Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam WilberHere is a deeply moving account of a couple's struggle with cancer and their journey to spiritual healing. Grace and Grit is the compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber and his wife Treya Killam Wilber through Treya's illness, treatment, and, finally, death. |
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User Review - AmronGravett - LibraryThingThis is a deep love story of the author and his new wife battling cancer, understanding life’s meaning and finally death from the world-renowned philosopher and psychologist. Read full review
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User Review - gratefulyoga - LibraryThingThe incredible story of Ken Wilber's first wife and her struggle with cancer. Ken Wilber is an innovative philosopher and long-time meditator, and he weaves many fascinating ideas into the narrative ... Read full review
Contents
A Note to the Reader | 3 |
A Few Embraces a Few Dreams | 5 |
Beyond Physics | 19 |
Condemned to Meaning | 39 |
A Question of Balance | 55 |
A Universe Within | 77 |
Bodymind Dropped | 92 |
My Life Had Twisted Suddenly | 105 |
Estrella | 223 |
What Kind of Help Really Helps? | 242 |
The New Age | 253 |
But Listen to Those Birds Sing | 271 |
Spring Is Now My Favorite Season | 290 |
But Not a Dead One | 311 |
Passionate Equanimity | 333 |
A Support Person | 353 |
Who Am I? | 123 |
Narcissus or the SelfContraction | 139 |
A Time to Heal | 157 |
Psychotherapy and Spirituality | 174 |
In a Different Voice | 201 |
Grace and Grit | 372 |
For a Radiant Star | 392 |
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Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life of Treya Killam Wilber Ken Wilber No preview available - 2001 |
Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya ... Ken Wilber No preview available - 1993 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber |
| Author | Ken Wilber |
| Publisher | Shambhala Publications, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0834822326, 9780834822320 |
| Length | 432 pages |
| Subjects | › › Health & Fitness / Diseases & Conditions / Cancer Religion / Spirituality Self-Help / Death, Grief, Bereavement |
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