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A Brief History of Everything
- Narrated by: Steve Grad, Willow Pearson
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Philosophy
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Publisher's Summary
A Brief History of Everything is an altogether friendly and accessible account of men and women's place in a universe of sex, soul, and spirit, written by author Ken Wilber.
Wilber examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter to life to mind, including the higher stages of spiritual development where Spirit becomes conscious of itself. In each of these domains, there are recurring patterns, and by looking closely at them, we can learn much about the predicament of our world - and the direction we must take if "global transformation" is to become a reality.
Wilber offers a series of striking and original views on many topics of current interest and controversy, including the gender wars, modern liberation movements, multiculturalism, ecology, and environmental ethics, and the conflict between this-worldly and otherworldly approaches to spirituality. The result is an extraordinary and exhilarating ride through the Kosmos in the company of one of the great thinkers of our time.
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"No one has described the path to wisdom better than Ken Wilber." (New York Times reporter Tony Schwartz)
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- Malachi Gillihan
- 11-02-18
Embodied self-organized integration
Listening to this seminal work is like watching/listening to Spirit itself do exactly what this book sets out to do and discusses in great detail - it transcends AND includes, it unfolds and enfolds. This work is the self-emergent quality of a complex system self-organizing and self-regulating. It’s like sitting on a mountain with the entire view of the world, recognizing that you are the mountain and you are also the world that you can go down and play in. And when you’re done, not only will you hear a beautiful summary with ideas for manifestation of this integration in healthcare, business, politics, and so forth, you’ll see that integration is already here, emerging, unfolding and enfolding you back in the Spirit you were in the first place. Enjoy!!
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- Charlie
- 05-18-19
bored
stopped listening after 2 chapters. this is very academic. thought it would be more story telling but reads like a textbook
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-23-19
Solutions for those with ears to hear
Finally a teacher with real knowledge who can point to where we need to go. Sadly, society is not ready to hear much of what he has to say.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-05-18
A Baseline for Everything
at first I was really confused about the four quadrants and where Ken Wilber was headed with this. However, thanks to the magic of audible books I plugged on through and in the end could grasp his message. That's partially due to his really good writing and his references to other writers and theologians and thinkers. I deeply appreciate his best knowledge and ability to impart it. Again at first I thought that it was a mistake for me to try to listen to this. But in the end listening to it was marvelous.
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- DCRG
- 10-03-21
A brief review,: dribble.
Party trick: pepper "quadrant" randomly in conversation. you will appear "philosophical" and people will woo and awe
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- Anonymous User
- 05-27-21
personal review
i persevered through the book to its culmination but sadely did not find it a very practical, understandable or explanatory.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-24-21
B.S. of the Highest Order.
This book is BS of the highest order. Firstly, it is filled with either mistaken, or even worse, maliciously deliberate misrepresentations of basic scientific principles. I haven't seen someone get evolution or the Big Bang so wrong since talking with Young Earth Creationists. Secondly, when it does get things right, the author spends hundred of words just fluffing, like a high school stoner trying to meet an essay's word requirement (Wholeons, Structuration, etc.) Third, it does not express, nor does it even imply any real goal. It's just pseudoscientific yammering. Finally, it's style is stupendously uninteresting. The prose is as lively and attractive as a a roadkill skunk. To make matters worse, it's written in a question/answer format. Whether this is an attempt to sound more credible or simply a failure to be interesting I'm not sure.
But hey, the narrators do a great job. I can only imagine what they had to do to clean this garbage out of their minds when they were done with it.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-08-20
Very balanced in spirit and mibd
I really enjoyed this audio book. It was rather academic in structure and is written as an interview. I recommend it for anyone looking for spiritual guidance.
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- Sarah
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They should give this to all 16 year olds
I enjoyed this book. Ken has a great way of taking what is seemingly impossibility esoteric and delivering it to you in a relatable way. It’s balanced and non dogmatic and would serve as a great foundation of how to navigate reality for any young (or old) person. :)
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- Anonymous User
- 01-01-19
Profound piece of work.
I will be listening to it many more times. His words are rich with insight.
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- Candice Davies
- 08-31-20
A glimpse into the power of the mind.
A powerful perspective gained toward what Nietzche would call our next evolutionary step; the Superhuman. The evolution of the mind.
Thank you Ken!
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- SB100%Natural
- 03-21-21
Mastery of The English Language Required
I experienced this book as relying heavily on using overly complicated language. It was difficult to understand and follow. After reading hundreds of books on self development, spirituality and philosophy, this book was for me, very disappointing. English is my first language, but unfortunately my intelligence was insufficient. I spent most of the book confused. To be honest, I have no idea if it was good or not.
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- Mr. S. Peacock
- 12-26-20
A valuable contribution
This is a worthwhile listen for anybody. I understand criticisms can be made; for me, there seems to be a persuasive "buy-in" being sought in the writing - "I'm telling you this, so surely you can also listen to this". However, I remained glued to this until the end because it's one of the New Age concepts that links so well with other visionary authors/thinkers. I concur with other critics that can't find substance for all of the ideas presented by Wilber, but for me, that only points out that he's better at thinking than he is at articulating. 9 months after listening, this audiobook still left an impression on me.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-22-20
Informative and provocative
The book is very well narrated, in the form of questions and answers, which really helps its flow.
Thoroughly worthwhile reading, some great historical and cultural overview with creative & provocative links to how it affects our modern state of living, thinking and being. The ideas are innovative, interesting and thought provoking. While it certainly makes for a high quality worthwhile read the language is, at times, quite complex, rather different and using a lot of terminology, which occasionally makes it hard to follow. Still highly recommended for anyone interested in psychotherapy and philosophy or physics and biology alike.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-29-21
Too confusing
Couldnt understand much of it at all. very confusing and therefore useless. would not reccomend
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- Anonymous User
- 06-05-19
clear, comprehensive, expansive.
brilliant overall narrative with QnA format. helps to further grasp and solidify perspectives.
very inclusive and expansive. Intuitively it hard for pick at it.
respectfully
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- Bianca
- 08-30-18
Thoroughly enjoyed this and learnt alot too!
very eye opening, and heart and mind expanding. well worth the listen. i enjoyed this
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- Andrew J Clark
- 07-25-18
Transcendent
A remarkable overview of life, the universe, and you. Performances are great and engaging, and the sheer density of ideas is somehow communicated in a soft sweet manner. Definitely worth a re-listen
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-16-19
Right title. Wrong author. Ouch!
Bought the title. Listened and painfully realised the content missed completely all I'd been led to expect. Checked the author and discovered the mistake. Did this guy know what he was up to when he concealed a Quazi religious time under the same title by a respected author?
I would like to get rid of this book, hopefully by swapping for the real one. Amazon?
Otherwise it just goes in the bin.