The Collected Works of Ken Wilber, Volume 5

by Wilber, Ken

• ISBN13: 9781570625053
• ISBN10: 1570625050
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

Grace and Gritis the compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber and his wife, Treya Killam Wilber, through Treya's diagnosis of breast cancer, treatments, and finally, death. During this period, Ken put his own work on hold in order to offer full-time support to Treya. In fact, it would be nearly ten years before he published a new full-length theoretical study(Sex, Ecology, Spirituality,Volume Six of this series). Nonetheless, this personal narrative contains a wide-ranging commentary, including critiques of both conventional and New Age approaches to illness. Ken's account of the couple's struggle to integrate this catastrophic event into their spiritual practice, combined with excerpts from Treya's journals, produces an unforgettable portrait of health and healing, wholeness and harmony, suffering and surrender. The book contains a new introduction and index.

Author Biography

Ken Wilber is the developer of an integral "theory of everything" that embraces the truths of all the world's great psychological, scientific, philosophical, and spiritual traditions. He founded the Integral Institute, a think-tank for studying issues of science and society, in 2000. Wilber is the author of twenty books.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Volume Five	ix
Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber	1	(488)
A Note to the Reader	3	(2)
A Few Embraces, a Few Dreams	5	(17)
Beyond Physics	22	(24)
Condemned to Meaning	46	(19)
A Question of Balance	65	(25)
A Universe Within	90	(18)
Bodymind Dropped!	108	(15)
``My Life Had Twisted Suddenly''	123	(21)
Who Am I?	144	(19)
Narcissus, or the Self-Contraction	163	(21)
A Time to Heal	184	(20)
Psychotherapy and Spirituality	204	(32)
In a Different Voice	236	(26)
Estrella	262	(23)
What Kind of Help Really Helps?	285	(13)
The New Age	298	(22)
But Listen to Those Birds Sing!	320	(22)
``Spring Is Now My Favorite Season''	342	(25)
But Not a Dead One!	367	(26)
Passionate Equanimity	393	(24)
A Support Person	417	(23)
Grace and Grit	440	(23)
For a Radiant Star	463	(26)
Selected Readings	483	(6)
Books	489	(2)
Ken Wilber
Index	491