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 |
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Spiral Dynamics
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