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The Integral Vision: A Very Short Introduction to the Revolutionary Integral Approach to Life, God, the Universe, and Everything Paperback – August 14, 2007

by Ken Wilber (Author)

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Suppose we took everything that all the various world cultures have to tell us about human potential--about psychological, spiritual, and social growth--and identified the basic patterns that connect these pieces of knowledge. What if we attempted to create an all-inclusive map that touches the most important factors from all of the world's great traditions?

Ken Wilber's Integral Vision provides such a map. Using all the known systems and models of human growth--from the ancient sages to the latest breakthroughs in cognitive science--it distills their major components into five simple elements, and, moreover, ones that readers can verify in their own experience right now.

In any field of interest, such as business, law, science, psychology, health, art, or everyday living and learning--the Integral Vision ensures that we are utilizing the full range of resources for the situation, leading to a greater likelihood of success and fulfillment. With easily understood explanations, exercises, and familiar examples, The Integral Vision shows how we can accelerate growth and development to higher, wider, deeper ways of being, embodied in self, shared in community, and connected to the planet, which can literally help with everything from spiritual enlightenment to business success to personal relationships.

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Starred Review. Philosopher, psychologist and mystic Wilber (A Brief History of Everything) delivers on the subtitle's far-reaching promise. In a scant 200+ pages chock-full of handsome illustrations and spare, Zen-like diagrams and tables, he forges ahead on his established path, posing, What if we attempted to find the critically essential keys to human growth, based on the sum total of human knowledge now open to us? His answer is a kind of meta-structure of human experience and, more importantly, human potential. His Integral Map, or Integral Operating System (IOS), of quadrants, levels, lines, states, and types is drawn from developmental psychology, worldviews, multiple intelligences, gender studies, the nature of consciousness, etc. If this sounds heady and extremely ambitious, it is. Wilber asserts that the IOS approach to life permits all fields of endeavor at last to speak with one another in a common language. Clearly, however, spirituality dominates much of his thought. Not for the faint of brain, Wilber's work is still accessible and at times surprisingly practical. Some language spirals up majestically, recalling great Eastern texts. Reminiscent in spirit and watershed import of Ram Dass's Be Here Now, Wilber's work may well become a popular classic for explorers on the frontiers of humanity. (Aug. 14)
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Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year 2007.

"Philosopher, psychologist, and mystic Wilber delivers on the subtitle's far-reaching promise. . . . Chock full of handsome illustrations and spare, Zen-like diagrams and tables, Wilber's work here is still accessible and at times surprisingly practical. Some language spirals up majestically, recalling great Eastern texts. Reminiscent in spirit and watershed import of Ram Dass's Be Here Now, Wilber may well have created a popular classic for explorers on the frontiers of humanity."—Publishers Weekly

"[Wilber's] heady multidimensional approach is deciphered in this spiffy full-color paperback filled with pop culture graphics, tables, and charts. If you are interested in consciousness, complexity, maps, multiple intelligences, and more, here is a comprehensive philosophy that puts it all together."—Spirituality and Health

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Shambhala; 8/31/07 edition (August 14, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590304756
ISBN-13: 978-1590304754
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 7 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 55 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2590 in Philosophy (Books)
- #2839 in Personal Transformation Self-Help
- #10293 in Reference (Books)

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Matt Vandegriff

January 29, 2016

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Not a fan. I'm not familiar with Ken Wilber's other writing, so I can't say if this is indicative of his output, but it seemed to be a general concept of organizing experience that is never really addressed in direct philosophical term, however, there is a great deal of effort in the book to inform the read about how much this will change their life and make everything better.
It also seems to be written for a portion of the iphone generation that isn't really interested in philosophy, but want's to feel like they are. For example, it calls the organizational system iOS (integral operation system) and the exercises or practices "apps". This results in sentences like:
-once you download the iOS apps to your bio-computer...- It's hard to take stuff like this seriously.
Also, the book seems rather thrown together. It is not a well crafted book in form or organization. It seemed a hodgepodge of fonts, graphics, and packed with what seem like stock photos hastily chosen. Would not recommend.

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Douglas M. Shaffer

Like a stick of Dynamite--Small but Powerful!

October 29, 2016

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WOW. Just WOW. most concise introduction to Wilber's calling to and Integrated life. Quick, informative, engagingly formatted. Hopefully it will lead you to deeper study--but what a great overview and a great place to start. I've given many copies away to people who i thought could be encouraged by the approaches presented in this book.

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Finally, a great introduction to Wilber's work

August 19, 2007

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Having been an avid reader of Wilber's books for years, I have been deeply moved by his philosophy as it has helped me orientate and weave multiple perspectives in coherent and compelling way. Although this is far from my favorite book of his, I applaud it for what it is meant to be: a primer on integral theory for someone that is new to it and isn't ready to dive in too deeply. This is something I have been looking for a while, as I have often recommended Wilber's work to friends. When asked what was the first book they should read, I would often suggest "Brief History of Everything" (the abridged version to "Sex, Ecology, and Spirituality"). Still, for many of my friends not accustomed to reading philosophy, they felt that "Brief History" was a bit much.

"The Integral Vision" hits the right note for just about everyone, as it goes down easier than most of Ken's work, but still gets its point across thoroughly. This is still not light-weight material, however, most readers will find the attractive illustrations helpful and crisp non-academic prose refreshing. "The Integral Vision" also demonstrates that integral theory passes the "mother-in-law test": the idea that if you can't explain it simply and succinctly to her, it's probably too complicated and nonsensical to use. Any decent theory needs to be elegant for intellectuals and simplistic enough for everyone else. "The Integral Vision" successfully lays out quadrants, levels, lines, states, and types in both a manner of elegance and ease.

With integral theory, Wilber has brought something of a gift, albeit "true, but partial" (as he would put it), that has built on many philosophical foundations and resealed some cracks in the process. "The Integral Vision" is worth a look for newbies and Wilber fans who are looking for a gift read for friends.

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A brief and accessible introduction to Wilber

January 3, 2012

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Ken Wilber is a profoundly important thinker - and this is a useful and light intro to his sophisticated work. A bit too light in places perhaps but any introduction is a fine thing, frankly.

A far more rigorous though literally also a very chatty and engaging introduction is his, A Brief History of Everything, written in dialogue form, and a phenomenal book nonetheless. The technical academic depth version of that book, is his formidable Sex Ecology and Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution which I have yet to get to.

This book, The Integral Vision, helps you grasp the core principles and concepts and also get a feel for the Integral Life Practice (another fine book, on what to do about all of this on a personal front), but like I say be aware of the above two books too. His other book A Theory of Everything is also apparently a fine one, but gets mixed reviews, just to mention that too.

All the best in integrating your world.

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January 10, 2018

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Great introduction to Wilbers Integral system. Clear and concise.

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Quality of binding not great

June 5, 2016

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Not a fan of the book. The quality of the book isn't that great either - pages fell out of binding without much use.

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Excellent Visual Summary of Integral Vision

September 1, 2009

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Excellent summary packed with key, compacted information of what the Integral Vision is about and what it involves. In addition the visuals, diagrams, illustrations and graphics bring an enhancement to our understanding of the Integral Vision. It's a great introduction plus condensed version for reference of a complex, intricate subject.

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"Very Short" is right. My son opened the package ...

March 7, 2015

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"Very Short" is right. My son opened the package at noon, read it through and created a 500 word review / summary for college by 10 pm.

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