Stories from Ken Wilber’s students

I am convinced your leadership, study and practice of higher states of consciousness is the most important thing that anyone can be doing in our time!

Your genius comes from a hunger for the truth and also the desire to serve humanity that is virtually unmatched. We are all privileged to be touched by not only your work but your heart, your soul and your insight. The world is a better place and I am a better person because of your commitment and your caring.

I remember thinking, this really makes sense. What you have done is to integrate western psychology and eastern philosophy that speaks directly to me. It is so crystal clear. Thank you for being such an inspiration and revelation for me and my work. ...

My bookshelf is filled with books by Ken Wilber but the one on my bed stand is your account of Treya's life and death, "Grace and Grit." I read something from it most every night. Thank you for the courage to walk with your heart wide open and bear the wound of love. Because from that wound, great blessing pours.

You have been amazing as an influence on my life. When I began my research on mind/body medicine I came across your work on consciousness and I knew you were going to become a guide and mentor to me. I learned everything about Integral thinking and consciousness from you. It is no wonder that you have been called the…

I found your work when I was just beginning to develop my spiritual intelligence assessment. I was complaining to a friend that it was so frustrating trying to integrate these different ideas. She said you need to read Ken Wilber. Your books offered such a gift from spirit in your profound ability to synthesize…

The publication of your collected works is one of the most impressive bodies of work that any philosopher has produced. You have really made a difference in this world and that is not a small thing. For you to actually change people's minds is world changing in a positive evolutionary way...

Our conversations always flow so easily from the psychological to the personal. You speak in ways that I think about things. You make articulate the idea that philosophy is relevant to our lives. You imagine ways for us to understand the world. It is such a gift you give us. ...

Having conversations with you over the decades has had a profoundly enlightening effect on my understanding of the nature of creativity and consciousness and how they are intertwined. The kind of gratitude I feel for your core teaching that has illuminated my own journey of self-discovery is that I live at a time when…

You have changed my life. You have helped me understand what an Integral perspective is all about. It has been so valuable to me and my colleagues in transforming health care. This integral perspective allows us to work from our own authenticity, creating that subtle field of shift and change and how to sustain it.

The evolutionary view you have identified changes everything. It helped me realize that I was being lived as well as living. Thank you Ken for lighting me up in so many ways. ...

I've had a lot of people positively influence my journey Ken but nobody measures up to the influence you've had on me. You changed my life as a writer when you eased me into publishing my first book. There is no way I can adequately express my feelings for your friendship and love over the decades.