{"id":363,"date":"2013-11-26T02:47:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T21:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/?p=363"},"modified":"2013-11-26T02:47:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T21:17:26","slug":"spiral-dynamics-and-more-a-bit-of-playfulness-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/spiral-dynamics-and-more-a-bit-of-playfulness-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiral dynamics and more – a bit of playfulness for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here\u2019s an interesting (intuitive\/speculative!) chart \u2013 playfully done; don\u2019t take rigid categories too seriously!) \u2013 looking at psychologist Clare Grave\u2019s developmental theory which has been popularized (unfortunately, to some extent) by Don Beck as \u201cSpiral Dynamics.\u201d\u00a0 There\u2019s some interesting parallels with Sri Aurobindo\u2019s symbolic (the lowest levels), typal (mythic, early rational) conventional, individual and subjective stages \u2013 see Rod Hemsell\u2019s essays on Spiral Dynamics at the \u201cUniversity of Human Unity\u201d website for much more detail on this.<\/p>\n

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Spiral Dynamics Integral: Relationship between colors\/stages and the brain<\/b><\/p>\n

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COLOR<\/b><\/td>\nSD Category<\/b><\/td>\nPart of brain<\/b><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Infrared<\/td>\nInstinctive<\/td>\nInstinctive brain<\/b>\u00a0 (reptilian; brain stem; )<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magenta<\/td>\nMagical\/Animistic<\/td>\nEmotional brain<\/b> (limbic system + gut brain or enteric nervous system;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red<\/td>\nPower Gods<\/td>\nEmotional brain<\/b> (limbic system + heart brain)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amber<\/td>\nAbsolutist Religious<\/td>\nEmotional brain (<\/b>limbic system with increasing influence of thinking brain or neocortex)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orange<\/td>\nIndividualistic\/Achiever<\/td>\nThinking brain <\/b>(tends to be left brain dominant)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Green<\/td>\nRelativistic<\/td>\nThinking brain <\/b>(tends to be right brain dominant)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow<\/td>\nSystematic\/Integrative<\/td>\nThinking brain <\/b>(left\/right integration)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turquoise<\/td>\nGlobal\/Holistic<\/td>\nMid Pre-frontal cortex<\/b> (centered in core, integration of thinking, emotional, instinctive, heart and gut brains; increasingly open to subtle and causal realms as well as Awareness beyond space and time)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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As long as we\u2019re not taking these categories and distinctions too seriously, here\u2019s some more to think about: (left side: neuroscience; right side: integral yoga psychology)<\/p>\n

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The reptilian brain: physical mind<\/p>\n

Limbic region: Vital mind<\/p>\n

Cerebral cortex: thinking mind<\/p>\n

Left hemisphere: critical reason<\/p>\n

Right hemisphere: \u201cComprehensive\u201d reason (see Sri Aurobindo, essays on education)<\/p>\n

Mid prefrontal cortex: buddhi or intelligent will<\/p>\n

Heart brain: higher vital;<\/p>\n

Psychic vital: purified heart brain<\/p>\n

Enteric nervous system: central vital<\/p>\n

Cellular intelligence (as evidenced in studies of amoeba)- mind of the cells<\/p>\n

Lucid dreaming, studies of parapsychology, out of body experience \u2013 subliminal<\/p>\n

Integrated left and right hemispheres resulting in development of intuition \u2013 mixture of glimmerings from higher spiritual mind centers, inner mind, and other centers of consciousness<\/p>\n

Near death experience studies \u2013 intimations of psychic being, mixed with much that is subliminal and subconscient<\/p>\n

Rebirth studies \u2013 rebirth!<\/p>\n

???? \u2013 supramental:>))))<\/p>\n

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and if you like this sort of thing, here\u2019s another chart:<\/p>\n

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THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS OVER BILLIONS OF YEARS <\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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BASIC COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS<\/b><\/td>\nEVOLUTION OF AFFECTIVE\/VOLITIONAL FUNCTIONS<\/b><\/td>\nEVOLUTION OF COGNITIVE\/VOLITIONAL FUNCTIONS<\/b><\/td>\nANIMALS IN WHOM THESE FUNCTIONS ARE FIRST ACTIVE<\/b><\/td>\nEXPERIENCED WORLD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAY OF KNOWING<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(3) and (4) Understanding and Volition<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nMore complex emotions developing in tandem with the more complex cognitive functions<\/td>\nEnduring relationships, clearly defined social roles, complex communication, and flexible cultural traditions<\/td>\nMost intelligent primates and all humans<\/td>\nA \u201cworld\u201d in the sense we think of it comes into being. This is the beginning of a \u2018story\u2019 that defines the emerging \u2018self\u2019 and \u2018world\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selective attention; associative \u2018thinking\u2019 using nonverbal concepts; complex planning and problem-solving; increased flexibility of behavior<\/td>\nThe most intelligent mammals and all primates<\/td>\nWorld becomes progressively more solid, defined, and enduring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ability to construct complex mental maps; i.e., to recall and organize many details of one\u2019s experience and environment in the form of internal images<\/td>\nMore complex birds and mammals<\/td>\nMore complex relationships between perceived objects in the environment; the capacity to hold in mind past relationships gives greater solidity, definition, and endurance to the perceived world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Complex knowing and problem-solving; greater ability to adapt; capacity to anticipate and plan; beginnings of cultural transmission<\/td>\nBirds and mammals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(2) Perceiving<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nImpulse toward fight or flight, as well as the impulse for cooperation and collaboration<\/td>\nObject awareness: recognition of more complex stimuli by comparison with internal images; association learning<\/p>\n

