ISE Keynote: Emptiness + Perspective = Unique Self
Ken Wilber

Ken Wilber reads his keynote address from the 2009/2010 Integral Spiritual Experience conference.

"The overall number of True Selves is but one. The same True Self in you is the True Self present in all sentient beings. But notice something. Let's say five of us are sitting around a table, and all five of us are 100% enlightened, 100% aware of the True Self. Each of us has transcended the ego--the small self, the finite self, the self-contraction--and is alive as the One True Infinite Spirit Self. But even though we are all equally the One Self, there is at least one thing that is very different for each of us: namely, the angle we are looking at the table from. Each of us has a unique perspective on the table--indeed, on the world itself. So the One True Self is actually taking on a different perspective in each of us. Each of us has a different view of the world, even though each of us is the One True Self. And that means each of us actually has not merely a One True Self, but an infinitely unique self.

The One True Self in each of us shows up as our own radically unique self.

Paradoxically, we each experience not only a singular True Self, the same in all, but a radically unique manifestation of that Self--special and unique to each of us. Each of us has different talents, different gifts, and different unique views, and enlightenment involves discovering and honoring our differences just as much as our sameness." -Ken Wilber

This presentation is just a small taste of the Integral Spiritual Experience: Year 1 Virtual Conference, soon to be released by Integral Life. This exciting media offering will include a full curriculum, with all the key presentations and themes from what is already shaping up to be the most cutting-edge conversation on spirituality you can find today. Stay tuned in coming weeks for more information!