Biographies Archives – Integral Life

The Integral Way of Jean Gebser

Jeremy Johnson — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:55:55 +0000

In this two-part introductory series, Jeremy Johnson and participants explore a brief — if experiential — journey through the structures of consciousness, discovering how they continue to live in and through us and our world.

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No Beginnings, No Endings: A Dialogue with Living Jazz Great Wayne Shorter

Greg Thomas — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 05:01:34 +0000

Wayne Shorter, likely the greatest jazz composer since Thelonious Monk, was also one of the most influential tenor and soprano saxophonists in the post-John Coltrane period from the mid-1960s onward. His death on March 2, 2023, at the age of 89, marks the end of a musical life that spanned a panoply of styles and configurations, from hard bop to electronic fusion and funk to Brazilian and Caribbean to orchestral and the avant-garde, all suffused his own idiosyncratic melding of sounds and sensibilities which seemed to reach from the heat-center of the earth to the infinite expanses of the cosmos.

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Grace and Grit: From Book to Film to Practice

Sebastian Siegel — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:48:30 +0000

Explore the topic of grace and grit as something we all need in order to live purposefully, face challenges, and birth our dreams in the same way Ken and Treya exemplified in this profound story of transcendent love.

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Grace and Grit: An Interview with Sebastian Siegel and Julia Ormond

Sebastian Siegel — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:34:59 +0000

Julia Ormond interviews Sebastian Siegel at the 2020 Integral European Conference about the film adaptation of "Grace and Grit". Bence Ganti facilitates with an introduction to Ken Wilber. They discuss book-to-film, acting, directing, producing, characters and set, filmming, and pivotal elements of production.

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Watch the Grace and Grit Film Trailer!

Integral Life — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:17:40 +0000

Ken Wilber’s acclaimed and globally popular book, Grace and Grit, has been made into a feature film starring Mena Suvari and Stuart Townsend, with Frances Fisher, Rebekah Graf, Nick Stahl, and Mariel Hemingway - produced, written, and directed by Sebastian Siegel. The film adaptation explores Ken and Treya's courage, commitment, transcendence… and their discovery of love beyond life.

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Grace and Grit: The Movie

Sebastian Siegel — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:08:43 +0000

Today’s guest, Sebastian Siegel, is the screenwriter and director of the upcoming movie, Grace and Grit. The film tells the true love story of iconic, Integral philosopher Ken Wilber and his wife Treya. Based on the acclaimed book that chronicles Treya’s journals, they fall madly in love in 1980’s California and are immediately faced with illness and challenges that tear them apart. They overcome by finding a connection beyond this world, and love beyond life.

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A Tribute to Ken Wilber

Ken Wilber — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 10:01:00 +0000

They say we are all standing on the shoulders of giants. In this video we celebrate one of the biggest and most important giants around: the one and only Ken Wilber. This was our chance to say thank you for all the truth, goodness, and beauty that Ken continues to bring into the world. Ken’s work has ignited the hearts and minds of so many, and we are honored to walk this path with him.

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An Inside Look at the Life and Work of the Dalai Lama

Victor Chan — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:25:34 +0000

Ken Wilber and Victor Chan take an in-depth look at the Dalai Lama’s life, his spiritual practice, and his efforts to bring wisdom to the world and translate compassion into action.

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A Heart Blown Open: A Tale of Enlightenment, Debauchery, and Infinite Jest

Jun Po Kelly Roshi — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:26:04 +0000

In this provocative and exhilarating dialogue, Jun Po Roshi and Ken Wilber take an in-depth look at Keith Martin-Smith's new book: A Heart Blown Open: The Life and Practice of Zen Master Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi. For most of us, we would need to reincarnate at least 50 times in order to attain such an incredible volume of experience. But for whatever reason, it seems that Jun Po went a slightly different route, and chose to live all 50 of those lives at once. Here is his remarkable story—a riveting tale of enlightenment, debauchery, and infinite jest.

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Esoteric Jazz: Pat Martino in Dialogue

Pat Martino — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:54:17 +0000

We are very happy to present the following dialogue with a living legend of the jazz world: Pat Martino. Hosted by Greg Thomas, Pat shares some of the deepest depths of his inspiration, his vision, and his creative process, all of which has made him one of the most remarkable performers in the jazz scene.

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