat unique approach, found in few of the other great wisdom traditions, which usually stress som...

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22K reads, 9 comments

The Thread That Unites Wisdom Traditions

Ken Wilber

Similarities would seem to suggest, among other things, that there are spiritual patterns at work in the universe, at least as far as we can tell, and these spiritual patterns announce themselves with...

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7K reads

In the Lap of Immense Intelligence

Ken Wilber

Because the universe has direction, we ourselves have direction. There is meaning in the movement, intrinsic value in the embrace. As Emerson put it, we lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which ...

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25K reads, 10 comments