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Amphibians and reptiles<\/td>\nExtremely limited groups of sensations combined into objects<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(1b) More Complex Sensing<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nSimple feeling awareness of a stimulus as pleasant or unpleasant (life-enhancing or threatening)<\/td>\nCrude recognition, simple (conditioned) learning, crude mental maps<\/td>\nInsects<\/td>\nRelationships between poorly defined classes of sensations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(1a) Simple sensing<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nBarest registration of stimuli; awareness of vibration, heat, light<\/td>\nOne-celled organisms<\/td>\nFormless vibrations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS \u2013 OVER BILLIONS OF YEARS AND IN EACH MOMENT<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SEEING THE PUPPY<\/b><\/td>\nBASIC COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS<\/b><\/td>\nEVOLUTION OF AFFECTIVE\/VOLITIONAL FUNCTIONS<\/b><\/td>\nEVOLUTION OF COGNITIVE\/VOLITIONAL FUNCTIONS<\/b><\/td>\nANIMALS IN WHOM THESE FUNCTIONS ARE FIRST ACTIVE<\/b><\/td>\nEXPERIENCED WORLD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAY OF KNOWING<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u201ca moment of self-awareness, a kind of stepping back form the situation\u201d (\u201c<\/i><\/b>pausing to notice both the external environment and your internal state of mind and body)<\/i><\/td>\n(3) and (4) Understanding and Volition<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nMore complex emotions developing in tandem with the more complex cognitive functions<\/td>\nEnduring relationships, clearly defined social roles, complex communication, and flexible cultural traditions<\/td>\nMost intelligent primates and all humans<\/td>\nA \u201cworld\u201d comes into being. There is a \u2018story\u2019 defining the emerging \u2018self\u2019 and \u2018world\u2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selective attention; associative \u2018thinking\u2019 using nonverbal concepts; complex planning and problem-solving; increased flexibility of behavior<\/td>\nThe most intelligent mammals and all primates<\/td>\nWorld becomes progressively more \u00a0\u00a0defined, and enduring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u201cfurther conceptual elaboration\u201d (<\/b>the realization the puppy belongs to the little girl down the stress, she was so happy when she got it, etc.\u201d)<\/td>\nAbility to construct complex mental maps; i.e., to recall and organize many details of one\u2019s experience and environment in the form of internal images<\/td>\nMore complex birds and mammals<\/td>\nMore complex relationships between perceived objects in the environment; the capacity to hold in mind past relationships gives greater solidity, definition, and endurance to the perceived world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Complex knowing and problem-solving; greater ability to adapt; capacity to anticipate and plan; beginnings of cultural transmission<\/td>\nBirds and mammals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u201cA clearer nonverbal perception\u201d (<\/i><\/b>you make out a shape)<\/i><\/td>\n(2) Perceiving<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nImpulse toward fight or flight, as well as the impulse for cooperation and collaboration<\/td>\nObject awareness: recognition of more complex stimuli by comparison with internal images; association learning<\/p>\n

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Amphibians and reptiles<\/td>\nExtremely limited groups of sensations combined into objects<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u201cSimple undefined sensation\u201d (\u201c<\/i><\/b>a glimpse of something moving\u201d)<\/i><\/td>\n(1b) More Complex Sensing<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nSimple awareness of a stimulus as pleasant or unpleasant (life-enhancing or threatening)<\/td>\nCrude recognition, simple (conditioned) learning, crude mental maps<\/td>\nInsects<\/td>\nRelationships between poorly defined classes of sensations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(1a) Simple sensing<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nBarest registration of stimuli; awareness of vibration, heat, light<\/td>\nOne-celled organisms<\/td>\nFormless vibrations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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            Here\u2019s an interesting (intuitive\/speculative!) chart \u2013 playfully done; don\u2019t take rigid categories too seriously!) \u2013 looking at psychologist Clare Grave\u2019s developmental theory which has been popularized (unfortunately, to some extent) by Don Beck as \u201cSpiral Dynamics.\u201d\u00a0 There\u2019s some interesting parallels with Sri Aurobindo\u2019s symbolic (the lowest levels), typal (mythic, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":365,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipi.org.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}