Shared stage of maturity, altitude, depth and calling for sharing our Transcendental Purpose

Stage of Maturity

Bill Plotkin Early childhood (the Nest) forms the foundation for later soul discovery through the preservation of our original innocence and our innate relational intelligence, as well as through the development of a healthy culture-rooted ego. Middle childhood (the Garden) affords us the opportunity to learn the enchantment of the natural world (including sexuality during puberty) as well as the intricate cultural ways of our people. Early adolescence (the Oasis) teaches us to balance authenticity with social acceptance, which allows us show up in the world with integrity. Late adolescence (the Cocoon) is a time of withdrawal from the everyday social world as we leave behind our adolescent beliefs about ourselves and the world, and seek our unique gifts of the soul (natural talents) to bring them to our community. In early adulthood (the Wellspring), we appreciate our soul work in its specific form (identifying our natural talents) and learn the art of bringing our particular gifts into the world (enacting our Transcendental Purpose). In late adulthood (the Wild Orchard), we learn to embody our soul (Transcendental Purpose) in ever more creative, abundant and generative ways, through forms of our own creation. In early elderhood (the Grove), our primary focus shifts to mentoring and initiating the youth, and helping to maintain the delicate balance between the human social and natural world before surrender marks the release of the goal-oriented ego, which opens the way to the final stage. Late elderhood (the Mountain Cave), is a time when we yield to the impulse to turn to the mysterious tending of the evolving universe itself.

Altitude

Past and Future

Depth Create more Goodness, Truth, Beauty or Functioning by: Impacting the physical, behavioral, or material level Joanna Macy calls efforts at this level “actions to slow the damage to Earth and its beings.” Impacting peoples minds (information, knowledge) To free ourselves and our planet from the damage being inflicted by the Industrial Growth Society Impacting underlying meaning-making structures A profound cognitive shift in our perception of reality. Impacting direct or imediate experience (awakening) Reminding us again that our world is a sacred whole, worthy of adoration and service. Impact all levels above.

Callings Called to Maintain: Step into footsteps, tradition, lineage. Called to Innovate: Improving things that exist. Called to Invent: Absent absences through advancements into novelty.

Female sexual Selection for: Empathy Intelligence Creativity Kinesthetic Abilities Leads to more: Goodness Religion Truth Science Beauty Art Functioning Systems Communicative Action (Verständigung) after Validity Claims to what is: Morally/Ethically Right Objectively True Truthful Practical Feminine / Private Sphere Masculine / Public Sphere Care Compas sion Feelings Relation ships Rights Justice Rationality Autonomy Balanced and Harmonized along the Seven chakras in Both Spheres