肯•威爾伯（Ken Wilber），當今美國最著名的心理學傢、哲學傢之一。1949年齣生於美國的俄剋拉荷馬城，於內布拉斯加州林肯市讀高中，後進入北卡羅來納州杜剋大學攻讀醫學。在讀大學一年級時，肯•威爾伯就把研究興趣從自然科學轉嚮瞭心理學和哲學。他視野廣泛，無論是西方還是東方的著作，他都大量涉獵。後來他又迴到內布拉斯加州讀生物化學研究生，但在一年後退學，全力著書，成為一位自由撰稿人。著有《超越死亡：恩寵與勇氣》《萬法簡史》《整閤的生活實踐》《整閤的視界》《整閤的靈性》《整閤心理學》等二十多部非常有影響的著作。

As one who has written extensively about the interior life, meditation, and psychotherapy, Ken Wilber—the leading theorist in the field of integral psychology—naturally arouses the curiosity of his numerous readers. In response to this curiosity, this one-year diary not only offers an unprecedented entrée into his private world, but offers an introduction to his essential thought. "If there is a theme to this journal," Wilber writes, "it is that body, mind, and the luminosities of the soul—all are perfect expressions of the Radiant Spirit that alone inhabits the universe, sublime gestures of that Great Perfection that alone outshines the world."

Wilber's personal writings include:

• Details of his own spiritual practice

• Advice to spiritual seekers

• Reflections on his work and that of other prominent theorists in the field of integral psychology

• His day-to-day personal experiences

• Dozens of his short theoretical essays on topics from art to feminism to spirituality to psychotherapy