Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Spiral Dynamics

LIFE CONDITIONS BRAIN/MIND
COPING CAPACITIES
A State of nature and biological urges and drives: physical senses dictate the state of being.

BEIGE

N Instinctive: as natural instincts and reflexes direct; automatic existence.
B Threatening and full of mysterious powers and spirit beings that must be placated and appeased.

PURPLE

O Animistic: according to tradition and ritual ways of group: tribal; animistic.
C Like a jungle where the tough and strong prevail, the weak serve; nature is an adversary to be conquered.

RED

P Egocentric: asserting self for dominance, conquest and power. Exploitive; egocentric.
D Controlled by a Higher Power that punishes evil and eventually rewards good works and righteous living.

BLUE

Q Absolutistic: obediently as higher authority and rules direct; conforming; guilt.
E Full of resources to develop and opportunities to make things better and bring prosperity.

ORANGE

R Muitiplistic: pragmatically to achieve results and get ahead; test options; maneuver
F The habitat wherein humanity can find love and purposes through affiliation and sharing.

GREEN

S Relativistic; respond to human needs; affiliative; situational; consensual; fluid.
G A chaotic organism where change is the norm and uncertainty an acceptable state of being.

YELLOW

T Systemic: functional; integrative; interdependent; existential; flexible; questioning; accepting.
H A delicately balanced system of interlocking forces in jeopardy at humanity’s hands; chaordic.

TURQUOISE

U Holistic: experiential: transpersonal; collective consciousness; collaborative; interconnected.
I Too soon to say, but should tend to be I-oriented; controlling, consolidating if the pattern holds.

CORAL

V Next neurological capacities. The theory is open-ended up to the limits of Homo sapiens' brain.

The theory is open-ended, with the possibility of more systems ahead...


More here: http://www.spiraldynamics.org/aboutsd_overview.htm

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