I was just listening to Don Beck’s Spiral Dynamics Integral on a commute this morning and recall his saying that growth (evolution) on the spiral is certainly not linear. What I gleaned is that we could be in for a much rockier ride and potential slide back into the shadow side of red/blue before the next level can transcend and include the red and green impulses that are both attacking blue and orange. That framing really put our current political quandary into perspective for me. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Don. As the development theories say, we have a "center of gravity" that describes our general level, but since we can't help but include aspects of earlier stages, we find ourselves going back to them frequently. As we become more mindful of our current "center," as we re-mind ourselves back to our current center, we can update our responses to more mature levels. The spiral is fluid!
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I was just listening to Don Beck’s Spiral Dynamics Integral on a commute this morning and recall his saying that growth (evolution) on the spiral is certainly not linear. What I gleaned is that we could be in for a much rockier ride and potential slide back into the shadow side of red/blue before the next level can transcend and include the red and green impulses that are both attacking blue and orange. That framing really put our current political quandary into perspective for me. Keep up the good work!
Cheers,
DBeeyt
Thanks Don. As the development theories say, we have a "center of gravity" that describes our general level, but since we can't help but include aspects of earlier stages, we find ourselves going back to them frequently. As we become more mindful of our current "center," as we re-mind ourselves back to our current center, we can update our responses to more mature levels. The spiral is fluid!