Summary of Ken Wilber's Integral Psychology

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#1 The Great Nest of Being is the backbone of the perennial philosophy, and it would be a crucial ingredient of any integral psychology. It is the view that reality is made up of various levels of existence, ranging from matter to body to mind to soul to spirit.

#2 The Great Nest is a hierarchy of levels of consciousness that exist in the universe. The basic levels are the basic holons in the nest, and they are qualitatively distinct levels of organization that are arranged in a nested hierarchy of increasing holistic embrace.

#3 The Great Nest is a multidimensional latticework of love, and it transcends and includes its juniors. Spirit is both the highest wave and the ever-present ground of all the waves, going beyond all and embracing all.

#4 The Great Nest of Being and Knowing is the core of the perennial philosophy, and it is the part of the philosophy that has been found most enduring. The evidence continues to mount in its favor: human beings have access to a richly textured rainbow of consciousness spanning subconscious to self-conscious to superconscious states.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822509290

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Insights on Ken Wilber's Integral Psychology

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Great Nest of Being is the backbone of the perennial philosophy, and it would be a crucial ingredient of any integral psychology. It is the view that reality is made up of various levels of existence, ranging from matter to body to mind to soul to spirit.

#2

The Great Nest is a hierarchy of levels of consciousness that exist in the universe. The basic levels are the basic holons in the nest, and they are qualitatively distinct levels of organization that are arranged in a nested hierarchy of increasing holistic embrace.

#3

The Great Nest is a multidimensional latticework of love, and it transcends and includes its juniors. Spirit is both the highest wave and the ever-present ground of all the waves, going beyond all and embracing all.

#4

The Great Nest of Being and Knowing is the core of the perennial philosophy, and it is the part of the philosophy that has been found most enduring. The evidence continues to mount in its favor: human beings have access to a richly textured rainbow of consciousness spanning subconscious to self-conscious to superconscious states.

#5

The charts present the basic waves of the Great Nest, and the correlations between them. The correlations between the stages and theorists are very general, and they are not meant to be accurate to within 1. 5 stages.

#6

The basic structures or holons that I generally present are the matter, body, mind, soul, and spirit levels. They are like colors in a rainbow, so I have drawn them overlapping. But a more accurate representation would be a series of concentric spheres, with each senior sphere enfolding and embracing its juniors.

#7

The higher levels in the Great Nest are not absolute givens. They are potentials, not absolute givens. They are still plastic, still open to being formed, and they exert a great attraction.

#8

The Great Nest is made up of states, bodies,