Through the lens of Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory, Spiral Dynamics, and Ego Development Theory by Dr. Susanne Cook-Greuter, I describe the 10 stages of human ego/consciousness development. If you’re like me, this framework will completely change your understanding of the world and of human nature.
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Chapters
Intro 0:00
Horizontal vs Vertical growth 2:50
Archaic/Instinctual 8:00
Tribal 8:50
Self-protecting 11:22
Traditional 16:02
Modernity 20:49
Post-modernity 28:47
Early Integral 38:16
Late Integral 45:29
Unitive 51:25
Integral Theory, Spiral Dynamics, ego development, Ken Wilber, Don Beck, Christopher Cowan, Susanne Cook-Greuter, ego, consciousness, spirituality
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Brother you have explained all of this in fantastic, yet easily understandable detail, especially in relation to our history. New subscriber for sure, can't wait to see the rest of the concepts you analyze!
Spirits exist
great insights. would love to hear your break down of religion of tomorrow
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DAMN. i dont even know how to reflect back to you how courageous you are to share this truth! much braver than me; frankly, though i had a VIVIDLY compelling non-dual experience, i cant look it in the face..
nearly everyone I've every known who has had a high level of awareness had a nuanced view of capitalism and climate change, not that it was all bad or all good, and not that it was fundamentally a negative or primitive thing
47:32 “if you rattle the cage, then the lock will come off”
I try to seek what i felt when i entered ego death on ketamine a year ago with more minor things like meditation and weed but that truly transcendental experience is so frustratintly fleeting that I have to accept i probably will spend my whole life working towards it unless I somehow get my hands on ketamine again, and honestly going through drug induced ego death again is a bit off putting to me since its forcing your ego into a state of non duality which it may be premature to.
G-d guides me to such wonderful things when i need meaning the most. Thank you and thank you to the universe ❤
Incredible video!
I enjoyed your summary. it made me want to read the books now. While gaining some awareness of the stages might be a feature of late post modern, early integral, i very much doubt, that transcendence of ego, can be done at will. Given so much of our experience is unconscious, biologically, it has to be, other wise it would overwhelm the resources that our mind possesses. Something all on this path need to factor is spiritual bypassing, the tendency to reach beyond collaboration and relating to get to more cosmic worldviews. I think that mastering relationships is the key to move beyond dependence / attachment. We tend to try to skip that work because of our childhood trauma. But that trauma is part of this journey, and post traumatic growth is a thing.