* earlier vs. later
Note: We use "earlier and later" vs. "lower and higher" to avoid the bias found in the latter.
* rather than higher vs. lower
* implicit assumptions
* no one is entirely at one stage or another
* it's more like a probability
* all stages are idealizations
* every human being is a unique idiosyncratic representation of these mental models and never fits the model perfectly
* if you're stressed then you'll be at the lower stage and if your life is going well then you'll probably peak experience one of the higher levels
* this is a scientific model
* so it has it's limits
* it can't handle every instance of life and the world
* not every situation in the world can fit into this model
* all growth happens in separate lines of development
* different lines of development can be at different stages of growth
* There's no "stage development" without a particular line.
* the levels of development never occur on their own, they are always levels of some line
* later stages aren't necessarily happier
* shadows develop at every stage
* later stages can understand earlier — but earlier can't understand later
* it's pointless to try to get someone at an earlier stage to understand a later stage concept or way of viewing the world
* growth can't be forced
* these stages are the map NOT the territory
* the later the stage, the lesser the need for defending our perspective
* none of these stages are good are bad
* they're all a necessary part of human development
* the hard part of this work is:
* being humble enough to admit that there are stages that are higher and more developed as you
* to a 1st grader who sees calculus on a chalkboard will seem like new-age woo woo that means nothing.
* so not judging the higher stages is crucial
* each stage has the capabilities of the stages beneath it
* transcend and include
* key word INCLUDE
* each stage builds on top of the previous stages
* even advanced stages can still conform, to use the rational mind, they don't lose these abilities
* the higher stages can understand the lower stages, but the lower can't understand the higher
* when you're stressed and in survival-mode you will regress stages
* mystical experiences can happen at any stages but the mind will interpret the experience in terms of whatever stage you're at
* Greuters model consists of mostly the cognitive line
* what's being measured is your capacity to take perspectives
* it's how you mind make sense of reality
* this model relates to meaning making
* And Spiral Dynamics relates to what we value
* what we deem as important and what we're driven by
* These aren't the only psychological models of development
* horizontal vs. vertical
* horizontal could mean
* getter better and better at business and expert skills
* self-help is most often done on the horizontal level
* vertical movement
* much more difficult
* requires more depth, effort and a longer vision
* The levels alternate between differentiation and integration
* from impulsive differentiation of self - separate from everything else
* to integration into a conformist mindset
* to differentiation into a individualistic (expert/achiever)
* Note that each stage is it's own reality
* why conservatives and liberals can't understand each other
* every structural stage of belief systems are their own realities
